South Cave is a village approximately 2 miles north-west of Brough. It is to the west of Hull and Beverley.
| Name | Occupation | Posted from | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Ronald Sinclair Massey | Aircraft stress analyst |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Sergeant Robert Edward Williams | Agricultural foreman |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Corporal Benjamin Robert Taylor | Timber feller |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private Ernest Christopher Colbeck | Stores superintendant |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private John Leonard Cross | Accounts clerk |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Private Charles Arthur Mason | Aircraft engineer |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| Private William Thomas Metcalfe | Aircraft fitter |
Unknown | 1942 |
| Private Thomas Sanger Watson | Smallholder |
Unknown | Unknown |
| Private Gordon Provo Watson | Technical author |
Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
The Patrol initially had a basic dug out type shelter on the western edge of Little Wold Plantation. This over looked the South Cave to Market Weighton road a main transport link through the Wolds.
This was quickly replaced by a Nissen hut type in Drewton Dale at Weedley Springs. This was almost alongside the Hull to Barnsley railway line. This had a vertical shaft and a 30 foot escape tunnel which had a flat wooden trolley, running on castors and pulled by ropes
The OB was destroyed at the end of the war and only a large depression and a few remains are visible along with a single strand of barbed wire.
South Cave Patrol
Local targets would have included the Drewton railway tunnel, Hull to York and Hull to Beverley railways and roads inland from the coast crossing the South Wolds.
Military targets would have included Brough aircraft factory, Hull Docks, RAF Brough, RAF Homle and RAF Bellasize.
Locally they trained in nearby woods and quarries, often meeting at Gordon Watson's house or at either end of Weedley Tunnel. Regionally, the Patrol most likely trained at Middleton Hall.
The Sergeant probably went to Coleshill for specialist courses.
Charlie Mason recalled a training exercise against the Regular Army at Dalton Holme where they used a lot of flashbombs and time pencils. So much was going off that the Police were informed the invasion had started.
Weapons issued to the Patrol would have included; Remington or Winchester .22 rifle with sights (later silencers were issued), .45 Colt or .38 Smith & Wesson pistols, Thompson machine guns and later Sten machine guns and Fairbairn Sykes fighting knives. It is also recalled that the Patrol had garrotes.
Charlie Mason recalled that the Gamekeeper of the woods could be awkward and was often trying to find out what was going on around the OB. The Patrol decided, had invasion occurred, they would have to "eliminate" him.
TNA ref WO199/3389
Hancock data held at B.R.A
1939 Register
Andy Gwynne
East Ridings Secret Resistance by Alan Williamson