Spaxton Patrol

Locality

Spaxton is a small village on the Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Robert James Knight

Stockman & tractor driver assisting Father

23 Sep 1940 03 Dec 1944
Lieutenant Henry Holland Vassall

Retired civil servant

23 Sep 1940 28 Feb 1942
Private William Clifford Bawden

General farm worker

29 Oct 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private William James Geen

Arable farmer assisting Father

23 Sep 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Cyril Herbert Pollard

Master builder

22 Jan 1941 02 Mar 1944
Private William John Rich

Transport driver motor bus & haulier business

23 Sep 1940 03 Dec 1944
Private Percy Tucker

Farm labourer

23 Jun 1942 03 Dec 1944
Private John Tucker

Bus & lorry driver

23 Sep 1940 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

The OB is thought to have been in the Halswell Estate area.

OB Status
Location not known
Location

Spaxton Patrol

References

TNA ref WO199/3390 & WO199/3391

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Martin Shelley