Weeley Patrol

County Group

Essex Group 1 - Colchester East

Locality

Weeley is about 6 miles inland of the beaches of Clacton, Frinton and Walton. The railway from Clacton and Walton to Colchester, and the associated A133 road and B1033 roads, passed through Weeley.

Patrol members

Name	Occupation	Posted from	Until
Sergeant Roger Andrew Weeley	Solicitor and farmer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Corporal Basil George Deeks	Farmer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Corporal Joseph James Webb	Farmer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Reginald Thomas Bruce	Plasterer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private Frederick E. Martin	Horseman	Unknown	Unknown
Private Edward David Piper	Public works labourer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private George Frederick Wallace	Farm labourer	Unknown	03 Dec 1944
Private George Alexander Woodburn		Unknown	03 Dec 1944

Operational Base (OB)

The Operational Base was in Weeley Hall Woods dug into a bank under a holly tree.

Patrol & OB pictures

Essex Weeley Patrol OB entry chamber

Weeley OB entry chamber

Essex Weeley Patrol OB entrance

Weeley Patrol OB entrance

Essex Weeley Patrol OB entry steps

Weeley OB entry steps

Essex Weeley Patrol OB exposed entrance

Weeley OB exposed entrance (Hugh Frostick)

Essex Weeley Patrol OB inside wood store

Weeley Patrol inside used as log store (Hugh Frostick)

Essex Weeley Patrol OB Location under Holly tree

Weeley OB is Located under a Holly tree

Weeley Patrol OB roof

Weeley interior showing corregated roof

Weeley Patrol OB relatives of auxiliers

Ann Strange, niece & granddaughter of Fingringhoe Auxiliers Peter & Lou Potter, with Jill Frostick, widow of Mistley Aux Charles Frostick

Essex Weeley Patrol OB with grandson of local auxilier

Grandson of a local Auxilier inside Weeley OB

Essex Weeley Patrol OB view out of OB

View out of Weeley OB with no end wall

Essex Weeley Patrol OB entrance

OB entrance (from Gary & Mark Binden)

Weeley Essex entry chamber

Entrance chamber. Note pipe entering chamber from wall on right (from Gary & Mark Binden)

Essex Weeley Patrol main chamber

Main chamber (from Gary & Mark Binden)

OB Status

Largely intact

OB accessibility

This OB is on private land. Please do not be tempted to trespass to see it

Location

Weeley Patrol

Training

Roger Weeley went to Coleshill House for training.

Other information

1986 interview with Roger Weeley, by Ivan Cutting, published here with kind permission.

Ivan authoured a play "Private Resistance" that toured in 2012.
Read more on Eastern Angles Website and BBC review.

References

TNA ref WO199/3389

Hancock data held at B.R.A

1939 Register

Ivan Cutting

Ongoing research

Our research about the Auxiliary Units and related matters is not complete, and we always welcome contact from anybody who has any new information that may help us improve our knowledge, and add it to this site. Relatives of the men and women involved are encouraged to make contact and tell us about them, and hopefully supply a photograph, so they can be properly remembered for the part they played.