Memorial Zeppelin Bombing

Air raid, 1915

From the local paper, a century later.... "The first air raids on Bury St Edmunds 100 years ago have now been marked with a Blue Plaque on one of the buildings that were hit. The plaque above the St Andrew’s Street South door of Denny Brothers’ stationers and art shop records the Zeppelin raids of April 30, 1915, in which the shop was hit but only a dog died and of 1916, which killed seven people."

Text on the plaque is:

In April 1915 the first zeppelin air raid on Bury destroyed much of this building. A total of 7 local people died in zeppelin attacks in 1916.

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Source

• Text: Peter Bardwell
• Photos: Peter Bardwell