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Albany Gardens East, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 6HP

Picture shows the northern section of Albany Gardens, which lie between the two streets Albany Gardens West and Albany Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance on Albert Gardens (a street bisecting the northern and southern gardens). Albany Gardens are the second in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

Picture shows the northern section of Connaught Gardens, which lie between the two streets Connaught Gardens West and Connaught Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance to the southern gardens opposite, looking across the street Albert Gardens, which bisects. Connaught Gardens are the last in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Albany Gardens.

Picture shows the southern section of Albany Gardens, which lie between the two streets Albany Gardens West and Albany Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance on Albert Gardens (a street bisecting the northern and southern sections of the gardens). The picture looks south in the direction of the sea. Albany Gardens are the second in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

Picture shows the southern section of Connaught Gardens, which lie between the two streets Connaught Gardens West and Connaught Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance on Albert Gardens (a street bisecting the northern and southern sections of the gardens). The picture looks south in the direction of the sea (not visible). Connaught Gardens are the last in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Albany Gardens.

Picture shows the northern section of Lancaster Gardens, which lie between the two streets Lancaster Gardens West and Lancaster Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance on Albert Gardens (a street bisecting the northern and southern gardens). Lancaster Gardens are the first in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Albany Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

Picture shows the southern section of Lancaster Gardens, which lie between the two streets Lancaster Gardens West and Lancaster Gardens East. The photograph was taken from the entrance on Albert Gardens (a street bisecting the northern and southern sections of the gardens). The picture looks south in the direction of the sea (though the winding path and vegetation mean it is not visible). Lancaster Gardens are the first in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Albany Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

Picture shows the southern section of Albany Gardens, which lie between the two streets Albany Gardens West and Albany Gardens East. The street Albany Gardens West is to the left. The photograph was taken from the opposite side of Marine Parade West which runs adjacent to these streets. Albany Gardens are the second in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

Picture shows the southern section of Albany Gardens, which lie between the two streets Albany Gardens West and Albany Gardens East. Albany Gardens are the second in a series of ornamental gardens running east to west between streets along this section of Clacton's seafront, the others being Lancaster Gardens and Connaught Gardens.

This stone is in a small memorial garden in Clacton, on the northern corner where Victoria Road and Albert Gardens intersect. On 30th April 1940, a German Heinkel bomber carrying sea mines crash-landed on the house in Victoria Road belonging to Mr Frederick W Gill (b. 1888), a retired wool merchant, and his wife Dorothy (b. 1894). The house was utterly destroyed and they were both killed. They were the first civilian casualties of World War II on the British mainland. The memorial commemorates both them and the four members of the German air crew. The crash also made fifty houses uninhabitable and 156 people were injured. The Gills' 19-year-old son William survived with head injuries. The memorial was refurbished and a new memorial stone added in April 2017, paid for partly by money remaining from an air disaster fund set up in 1940 following the crash by the Rev H G Redgrave, the chairman of Clacton Urban District Council. [Sources: bbc.co.uk; Chelmsford Chronicle, 3rd May 1940, from the British Newspaper Archive and courtesy of the British Library Board; National Register 1939 entry for the Gills].

This is a small memorial garden in Clacton, on the northern corner where Victoria Road and Albert Gardens intersect. On 30th April 1940, a German Heinkel bomber carrying sea mines crash-landed on the house in Victoria Road belonging to Mr Frederick W Gill (b. 1888), a retired wool merchant, and his wife Dorothy (b. 1894). The house was utterly destroyed and they were both killed. They were the first civilian casualties of World War II on the British mainland. The memorial commemorates both them and the four members of the German air crew. The crash also made fifty houses uninhabitable and 156 people were injured. The Gills' 19-year-old son William survived with head injuries. The memorial was refurbished and a new memorial stone added in April 2017, paid for partly by money remaining from an air disaster fund set up in 1940 following the crash by the Rev H G Redgrave, the chairman of Clacton Urban District Council. [Sources: bbc.co.uk; Chelmsford Chronicle, 3rd May 1940, from the British Newspaper Archive and courtesy of the British Library Board; National Register 1939 entry for the Gills].