Posted on May 10, 2019
BBC - World War One At Home, Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Anti-German Riots
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On May 10, 1915, a Zeppelin dropped a hundred bombs on Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. From the article:
"German Riots
Anti-German riots took place against German businesses in Southend-on-Sea after a local woman, Agnes Whitwell, was killed during one of Britain’s first ever air raids.
On 10 May 1915, a Zeppelin airship dropped over 100 bombs on the town, killing one person; Mrs Whitwell of North Road, Prittlewell. But the air raid coincided with the sinking of the Lusitania and the publication of the Bryce Report into German atrocities in Belgium, leading to an outpouring of anti-German sentiment in Southend and elsewhere in the country.
Shortly afterwards, hundreds of people rioted against several German-run businesses in Southend-on-Sea, including on the High Street, Queens Road and Pier Hill. Order was only restored after the police called in the army."
"German Riots
Anti-German riots took place against German businesses in Southend-on-Sea after a local woman, Agnes Whitwell, was killed during one of Britain’s first ever air raids.
On 10 May 1915, a Zeppelin airship dropped over 100 bombs on the town, killing one person; Mrs Whitwell of North Road, Prittlewell. But the air raid coincided with the sinking of the Lusitania and the publication of the Bryce Report into German atrocities in Belgium, leading to an outpouring of anti-German sentiment in Southend and elsewhere in the country.
Shortly afterwards, hundreds of people rioted against several German-run businesses in Southend-on-Sea, including on the High Street, Queens Road and Pier Hill. Order was only restored after the police called in the army."
BBC - World War One At Home, Southend-on-Sea, Essex: Anti-German Riots
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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for reminding those of us familiar with The Great War and the bombing raids of Zeppelins on France and southern England that on May 10, 1915, a Zeppelin dropped a hundred bombs on Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
At that time my paternal grandfather William John Field was deployed to Gallipoli, Turkey with the British Army expeditionary forces as a Lance Corporal
Image: 1915 Grandfather - British Army Lance Corporal William John Field [1884-1963] Ford during the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915 died on December 7, 1963.
1. The only one killed was Mrs Whitwell of North Road, Prittlewell.
2. However since the "air raid coincided with the sinking of the Lusitania and the publication of the Bryce Report into German atrocities in Belgium, leading to an outpouring of anti-German sentiment in Southend and elsewhere in the country."
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC William Farrell SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless SSG William Jones SSG Diane R.
At that time my paternal grandfather William John Field was deployed to Gallipoli, Turkey with the British Army expeditionary forces as a Lance Corporal
Image: 1915 Grandfather - British Army Lance Corporal William John Field [1884-1963] Ford during the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915 died on December 7, 1963.
1. The only one killed was Mrs Whitwell of North Road, Prittlewell.
2. However since the "air raid coincided with the sinking of the Lusitania and the publication of the Bryce Report into German atrocities in Belgium, leading to an outpouring of anti-German sentiment in Southend and elsewhere in the country."
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SFC William Farrell SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless SSG William Jones SSG Diane R.
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