Alfred Albert Swainsbury

Item

Title

Alfred Albert Swainsbury

Who?

Father

Item(s)

Story only, no images

Story

My father Alfred Albert Swainsbury was born in 1912. As a five year old, he was present at a Zeppelin raid in Bethnel Green in 1917. The shock of the incendiary bomb struck him dumb, and he had a stammer for the rest of his life.

When?

January 1917

Where?

Bethnal Green, London

Contributor

Judith Irene Rawlings Hall

Collection Day

6th April 2019, Williton Pavilion, Williton, Somerset

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This item was submitted on May 23, 2019