Stanley James Whittaker

Stanley worked alongside many of the Redruth Auxiliers at Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works.

Joan Whittaker (nee Davey) was a young messenger girl in the Civil Defence when she met her future husband, Stanley Whittaker. Her father, having returned from a walk one Sunday, wanted to know what type of fellow the young Joan was associating with. His walk had taken him along Sandy Lane (next to the OB) just as the Patrol were testing some explosive timings on some large rocks close to his path. No harm was done, other than fright, so all was forgiven.

Stanley Whittaker left the Patrol on 25th October 1944 when he was called up to join the Royal Corps of Signals. Spending some of his service at the ULTRA establishment at Bletchley Park he was demobilised on 15th September 1947. 

Stanley and Joan travelled to Ghana in the 1950s with Stanley's work as a mechanical engineer.

The picture shows him during his time in Royal Signals (Copyright the Whittaker family).