Eston is a town in the old North Riding of Yorkshire to the east of Redcar. It grew into a mining town with the discovery of Ironstone. The town is at the foot of the Cleveland Hills and close to the North Yorkshire Moors.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Dennis Martin Gutteridge | Market gardener |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Corporal William Leslie Snowdon | Farrier and agricultural smith |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private George Campbell | Blast furnace labourer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Horace William Cocker | Hot bank stamper |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Kenneth J. Phillips | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Private Frederick Frank Smith | Silica setter brickworks |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Herbert Olva Stirling | Silica brick maker |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Albert Raymond Stirling | Draughtsman |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The Patrol had an OB built in Lackenby Bank, to the South of Eston. It was a wooden structure made from logs with a corrugated iron roof covered with soil and plants.
The OB's main chamber was 25 foot by 12 foot and had a 25 foot tunnel from the entrance shaft to the main body of the shelter. There was an escape tunnel approximately the same length. A further tunnel, though shorter, lead to the Patrol's storage area.
Eston Patrol
Transport targets would have included; the main roads from the coast to the east from Redcar and Saltburn to Middlesbrough and various railway lines close by that ran to Middlesbrough. The aim of the military was to control the roads in land and over the moors to prevent a fast break out from the coast if the Germans landed at Whitby Harbour.
Military targets included war effort factories on the south side of the Tees and nearby RAF Thornaby.
Some Patrol members went to Coleshill House for specialist training courses.
The Patrol would have trained locally in Wilton Woods and regionally at Danby Lodge, the Area Intelligence Officer's HQ. Also with the Scout Section at Castleton (Green Howards).
It is thought the Patrol had access to the standard Auxiliary Units kit and equipment.
The Patrol met in Redcar with Captain Dixon.
The National Archives in Kew ref WO199/3389
1939 Register
Hancock data held at B.R.A
Dennis Walker
David Waller