Teignmouth town centre
1940 to 1943 · Teignmouth, Devon
View this record on the map →- Date
- 1940 to 1943
- Record type
- Historic bombing area
- Bomb type
- mixed
- Casualties
- 79
- Location
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Position accuracy
- Rough area
What happened
Teignmouth was struck in around ten raids between 1940 and 1943, most of them low-level tip-and-run attacks on the town centre and seafront. 228 houses were demolished and some 2,000 more damaged — for its size, one of the most heavily bombed towns in the country.
Casualty note
79 killed and 151 wounded across all raids on the town.
Also worth knowing
Area marker covering the town centre; individual strike points are recorded in the Teignmouth Old Cemetery war graves project and Devon Heritage casualty lists.