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Summary

Second World War temporary accommodation, in the form of Bell tents and Nissen Hut type structures, is visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Seafield Holiday Camp, Westward Ho!

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY CAMP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S171, NMR RAF/S171 6-7 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349056.

Temporary structures of Second World War date are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4387-8 15-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.

Temporary structures of Second World War date are visible.

Helen Fry, 2005, Jews in North Devon (Monograph). SDV349379.

Volume covering the history of displaced european Jews who settled in North Devon as refugees during the Second World War.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Second World War temporary accommodation is visible as structures on aerial photographs from 1941 to 1946 at Seafield Holiday Camp, Westward Ho! The visible structures include four circular features interpreted as Bell tents and six rectangular structures, interpreted as being Nissen Hut type structures.
Seafield Holiday Camp, along with Seafield House immediately to the north-west, was requisitioned during the Second World War. During the war Westward Ho! and Ilfracombe accommodated several thousand Jewish refugees of German and Austrian nationality. Seafield holiday camp was requisitioned to accommodate many of these displaced persons who became members of the Pioneer Corps, a multipurpose labour corps in the British Army.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349056	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S171. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/S171 6-7 01-JUN-1941.
SDV349339	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 4387-8 15-APR-1946.
SDV349379	Monograph: Helen Fry. 2005. Jews in North Devon. Jews in North Devon. Hardback Volume.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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