Sheffield's first air raid - 26th September 1916
Some images relating to the raid are shown below.
We would be interested to hear from anyone with photographs, drawings, etc. relating to the Sheffield Zeppelin raid. Submit an image to this gallery.
A Zeppelin similar to L-22
Postcard image showing female shell workers at Sheffield's Cammell Laird Works
A scale drawing showing the Titanic in comparison to Zeppelin L-22 [Drawing: Arthur Wilson]
An Incendiary Bomb
The Memorial set in the wall of the old Baltic Works, Effingham Road. It reads:
1914 1918
The Great War
"Lest We Forget"
On September 26th 1916
Nine Men
Ten Women
And Ten Children
Were Killed by a German
Air Raid on Sheffield
One of the Bombs Fell
Close to this Spot