NHER 49023 (Find Spot record) - World War Two soldiers' hoard, 50 Greevegate
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Casual find 2006. Found beneath floor of 50 Greevegate, a house originally constructed as a convalescent home in the late 19th century and used as a billet for troops in the Second World War.
Several soldiers’ “hoards” carefully hidden including an unused wedding dress still in its packaging and sent from Canada; a number of letters in which passages had been censored out; and 15 dum-dum bullets (use of which was contrary to Geneva Convention; these were given to local police who destroyed them). The garden of the house contained a large number of brass cartridge cases.
Information from owners (name unknown) via Borough Council.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 October 2006.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (4)
- AMMUNITION (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- BULLET (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- DRESS (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- LETTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 18 2016 3:06PM