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100th anniversary of WWI bombardments

Scarborough was the site of the first attack of the First World War on British soil on 16 December 1914. Hundreds of shells rained down on the town before German warships attacked Whitby in 1914. 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

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Whitby and Scarborough mark 100 years since WW1 bombardments

Scarborough became the site of the first attack of the First World War on British soil on 16 December 1914 Credit: Topography/Topham Picturepoint/Press Association Images

Tributes will be paid this morning to those killed on the North Yorkshire coastline in the First World War bombardments exactly 100 years ago.

Hundreds of shells rained down on Scarborough before German warships attacked Whitby in 1914. 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

Lindy Rowley is from the Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre.

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