Memorial stone on the Heugh Headland Hartlepool commemorating the first bombardment by a German Battleship in the 1914-1918

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The Memorial stone reads: This tablet marks the place where the first shell from the leading German Battle Cruiser struck at 8-10 on the 16th of December 1914 and also records the place where (during the bombardment) the first soldier was killed on British soil by enemy action in the Great War 1914-1918

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Heugh Headland Hartlepool Tees Valley Co County Durham England United Kingdom Great Britain GB UK E
Photo credit: © Peter Jordan_NE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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