NHER 27387 (Monument) - Site of World War Two surface air raid shelters at St James' Church, Queen's Road

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Summary

Two World War Two surface air raid shelters (or four sited side by side to form two blocks) are visible as structures on aerial photographs taken in 1944. The square (or rectangular) structures were similar in form to other surface shelters erected elsewhere at Great Yarmouth; compare, for example, NHER 43377 175m to the northwest. They were located immediately to the north of St James’ Church (NHER 4339) and may have been public shelters, or they were perhaps used by the church’s congregation and clergy. Later aerial photographs indicate that they were removed by August 1945.

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Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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May 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Two (or possibly four) World War Two surface air raid shelters are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5270 0657. They lay to the north of St James’ Church and may have been used by its clergy and perhaps part of its congregation. Alternatively, they might have been public shelters. Whether the visible structures represent two shelters or four rectangular shelters erected side by side to form two blocks is not clear. They were removed by August 1945 (S3), when the impression left by their bases was still visible.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 May 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF56180 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3118-9 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56179 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 3061-2 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF56183 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5164-5 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).