Milton Patrol

Locality

Milton is a village on the A477 in Pembrokeshire.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Leonard Llewellyn Rogers

Grocer

26 Jun 1940 03 Dec 1944
Corporal William J. Phillips

Farm bailiff

17 Aug 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private Arthur Claude Clague

Motor fitter and driver

16 May 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private Kenneth Morris Clarke

Farm hand

23 Jul 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private James Davies

Dairy farmer

Unknown 1942
Private J.E. Rossiter 20 May 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private Arthur William Shoebridge

Farm labourer

26 Jun 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Joseph Benjamin Warlow

Gardener and caretaker

Unknown 1942
Private W.H. Williams 05 Jun 1942 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

The operational base of this Patrol was in the woods of Paskeston Farm, Cosheston, near Milton. The base overlooked the Carew River.

Patrol & OB pictures
OB Image
Caption & credit
Milton Patrol - IWM
OB Status
Location not known
Location

Milton Patrol

Weapons and Equipment

In the mid 1990s Explosive Ordnance Disposal came to collect the late Sergeant Roger's detonators and fuses which had been left over from the war period in a biscuit tin in the garage.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Major Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

IWM reference HU66126

The Last Ditch by David Lampe

Max Bevan