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Second World War York. Troops march past Mansion House. 1939AD - 1945AD. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, preparations were underway. The first Air Raid Precautions meeting in York took place in February 1937.
- March 1937 – Air Raid Wardens Service Created
- August 11 1940 – Four Bombs Fall on York
- April 29 1942 – The Baedeker Raid
- August 9 1942 – Lone Raider
By the end of the Second World War 6,383 wardens had lost their lives. In York alone 1,000 volunteers kept the city as safe as they could. The co-ordination of response to an air raid took place within the 15th century Guildhall. From here it was decided that 36 public shelters would be installed before the air raids could take place. The largest w...
Four individual bombs fell in and around the city. York cemetery was hit causing damage to the gravestones and surrounding area. One bomb lay unexploded between Clifford’s Tower and Piccadilly.
The Germans’ decision to hit York followed the RAF’s raid on the German city of Lubeck of March the same year. It is believed that the city was chosen for its historical, cultural and industrial attributes. On the night the targets were strategic: the railway station, the carriageworks, the airfield. More than 70 German planes were involved in the ...
A lone raider dropped four bombs in the centre of the city. Despite two bombs going unexploded, one person was killed, nine injured and 36 suffered minor injuries. The rebuilding of York after the 1942 raids took decades. But there is still evidence of the damage, including in the remains of St Martin-le-Grand. And for those who lived through ‘York...
York Bombed. Early in the morning of Wednesday, April 29, 1942, York suffered its worst air raid of the war. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. In the previous few days, the Luftwaffe had attacked two other cathedral cities, Norwich and Bath. These were the so-called Baedecker raids.
Feb 4, 2019 · The first shows the street during the Second World War, shortly after it had been bombed during the Baedeker Raid of April 29, 1942. The bombs demolished a couple of properties in the middle...
Apr 20, 2022 · It has been described as the ‘worst night in York’s history’. At 2.42am in the early hours of April 29, 1942, air raid sirens began to sound across the city. For the next two hours, bombs ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Bomb damage on Westminster Road after an air raid on York in 1942. Photograph: Yorkshire Evening Press. Tue 11 Aug 2020 @ 9:11am. YorkMix. History. It was 80 years ago today that York suffered its first bombing raid of the Second World War.
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Apr 28, 2012 · In the early hours of April 29, 1942, the Second World War came to York in the most violent manner possible. For two hours or more, bombs rained down on the city.
