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  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London EC 1915-09-09

    Looking at the damage caused to the backs of properties in Wood Street in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 8 - 9 September 1915.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London 1915-10-14

    Civilians and police officers stand on the streets below the damaged South Western Bank in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 13 -14 October 1915.

  • The First Zeppelin Seen From Piccadilly Circus, 8th September 1915 The First Zeppelin Seen From Piccadilly Circus, 8th September 1915

    (art) Made by: Gow, Andrew Carrick (RA) 1915

    image: A dark and gloomy evening scene in Piccadilly Circus with a German Zeppelin airship and barrage balloons visible in the night sky illuminated by the beam of a searchlight. In the foreground Piccadilly Circus is busy with civilians and traffic,...

  • control panel from German Naval airship L33 control panel from German Naval airship L33

    (souvenirs and ephemera)

    Control panel from the wreckage of the First World War German Naval airship L33. The airship was forced down at Little Wigborough, Essex, on the night of 23-24 September 1916. The airship was downed as a result of damage inflicted by Royal Flying Corps...

  • fabric from the German Army airship SL11 fabric from the German Army airship SL11

    (souvenirs and ephemera)

    Fabric from the First World War German Army airship SL11, which was shot down in flames over Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (39 [Home Defence] Squadron, Royal Flying Corps) on 2-3 September 1916. The SL11 was the first...

  • zeppelin fragment, L31 zeppelin fragment, L31

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

    Fragment from the First World War period German Naval Airship Service Zeppelin L31. The L31 was commanded by Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy, the renowned veteran of numerous raids over Great Britain. On 1 October 1916 Mathy commanded the L31 on its final...

  • fuel gauge from the German airship SL11 fuel gauge from the German airship SL11

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Maximall

    Fuel gauge salvaged from the First World War German Army airship SL11, which was shot down in flames at Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (39 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps) on 2-3 September 1916. The SL11 was the first airship to...

  • piece of wire from the German Zeppelin SL11 piece of wire from the German Zeppelin SL11

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

    Piece of wire from the rigging of the First World War German airship SL11made into a souvenir 'package' and sold to raise money for the Red Cross. The SL11 was shot down in flames at Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (39...

  • ring made of salvaged metal from the German airship SL11 ring made of salvaged metal from the German airship SL11

    (souvenirs and ephemera)

    Fragment of salvaged metal from the First World War German airship SL11 made into finger ring and sold to raise money for the Red Cross. The airship was shot down in flames at Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson on 2-3 September...

  • booklet, 'Destruction of Zeppelin booklet, 'Destruction of Zeppelin

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: T. Mathews & Co. Ltd., Leicester

    First World War period commemorative booklet inspired by the destruction of the German Army airship SL11 at Cuffley, Hertfordshire, on the night of 2/3 September 1916. The airship, which was destroyed by Lieutenant William Leefe-Robinson (39 Squadron,...

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