On the night of February 16th (?) 1918 - I think it was the Gotha Raid ... a bomb hit the Royal Hospital - five were killed and three children were pulled out of the rubble ! My question is ... why were there children at the Royal Hospital ? ( I thought it was only for Chelsea pensioners ..... ) Annie
I guess this is my answer ... I just found this !! http://www.roll-of-honour.com/London/RoyalChelseaHospital.html What happened does anybody know ??
And just a little off topic ... but God Bless this old soldier .... lived all those years to be killed by a bomb ... in a supposedly safe place !! RATTRAY Henry Augustus In-pensioner. Late 24th Regiment of Foot. Died 16th April 1941. Aged 100.
Here's a picture Annie. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/3426409.jpg%3Fv%3D1%26c%3DViewImages%26k%3D2%26d%3DD278A15CF533E62C279977320702F06DA55A1E4F32AD3138&imgrefurl=http://www.jamd.com/image/g/3426409&usg=__K7cfCE8Xx11lPSmJ4wSBCjhLPy8=&h=459&w=594&sz=50&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=jDEDd38lsI9B_M:&tbnh=104&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchelsea%2Bhospital,%2Bbomb,%2B1918%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Thanks Phil ...... looks pretty bad doesn't it ? I made a mistake didn't I ? I thought it was a Gotha raid but it was a Zeppelin ! My friend found this on A*
