Bomb Damage Cleopatra's Needle 4th September 1917

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Bomb Damage Cleopatra's Needle 4th September 1917
     

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  2. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Cheers Clive you find something new out every day on here
    I never knew that the German's bombed London in WW1.
     
  3. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    This blog has a photo of the damage in 1917.
    http://obeliskseven.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/london-1917-night-of-terror-for.html

    edit : found pic on IWM site.

     
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  4. Bernard85

    Bernard85 WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    good day cl1.yesterday 07:15pm.re:bomb damage Cleopatra's needle 4th sep.1917,a great selection of thumb nails.i have stood on the spot looking at the needle many times when I was a boy.thank you for posting.regards Bernard85
     
  5. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Clive thanks for posting. I remember seeing the damage when I was a lad when my mother took us to London, but don't remember the plaque

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  6. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Great follow up Owen.
     
  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    From the book
    The Baby Killers

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  8. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

  9. jonheyworth

    jonheyworth Senior Member

    Lincoln’s inn
     

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  10. jonheyworth

    jonheyworth Senior Member

    Lincoln’s inn . Not all bomb damage in London is WW2
     

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  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Is that damage from a WWI air raid?
     

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