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Location First German Bomb on Great Brittain

First World War (1914-1918)

Whitehall Yard, Sheringham

England Norfolk Sheringham

Location First German Bomb on Great Brittain #1

The first German bomb on Great Brittain fell here on 19 January 1915, at 8.30pm.

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Source

Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: Roy Pledger

Where is it?

52.943897, 1.21345

Nearby

Museum

Muckleburgh Collection - Weybourne: 5.6 km

Point of interest

Churchill Tank Weybourne - Weybourne: 5.5 km

Monument

Memorial First WWI-Bomb on Britain - Sheringham: 0.1 km
War Memorial Sheringham and Beeston Regis - Sheringham: 0.4 km
War Memorial All Saints Church Beeston Regis - Beeston Regis: 1.5 km

Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Sheringham Cemetery - Sheringham: 1.3 km
Commonwealth War Graves All Saints Churchyard - Beeston Regis: 1.5 km
Commonwealth War Graves Holy Trinity Churchyard - West Runton: 2.0 km

Fortification

Pillbox FW3/24 Upper Sheringham - Upper Sheringham: 2.7 km
Pillbox FW3/24 Weybourne - Weybourne: 3.3 km
Pillbox FW3/23 Weybourne - Weybourne: 3.4 km

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