Church Micro 9614...Scottow (RAF Chapel) Multi-Cache

I have passed this chapel a few times on my way to Wroxham and Tunstead and stopped recently to take a further look.  I was moved by the number of war graves here and the memorials to the many men who had lost their lives during the war.  The simple chapel in the centre of the graveyard, although not in regular use, still has the altar and pews.

 I felt it would be a fitting place for a church micro.  Please take time to look around the graveyard and spare a thought for those who lost their lives.

The cache is not at the above coordinates but you will need to go there to get some information. You are looking for an irregular shaped memorial dedicated to those who served at RAF Coltishall.

Information about the Chapel

During the early months of the 1939-1945 War, ground on the northern side of the burial ground was set aside by the Scottow Parish Council for burials from Coltishall R.A.F. Station, which is very close to it, and this is now the War Graves Plot. It was used only until September 1943, when growing shortage of space and the great expansion of the R.A.F. Station made it necessary for the new cemetery at North Walsham to be used.

After the war a Cross of Sacrifice was erected at the far end of the plot.

You are looking for the two dates on the memorial at the listed coordinates:

ABCD-EFGH

The cache can be found at:

N52 45.(H+E+A)(C+A)A  E001 22.E(B-E-F) (H+A-G)

There is parking for a couple of cars outside the Chapel and graveyard. You are looking for a custom cache outside the Chapel  grounds.  Please bring your own pen.

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