Former Air Raid Shelter, Yarra Road, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire

This air raid shelter (now garage) was built in 1916 for Joseph Forrester. It was built as a private shelter against Zeppelin bombs. This was after a series of raids on the town in April 1916. The most serious of these killed 31 soldiers billeted in a nearby chapel. Forrester, a borough councillor and chemist, achieved fame for his Forrester's Ferric Food tonic, manufactured at his nearby shop fronting onto Alexandra Road (now demolished).

Location

North East Lincolnshire Cleethorpes

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Tags

war ww1 shelter defence world war one (1914 - 1919) world one first wwi bomb