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HER Number (PRN):33834
Name:WWII Graffiti Tree, RAF Atcham, Uckington Farm
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • CARVING (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • GRAFFITI (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Summary

WWII Graffiti Tree, RAF Atcham.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ51SE
Grid Reference:SJ 5556 1050

Related records

21415Part of: Site of RAF Atcham (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA8484 - 2015 Management survey of Second World War structures at RAF Atcham by Paul Francis and Paul Bellamy

Description

Elderly beech tree close to Berwick Memorial bearing a number of crudely cut initials, apparently to Polish and American air force personnel based at Atcham Airdrome 1943-7. At this time this area of the park was used as a vehicle depot. The graffiti includes; JTE 1946, WPC KY, Delaware, PLN.46, POLAND BIALIX (?) 1947, Bruski, CH 1943 USA, and a star shaped emblem in a circle (This is a daisy wheel). <1>

Visited in management/condition survey in 2015. Photographed. <2>


<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50255 (Field survey report). SSA20940.


<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA141867 (Webpage). SSA29599.


<02> Francis P and Bellamy P, 2015, Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham, p.52 (Management report). SSA29903.

Sources

[01a]SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50255.
[01]SSA29599 - Webpage: National Trust. 2017. National Trust Heritage Records Online. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/home. 15/09/17. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA141867.
[02]SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. p.52.
Date Last Edited:Mar 2 2018 1:27PM

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