Plaque

Zeppelin bomb

Inscription

The round stone in the roadway opposite this point marks the spot where, on Wednesday the 13th October 1915, at 9:25 pm a bomb from a German zeppelin struck the ground and exploded, shattering the chapel windows and doing other material damage.

Site: Zeppelin bomb (1 memorial)

WC2, Old Square, Chapel

In the photograph the plaque is just to the right of the arch.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Zeppelin bomb

Subjects commemorated i

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