Sheaf Street, near Midland Station
29 August 1940 · Sheffield, South Yorkshire
View this record on the map →- Date
- 29 August 1940
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Casualties
- 4
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, street-derived point
What happened
A bomb exploded on Sheaf Street close to Sheffield Midland railway station, killing four people — the first air-raid deaths in the city, months before the December Blitz.
Also worth knowing
Sheffield was under air-raid conditions across 264 days of the war.