The first house in WW1 to be bombed by a Zeppelin
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The first house in WW1 to be bombed by a Zeppelin by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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The first house in WW1 to be bombed by a Zeppelin
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 24 Jun 2018
The house is on St. Peter's Plain, in Great Yarmouth, and it is recognised as receiving the first direct hit on 19th January 1915 from a Zeppelin Airship. Samuel Arthur Smith and Martha Taylor were killed. Martha Taylor's grave at Caister can be seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5011925 and Samuel Smith's here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5818430 The blue wall plaque can be seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5817751 .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.603207
Longitude
1.730911