Although the house in the centre has been completely
demolished, the walls and floors of the adjoining
properties are still partly intact and the terrace
was successfully rebuilt after the war.
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Air-raid
damage to houses in Baytree Road caused by
a Zeppelin L31 airship.
The nine airships that reached England on
23 and 24 September 1916 dropped a total of
371 bombs causing many casualties and extensive
damage to properties in South London.
The Zeppelins were cumbersome and slow moving,
carried a very light payload of bombs and
were relatively easy targets for Allied defences.
The damage was very minor when compared with
the highly organised bombing raids of the
Second World War.
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