The Home Front

Here we will try and give a flavour of what life was like away from the front, at home in Sheffield. The factories and steel giants making the weapons of war. Sheffield Volunteer Defence Corps. The Zeppelin Raid, etc, etc.

On the 25th September 1916 Sheffield suffered its 1st ever Air Raid, this Zeppelin attack killed 29 men, women and children

The Zeppelin raid of 25th September 1916 Roll of Honour

Zeppelin Raid Article