Settrington Patrol
Group 2 of the Northern East Yorkshire Auxiliary Units consisted of Norton, Settrington and Scampston Patrols. They were Commanded by Lt Henry Towse who was the Scampston Gamekeeper and was born in 1904
Patrol Members
Sgt William Samuel Eggleton JCMH/50/1 Gamekeeper 16/06/1900
Cpl Harold Hugill JCMH/30/2 Market Gardener 04/02/1904
Pte Roland Gilbert Walden JCMH/89/4 Farm Bailiff 03/09/1912
Pte Charles William Hodgson JCMH/83/6 Farm Labourer 13/01/1908
Pte John James Scott JCMJ/35/1 Gamekeeper 14/01/1902
Pte Samuel Raymond Wardell JCMH/35/4 Farmer 17/03/1911
Pte James Watson Sleightholme JCMH/51/2 Shepherd 11/11/1904
A Pte Kenneth P Pickersgill appears to have been an earlier member of the Patrol
The OB was destroyed
Not a lot is known at all about this patrol. In the vicinity of this Patrol was RAF Wombleton a Bomber Command Training Airfield and RAF Cottam although this fell out of use due to its location and was always out of action due to bad weather. Training was carried out in Nine Springs Dale between Settrington and Duggleby