Zeppelin raid memorial

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 21 Aug 2016

In memory of the six civilians killed by bombs dropped from a Zeppelin on August 12th 1915. Extract from Ian Castle's excellent web pages. http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/ "Arriving over Woodbridge at about 10.20pm, men of the 2nd/3rd London Infantry Brigade engaged L.10 with machine gun and rifle fire. Wenke replied by dropping four explosive and twenty incendiary bombs on the town. The effect on St. John’s Hill was devastating. An explosive bomb landing on the pavement outside 1 St. John’s Hill, claimed six lives. Mr Tyler – a bootmaker - and his wife were standing at the door of 4 St. John’s Hill; the blast killed Mrs Tyler instantly and mortally injured her husband. Edward Turner and Dennis Harris had the misfortune to be in the street as the bomb exploded and were both killed. Another victim, Mrs Eliza Bunn, aged 67, living at 14 New Street, on the corner of St. John’s Hill, died shortly after rescuers carried her from the wreckage of her house. And 16-year-old James Marshall died at 27 New Street"

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