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.
WC2, Old Square, Chapel
In the photograph the plaque is just to the right of the arch.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Zeppelin bomb
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1900. London was first targeted w...
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
In our photo the bust's white plinth can be seen behind the glass doors. This entrance, facing onto a parking lot, is the back of 1-6 in ...
Seems likely the plaques were put up when the side wings were added, in 1865-6.
The text suggests that the stone came from the original 1812 building but the style does not look old enough. Despite the layout, the ent...
Lord Hore-Belisha, 1893 - 1957, statesman, lived here. Greater London Council
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