What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: On Sunday 21st February 1915, during the First World War, the first air raid on Colchester occurred here at, what was then, 41 Butt Road Recorded plaque organisation: Sir Bob Russell MP.
On February 21, 1915, during World War I, 41 Butt Road in Colchester experienced the first air raid on the town, marking an early instance of aerial bombing against civilian targets in Britain.
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