Role | Name | Posted from | Until |
---|---|---|---|
Operator | Mr Walter Langmead | Unknown | Unknown |
Operator | Admiral Alexander Robinson Palmer | Unknown | 20 Jul 1944 |
The wireless was initially hidden in loft of barn in the Operator's farm, "Wheatlands", just off the main road to Pagham, Lagness Road at Runcton. It was operated by Mr Walter Langmead. He left Special Duties for some reason.
The Station was then moved to a large tank under the floorboards of disused Zion Chapel in Fisher Lane, South Mundham. The Operator, Admiral Palmer, was living just across fields in Bow Lodge. There was a trapdoor as an entrance. The tank was installed by Canadian Royal Engineers. Denis Allman, runner with Birdham SD, remembered visiting to find Admiral Palmer in wellingtons as it had flooded. The British Royal Engineers were called back to sort it out.
The Chapel had closed down in 1939 and was demolished in 1959 and replaced with a private house.
Runcton then South Mundham Outstation
Secret Sussex Resistance, Stewart Angell/Arthur Gabbitas