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Plaque

Zeppelin bomb

Inscription

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.

Site: Zeppelin bomb (1 memorial)

WC2, Old Square, Chapel undercroft

In the photograph the plaque is just to the right of the arch.

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Zeppelin bomb

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