Memorial garden unveiled to commemorate Whitby bombardment

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The garden has been unveiled Credit: Whitby in Bloom

A memorial garden to commemorate the bombardment of Whitby 100 years ago has been unveiled.

Remembering a coastguard and scout leader being amongst the victims of a tragic hour of naval shelling. The garden was opened at 9:05 with a parachute flair release and a short service given by Reverend Canon David Smith.

The installation, which sits in a sunken garden on Whitby’s West Cliff, has been four years in the making and represents a bombed out home complete with unexploded shell. The shell was a gift to the people of Whitby to thank them for their fund raising efforts during the First World War and was donated to Whitby in Bloom by the Town Council for public display.