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...
The plaque overlooks a patch of grass and a fenced concrete playground where Ferdinand played as a child.
Stanley Hall & Baths This building was erected by E. H. Blunt, 1884.
Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held 5 world records including the 4 x 1500m relay with local ath...
In this house was born Eduard Suess (1831 - 1914) geologist, economist, statesman. Erected by the Geological Society of London
Boiler House, this building was originally used as a boiler house during the construction of Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames tunnel between...
MPGB, FRICS, MIMunL., Borough Engineer & Surveyor. Andrew Behan researched Bainbridge: Clement Spencer Bainbridge was born on 15 November 1896 in Askern, Doncaster, Yorkshire, the youngest of ...
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