13th October 1915 On this day:  Preparations 1st Battalion Royal Scots in France 1915.   1st Battalion Royal Scots in France 1915.   parade Zeppelin raid on London   13th October 1915. After three more raids were scattered by the weather a five-Zeppelin raid which became known as the "Theatreland Raid" was launched by the Navy on 13 October. Arriving over the Norfolk coast around 1830 the Zeppelins encountered new ground defences installed since the September raid under the guidance of Sir Percy Scott. These new gun sites proved ineffective, although the airship commanders commented on the improved defences of the city. A 13-pounder near Broxbourne was put out of action by three bombs dropped from L 15, which continued to London and began bombing over Charing Cross, the first bombs striking the Lyceum Theatre and the corner of Exeter and Wellington Streets, killing 17 and injuring 20. Further bombs were dropped on Holborn: as the airship neared Moorgate it was engaged by a new 75 mm gun sited at the Honourable Artillery Company grounds in Finsbury. L 15 quickly recognised this new threat and jettisoned ballast, dropped only three more bombs (one landing on Aldgate High Street causing much damage) before departing, having suffered some engine damage from the shells. L 13 dropped some bombs around Guildford and later others near Woolwich. L 14 dropped bombs on Otterpool Army Camp near Folkestone, killing 14 soldiers and injuring 12, and later bombed Tonbridge and East Croydon. Both the other Zeppelins, L 16 and L 11 were even further off course, L 16 dropped up to 50 bombs on Hertford and L 11 scattered a few bombs over Norfolk before heading home. In total, 71 people were killed and 128 injured. Zeppelin L14, commanded by Alois Bocker, had made its way to the south-west until the airship reached the English Channel. Turning back inland near Hythe, the airship crew spotted Otterpool and Westenhanger Camps, which at that time were occupied mainly by three Brigades of the Canadian 2nd Division. Five bombs were dropped in quick succession, the first exploding harmlessly in a hedge, but three of the others did what was intended, one struck the guard tent and killed the occupants instantly, another fell among the tents of the men's lines, and another struck the stables. Five more bombs were dropped as the Zeppelin moved off towards Westenhanger Camp, but fortunately for the Canadians at this site the bombs all fell within the nearby race-track enclosure. Thirteen Canadian soldiers were killed in the attack or died immediately after, with two of the most seriously wounded dying in the following days, raising the total number of dead to fifteen. Departing from the devastated military camp, Bocker headed further inland and disposed of L14's remaining ordnance over Tunbridge and Croydon, causing further casualties when houses near to a railway junction at Croydon were damaged. The Zeppelin then made its way back to the Continent, having inflicted a severe blow against what was, after all, only a military 'target of opportunity'. This was the last raid of 1915, as bad weather coincided with the new moon in both November and December 1915 and continued into January 1916. There were a total 20 raids in 1915, in which 37 tons of bombs were dropped, killing 181 people and injuring 455. 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Remembering those who died this day, 13th of October 1915. Pte. Frederick Guildford Adams. 2nd Btn. D Coy . Royal Sussex Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Edward Allison. 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. Henry Allum. 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Sgt. William Bagguley. 1/5th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Charles Samuel Barber. 10th Battalion Gloucester Regiment Read their Story. L/Sgt Jeremiah Jerry Barker. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Pte. John Barnes. 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Pte. Richard Brannick. 8th Btn Royal Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Brealey. 6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment North Staffo Read their Story. Pte. John Brown. 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders Pte. John Thomas Christelow. GSM, DSO. 6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd. Lt. Tom Vincent Dann. 1/6th Btn. A Coy. 3 Pltn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Percy Wilkinson Day. 4th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Denis William Dwyer. 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Edward East. 1st/4th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Hall. 8th Btn. B Coy. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte George Edward Scholy Hodson. 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. John David James. 1st/5th Btn. D Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment L/Cpl. Louis John Lockwood. 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. A/Cpl. Leonard Eve Martin. 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Pte. Gilbert Moulton. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Francis Mount. 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Nash. 3rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Harry James Elijah Orsler. 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Pte. John Pitt. 1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Price. 5th Btn. A Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Frederick John Rollins. 7th (Service) Btn East Surrey Regiment Pte. John Smith. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. William Wallis. 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Frank Warren. 4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Walter Sydney Warren. 4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Harry Frederick Welham. 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George William Wood. 5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Eric Woollard. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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