Preston Road & Vicarage Street shelters
7 October 1940 · Yeovil, Somerset
View this record on the map →- Date
- 7 October 1940
- Record type
- Historic bombing area
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 27
- Location
- Yeovil, Somerset
- Position accuracy
- Rough area
What happened
Yeovil's first and most serious air raid, followed by a second the next day. Two bombs made direct hits on air raid shelters — one in Preston Road, one at Vicarage Street Methodist Church.
Casualty note
The 27 dead covers both the 7 October raid and a second raid the following day; the source does not split the figure by day.
Also worth knowing
Across the war Yeovil recorded ten air raids and 107 high-explosive bombs, killing or fatally wounding 49 people. No incendiaries are recorded as having fallen on the town. The last raid, on 5 August 1942, damaged nearly a thousand houses; it is noted here rather than mapped separately because it would anchor to this same town-centre point.