Gosberton Patrol

County Group
Lincolnshire Group 6
Locality

Gosberton is a village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire. It is situated 9 miles south-west of Boston, 6 miles north of Spalding.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Henry Upton Stokes

Agricultural labourer

 Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Corporal R. Marshall Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private W. Cooper Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private H. Nadin Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private F. Richardson Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Private J. P. Smith Unknown 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

The OB was in the area of Bicker Haven to the East of Quadring Eaudike. This is one of 15 Lincolnshire OBs that were built by John Sheffield of Scunthorpe with Royal Engineers labouring. It was constructed from prefabricated concrete panels that were bolted together. Breezeblocks were used for building end walls and walls of emergency exit passage.

Patrol & OB pictures
Gosberton OB Main Chamber Lincolnshire 1
Main chamber from escape tunnel (Matt Stafford 2018)
Gosberton OB Linc tunnel
Escape tunnel (Matt Stafford 2018)
Gosberton OB Main Chamber roof Lincolnshire
Main chamber (Matt Stafford 2018)
OB Status
Largely intact
Location

Gosberton Patrol

Training

Wellingore then Blankney and Dalby Hall were the headquarters for the Lincolnshire Auxiliary Units so they certainly would have trained at one of them.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Hancock data held at B.R.A

Images from Matt Stafford 2018

Colin Hayes. Defence of Britain database complied by Mark Sansom and The Secret Army by Mark Sansom – Lincolnshire Heritage Booklets.

Dr Will Ward