100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAID ON WHITBY/SCARBOROUGH

[sommewalker]

Centenary of WW1 Scarborough Bombardment

The seaside town of Scarborough, in North Yorkshire in the UK, organised a poignant remembrance event this morning – exactly a 100 years after the town was shelled by German destroyers.

The event was held outside the Town Hall, overlooking the bay and seafront. It began just before 8am – the time when the Germans ships opened fire.

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For months after the German bombardment of Scarborough in 1914 the 'Scarborough Mercury' advertised commemoration medals. The advert used the following text

THE BOMBARDMENT OF SCARBOROUGH. AN ISSUE OF COMMEMORATION MEDALS

We have at considerable cost, had dies prepared by a firm of medallists of high repute in order to issue medals to keep in perpetual memory the bombardment of the town by German ships on the 16th December last.

The medals are of two sizes - one the size of a sixpence, and the other of a half-crown. The small size has been struck in gold, silver, bronze, and aluminium. The large size has been struck in silver, bronze and aluminium. The obverse represents the South Bay, with ships shelling the town. The reverse records the event and date of the same.

These medals will increase in value as time goes on, and in in course of years will be highly valued. We advise all to possess one or more of them.

The prices of the medal of the sixpenny size are:
ALUMINIUM 3d.
BRONZE 1s.
SILVER 2s. 6d.
GOLD £1

The prices of the medal of the half crown size are
ALUMINIUM 6d.
BRONZE 1s. 6d.
SILVER 7s. 6d.

The medals are now on sale at the jewellers' and stationers' shops and at the 'Mercury' Office
This is one of those commemorative medallions,
found this year in a flea market type shop in Whitby

 

[leon21]

Lets not forget Hartlepool who was the main target of the German Naval attack on 16th Dec 1914, of the three Seaside towns

with it's docks, factory's and railway network and ships in the harbour.

The raid was carried out by the German BattleCruiser's ( Seydlitz, Moltke ) and the armoured Cruiser (Blucher ).

At the same time Scarborough was attacked by the BattleCruiser's (Derfflinger, Von Der Tarn), and the Light Cruiser Kolberg

Their target was the three Naval Wireless Stations at the top of Falsgrave Park, at the time cutting edge technology in the

Organisation of the Royal Naval Fleet.

But due to bad weather poor gunnery marksmanship most of the shells fell short of the targets landing in the town instead.

The total casualties in all three was 137 Fatalities / 592 Casualties this included 7 soldiers killed and 14 injured.

After the raids 22,000 men in Hartlepool alone signed up, also on 3 occasions won awards for raising the most money per head

of population of any place in the British Empire for the war effort, an amazing total in todays value of 545 million pounds.

 

 

Here's a recruiting poster for Scarborough.

 

And photo's of a plaque at Redheugh Gardens War Memorial.

[sommewalker]

Lets not forget Hartlepool who was the main target of the German Naval attack on 16th Dec 1914, of the three Seaside towns

with it's docks, factory's and railway network and ships in the harbour.

The raid was carried out by the German BattleCruiser's ( Seydlitz, Moltke ) and the armoured Cruiser (Blucher ).

At the same time Scarborough was attacked by the BattleCruiser's (Derfflinger, Von Der Tarn), and the Light Cruiser Kolberg

Their target was the three Naval Wireless Stations at the top of Falsgrave Park, at the time cutting edge technology in the

Organisation of the Royal Naval Fleet.

But due to bad weather poor gunnery marksmanship most of the shells fell short of the targets landing in the town instead.

The total casualties in all three was 137 Fatalities / 592 Casualties this included 7 soldiers killed and 14 injured.

After the raids 22,000 men in Hartlepool alone signed up, also on 3 occasions won awards for raising the most money per head

of population of any place in the British Empire for the war effort, an amazing total in todays value of 545 million pounds.

 

 

Here's a recruiting poster for Scarborough.

 

And photo's of a plaque at Redheugh Gardens War Memorial.Rememberscarborough1.jpgJS526639351.jpgMemorial_to_the_first_British_soldier_killed_on_British_soil_during_the_Great_War_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4299052.jpg

yes i agree about not forgetting Hartlepool

but this post was about Scarborough

and their commerating event ,

but thanks for your input none the less ..................

[Kenny Andrew]

I think the two posts go together well, both for Scarborough and Hartlepool, thanks for sharing guys