Washford Patrol

Locality

Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset. It is centred in a valley close to the Bristol Channel on the A39 road 7 miles east of Minehead and 2 miles southwest of the port of Watchet.

Patrol members
Name Occupation Posted from Until
Sergeant Henry Hubert Bragg

Assisting Father on mixed farm

30 Jun 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private Ernest John Pope

Gardener

25 Sep 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private William Henry Shopland

Farm work labourer

25 Oct 1941 03 Dec 1944
Private Jack Shopland

Farm work labourer

25 Oct 1941 03 Dec 1944
Operational Base (OB)

An Auxiliary Units structure was at Lodge Rocks sand quarry. This quarry was filled in after the war with waste paper products from the nearby paper mill, covered over with top soil and then trees were planted on the area. It is now a small overgrown wooded area.

The escape tunnel led out into quarry.

OB Status
Destroyed
Location

Washford Patrol

References

TNA ref WO199/3390 & WO199/3391

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Chris Perry

Somerset HER