I could not let today go by without some small commemoration of the night of the Zeppelin raid on Loughborough - 31st January 1916 - which killed ten people and injured a further twelve.
In 2016 there
was a commemoration service in The Rushes, and a plaque was unveiled on which those who died are memorialised. In the past couple of years, this memorial has
been augmented with an information board, giving the plaque a bit more context.
You can find plenty of information about the Zeppelin raid scattered across this blog. And do look out for another Zeppelin-related walk scheduled for September 2024!
So, back in 2020, a friend wrote a guest post for the blog which discussed what eventually happened to the Zeppelin L20 .
Also, over the years I have written a number of posts about the raids; here are some of them:
Account of the community play which covered so many different aspects of the attacks.
What happened to some who survived their injuries
The background story of Josiah Gilbert, a shopkeeper on Empress Road
The story of
Josiah Gilbert – Part 1
And Part 2
A virtual walk around the sites directly affected by the Zeppelin bombs
A walk around the sites on the 100th anniversary
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