Event    From 19/10/1917  To 19/10/1917

Zeppelin raid - Burgess Park

Categories: Tragedy

A German Zeppelin dropped a 300-pound ordnance bomb, known as an ‘aerial torpedo’, on to the corner of Calmington and Albany Roads. 12 people were killed, and three policemen risked their lives in rescuing twelve people from a basement while the fire raged above them. 

The ruined building is shown, centre left, in the photograph. This came from Southwark News where you can learn more about the rescue.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Zeppelin raid - Burgess Park

Commemorated ati

Burgess Park WW1 plaque - lost

Following a 2016 campaign another memorial was erected nearby to commemorate ...

Read More

Other Subjects

Thomas Millar

Thomas Millar

Deck Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar Stree...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial
Philip Reddington

Philip Reddington

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Hugh Joseph Fitzpatrick

Hugh Joseph Fitzpatrick

Junior Boilermaker on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.  He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above Bar...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial
Behnaz Zahra Mozakka

Behnaz Zahra Mozakka

Behnaz Zahra Nazhand, known as 'Nazy', was born on 18 September 1957 in Shiraz, Iran. She married Nader Mozakka in 1979 and had lived in Finchley, north London for 13 years. Electoral registers fro...

Person, Tragedy, Iran/Persia

3 memorials
William Luke Duffy

William Luke Duffy

A Writer/Chief Engineer's Clerk on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park...

Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Fawcett frieze - 21, Baldock

Fawcett frieze - 21, Baldock

SW1, Parliament Square

Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...

1 subject commemorated
First Synagogue in Hackney

First Synagogue in Hackney

British History Online gives the following information: 'Benjamin Mendes da Costa and Jacob de Moses Franco were among the first members of the Jewish Board of Deputies in 1760, when every member o...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial