Baedeker raid, 70 years on
The 70th anniversary of the ‘Baedeker’ raid is being marked in an imaginative way – on Twitter – @BaedekerLive. You can follow … More …
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1942 ‘Baedeker’ raid
I’ve updated and I hope enhanced the pages on this site relating to the air raid on 29 April 1942. The civilian casualties list has had a lot of visitors in recent days, following an article in The Press about the ‘Baedeker’ raid. I’ve added a page with a simplified, … More …
Addresses of civilian deaths, Baedeker raid
March 2012
A simplified version of the civilian war dead list. Addresses in the York area where civilians were killed by bombing on the night of 29 April 1942. Explanatory notes and links are included below. You can also view the Google map.
- 35 Amberley St … More …
The lost street of Pickering Terrace
2012
‘A high explosive bomb hit the school wall’
There are many familiar street names on the lists of air raid damage and casualties from the ‘Baedeker’ raid of 1942. One street name probably not so familiar is Pickering Terrace.
I could find no trace of it … More …
Memorial to a wartime fireman
2011
This headstone in York Cemetery marks the resting place of one of the casualties of the ‘Baedeker raid‘ on 29 April 1942. Arthur Broadhead was a fireman with the National Fire Service, and … More …
Baedeker raid
February 2011
The ‘Baedeker raid’ on York was the most destructive bombing raid on the city. It wasn’t the only time York was bombed during the war years, but it’s the most … More …
Memories of the Baedeker raid
February 2011
Stephen was born in York in 1929 and was 13 years old at the time of the air raid on York in April 1942. Also included on this site are Stephen’s memories of living in York through the war, in a walk through wartime York.
“The night … More …
Memorial to a railwayman
2011
The text on the plaque reads:
In memory of William Milner – born 1900, died 1942
Station Foreman William Milner, a keen member of the LNER First-Aid Movement, gave his life in an attempt … More …