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.
WC2, Old Square, Chapel undercroft
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
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1900. London was first targeted w...
Commemorating the devastating floods of January 31st 1953. In memory of more than 2,100 lives lost in countries around the North Sea. T...
This rather attractive building, designed as a Police Station by Sydney Perks, was erected in 1926. The foundation stone is to the right ...
In 1906 having just finished at the Royal College of Art Pankhurst moved here into two unfurnished rooms.
The Evening Standard, 14 October 2019 (link now behind a paywall): "Could a Fleabag Walking Tour be in the offing? Bold café on York Rise...
The Parish Hall, St Mary's, Bryanston Square. This stone was laid by H. R. H. The Princess Christian, 20th October 1897. Rev. H. Russel...
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