card, card
Accession Number
NAM.1963-01-57-4
Description
Card with a pin and a piece of wire from the Cuffley Zeppelin, originally contained in tobacco box, belonged to Lt Col Henry Charles Warre DSO, General Staff, 3rd Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1916. Associated with World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918) and World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). The Cuffley Zeppelin was in fact the SL 11, a German Army Schütte-Lanz airship. It was the first German airship to be shot down over Britain. Lt W L Robinson attacked it over Hertfordshire on 3 Sep 1916 and it crashed at Cuffley. These souvenirs were sold in aid of the Red Cross.
Campaigns
World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)
Associated collection
