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
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...
Site of the City of London School, 1835 - 1882 The Corporation of the City of London
The text suggests that the stone came from the original 1812 building but the style does not look old enough. Despite the layout, the ent...
English Heritage Constant Lambert, 1905 - 1951, composer, lived here, 1947 - 1951.
Fixed to the wall above this plaque is a small black relief depicting five children playing in a pastoral setting. It's rather lovely an...
This plaque was brought to our attention by Londonist, of course. Why the plaque is on this particular house remains a mystery. It's been...
