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...
James Hanley, 1897 - 1985, novelist and playwright, lived here. Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Heritage Lottery Fund
The houses on this side of the street were built by Jeffrey Morgan of this parish, 1824.
This plaque has been noted by a few people, the author Julian Barnes being one. See "Memorial hunting" on the New Visitors Page (button ...
All our information about this plaque, including the photograph, comes from (2016) Roberta Wedge. Another photo there shows the plaque at...
This recreated façade is the rear of the hotel on King's Cross Road. In 1969 the authentic Victorian houses were demolished to make way ...
{On the floral emblem:} Canada fire fighters. In memory of three members of the corps of (civilian) Canadian fire fighters: Fireman J.S...
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
Horace Walpole, 1717-1797, man of letters, lived here.
A "Guy's man" who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. An obituary for this man can be found on the Kings College London war memorial website. Hugh Arnold Bryant was born on 27 March 1867, on...
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