Zeppelin raids, Gothas and 'Giants'
Britain's First Blitz - 1914 -1918
Ian Castle looks at the World War One air raids on Britain - the First Blitz
Index - work in progress - updated to 20th May 1918
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Adisham
Aldborough Hatch
Alderton
Alford
Anderby
Annitsford
Anwick
Arbirlot
Ardleigh
Ash
Ashby St. Mary
Ashby Woulds
Ashford
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Astley Bridge
Aston
Aveley
Awsworth
Aylesby
Bacton
Badlesmere
Badlingham
Badley Bridge
Baginton
Banham
Banningham
Bapchild
Barling
Barmby Moor
Barkingside
Bartley Green
Barton Bendish
Bassingham
Bawdsey
Bayfield
Bearsted
Beauchamp Roding
Bedford
Bedlington
Beechamwell
19/20 May 1918
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
25/26 Apr 1916
2/3 Apr 1916
24/25 Apr 1916
24/25 Apr 1916
14 Apr 1915
24/25 Sep 1917
2/3 May 1916
17 Aug 1915
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
2/3 Aug 1916
31 Jan/1 Feb 1916
17 Aug 1915
25 May 1917
25/26 Sep 1916
2/3 Sep 1916
23/24 Sep 1916
31 Jan/1 Feb 1916
2/3 Sep 1916
24/25 Apr 1916
17 Aug 1915
12 Aug 1915
23/24 Sep 1916
12/13 Apr 1918
23/24 May 1917
13/14 Oct 1915
29/30 Sep 1917
13 Jun 1917
27/28 Nov 1916
25/26 Apr 1916
19 Oct 1917
19 Oct 1917
28/29 Jul 1916
2/3 Aug 1916
31 Jan/1 Feb 1916
19 Oct 1917
19/20 May 1918
19 Oct 1917
14 Apr 1915
19 Oct 1917
Beelsby
Bekesbourne
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Bells Forstall
Benhall
Berners Roding
Bethersden
Bibbenden Green
Billingford
Bilsington
Binham
Birchenwood
Birling
Birmingham (Hall Grn)
Bixley
Birchington
Biscathorpe
Blackmore
Blankney Dales
Blankney Park
Bloomfield
Bold
Bolton
Bolton Abbey
Bolton upon Dearne
Borstal
Boston
Boughton Malherbe
Boulby
Bournes Green
Bowden
Boythorpe
Braintree
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Bucknall
Burton Fleming
Bramford
Brancaster
Bredfield
Brettenham
Bridge
Bridgend (Scotland)
24/25 Sep 1917
16/17 Mar 1917
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
18 Dec 1917
29/30 Sep 1917
7/8 Sep 1915
19/20 May 1918
25 May 1917
25 May 1917
2/3 Aug 1916
25 May 1917
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
27/28 Nov 1916
28 Sep 1917
12/13 Apr 1918
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
25/26 Apr 1916
12/13 Apr 1918
31 Mar/1 Apr 1916
1/2 Oct 1916
12/13 Apr 1918
31 Jan/1 Feb 1916
12/13 Apr 1918
25/26 Sep 1916
25/26 Sep 1916
24/25 Sep 1917
30 Sep 1917
2/3 Sep 1916
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
24/25 Sep 1917
12 Aug 1917
8/9 Aug 1916
27/28 Nov 1916
21 Feb 1915
31 Mar/1 Apr 1916
1/2 Oct 1916
25/26 Sep 1916
29/30 Apr 1915
19 Jan 1915
29/30 Apr 1915
2/3 Sep 1916
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
2/3 Apr 1916
Brinningham
Briston
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Broadstairs
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Brockdish
Bromeswell
Broome
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Broomfield
Broxbourne
Buckenham
Bucklesham
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Bulls Cross
Bulpham
Bungay
Bunwell
Burgh-next-Aylsham
Burnham (Lincs.)
Burnham-on Crouch
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Burnham Thorpe
Burstwick
Burton-on-Trent
Bury St. Edmunds
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Buxhall
Buxton with Lammas
Bylaugh Hall
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
2/3 Sep 1916
9 Feb 1916
1 Mar 1916
19/20 May 1916
1 Mar 1917
5 Apr 1917
22 Aug 1917
3/4 Sep 1917
25 Sep 1917
30 Sep 1917
1 Oct 1917
31 Oct/1 Nov 1917
18 Dec 1917
2/3 Aug 1916
29/30 Apr 1915
2/3 Aug 1916
2/3 Sep 1916
7/8 Mar 1918
13/14 Oct 1915
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
13/14 Sep 1915
28 Sep 1917
2/3 Sep 1916
19/20 May 1918
2/3 Sep 1916
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
31 Jul/1 Aug 1916
12/13 Apr 1918
29 Oct 1917
19/20 May 1918
2/3 Sep 1916
5/6 Mar 1916
31 Jan/1 Feb 1916
29/30 Apr 1915
31 Mar/1 Apr 1916
2/3 Sep 1916
3/4 Apr 1916
8/9 Sep 1915