by Peter Bolger | Jul 1, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
Please find below links to PDF versions of a selection of the lesson plans and activities used in the project. They are provided as a resource and a signpost to additional activities for other schools covering World War 1. If you need further information please feel...
by Peter Hepplewhite | Apr 27, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
The old Tynemouth Borough Civil Defence records of those who died in the Wilkinson Lemonade Factory Disaster are held by Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums Service, in Blandford House (Discovery Museum), Newcastle. As each victim was identified for burial, their...
by Peter Bolger | Apr 18, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
As part of our project, the class will visit Preston Cemetery. One of the tasks they face will be to locate the graves of the following WW1 military personnel. Please click the images to enlarge. For full details on each person please visit the database section of...
by Peter Bolger | Apr 14, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
Commonwealth War Graves There are 370 commonwealth war graves in the cemetery. Most of the 152 First World War burials in Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery are distributed throughout the cemetery, but there is a small war graves plot in the north-western part. Opposite...
by Peter Hepplewhite | Apr 13, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
The first air raid on Britain came on the night January 19/20th 1915. The target was Hull but because of bad weather two Zeppelins dropped their bombs of Kings Lynn and Yarmouth, killing four people. But this was not the first time that civilians became casualties. A...
by Peter Bolger | Apr 13, 2018 | Air Raid - Resources
Germany’s aerial bombing campaign against Great Britain in the First World War, with London as its primary target, was the first sustained strategic bombing campaign in history. These raids, using airships, bomber aircraft, and seaplanes, ran from December 1914 to...
