NHER 63024 (Monument record) - Undated War Department graffiti

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Summary

Undated graffiti of the initials 'W' and 'D', plus the broad arrow symbol, are incised into bricks on the external west facing side of the corner of a boundary wall. The graffiti likely dates to the Second World war as the initials usually stand for War Department and the broad arrow was used to indicate government property and equipment.

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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November 2018. Casual Observation.
The initials 'W' and 'D', plus the broad arrow symbol are incised into bricks on the external west facing side of the corner of a boundary wall. The graffiti is undated but likely dates to the Second World War as 'WD' stands for War Department and the broad arrow was used to indicate property and equipment owned by the government. This may relate to Second World War military activity within Norwich Cathedral Close (See NHER 54349) and [1] suggests that this could be a patrol route marker as it is located close to the Norwich inner anti-tank stop line.
See Correspondence (S1) and Photographs (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 9 November 2018.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF99727 Correspondence: Kolonko, C. 2018. Wartime graffiti and Hydrant sign. 5 November. msg.
<S2> SNF99729 Photograph: Kolonko, C. 2018. Photographs of possible Second World War graffiti, War Department initials and 'Broad Arrow' sign, on a wall in Bishopgate, Norwich. Digital. jpeg.

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Record last edited

Jun 27 2019 2:36PM