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The Bombardment of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth by the Germans, 25th April 1916. Lowestoft: Lowestoft War Memorial Museum. ISBN 978-0-9571769-2-8. Marder, Arthur J. (1965). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904–1919: The War Years to the eve of Jutland: 1914–1916. Vol. II. London: Oxford University Press.
The Raid on Yarmouth, on 3 November 1914, was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth.German shells only landed on the beach causing little damage to the town, after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers.
The War in the Air Being the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. V (pbk. facs. repr. Imperial War Museum Department of Printed Books and Battery Press, Uckfield ed.). London: Clarendon Press.
The site was sold to Colman's for food manufacturing in 1890 and then to Great Yarmouth Borough Council in 1924; the buildings suffered some damage during the Second World War. [1] At some point, the barracks were demolished, and an housing estate called Barrack Estate was built on the site. [4]
Great Yarmouth: 1913–20: Norfolk: England: Base for both land and seaplanes that shot down three Zeppelins during WWI [14] Speke: n/a: Speke: 1942–45: Merseyside: England: Lodger facilities only initially, housed a RN Air Section. Now Liverpool John Lennon Airport: Stornoway: Mentor II: Stornoway: 1940–41 1943–44: Western Isles: Scotland
HMS Yarmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 12 April 1911 from the yards of the London & Glasgow Co. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup. The Sopwith Pup of Flight Commander Rutland takes off from a platform on the forward gun turret of HMS Yarmouth , June 1917.
HMS Kestrel, World War II Royal Naval Air Station at Worthy Down, Hampshire [16] HMS Merlin, Fife 1917–1959 RNAS Donibristle ... HMS Midge, Great Yarmouth;
The Raid on Yarmouth, which took place in November 1914, was an attack by the German Navy on the British North Sea port and town of Great Yarmouth. Little damage was done to the town itself, since shells only landed on the beach once German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers.