Well done
621Andy Bacton Night Landing Ground (1915-1919) it is. Incidentally those Undersea Telegraph Cables laid 1891-1901 went to Emden and Borkum in Germany. At the latter was a very active German Seaplane Naval Air Station during World War One. Today there is a very large Terminal at Bacton receiving Gas from the North Sea some of which is exported to Europe. The Stone Memorial is for the Crew of a Coastal Command 500 Squadron Hudson which was operating from Bircham Newton on a North Sea Patrol when it crashed at Bacton on January 16th 1942.
The Hilliard Memorial resulted from a collapsed undercarriage on landing at Bacton by a BE2 and the detonation of its Bomb Load. Gerald Hilliard is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Caister on Sea, Norfolk where this plaque is placed.
I thought you might like the Zeppelin Chart. L23 dropped 6 HE Bombs near the Landing Field while there was much damage at other places in the locality. Mrs Cubitt, 93 years old, of The Grange, Bacton slept through the raid without stirring. L11 dropped 19 HE Bombs and 26 Incendiaries on the neighbouring villages of Honing and Dilham. Mrs Fanny Gaze a 79 year old widow of Hall Farm, Honing died of shock.
Further reading: Zeppelin Blitz by Neil R. Storey. History Press 2015.
Over to you
621Andy !