The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
This was during one of the worst raids Weston experienced. The first bombs
fell on Weston in June 1940 but blitzes in January 1941 and in June 1942
destroyed large areas of the town. 358 Many people were killed in the two raids
in 1942 359
It has been suggested that Lord Glanely had moved “temporarily” to Weston to
avoid the bombing in Cardiff, which was becoming intense in the middle of 1942,
but this cannot be verified.
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Weston super Mare was attacked on the nights of June 27th and 28th resulting in the
death of 102 persons, with a further 400 injured. It was chosen as a reprisal for the
British Thousand Bomber raid on Bremen on the night of June 26th, because German
intelligence understood that Churchill was to stay in the town on his return from a visit
to the United States.
53 aircraft of I, II and III/KG 2, II/KG 40 and Kü Fl Gr 106 claimed to have attack
Weston on the night of June 27th, with a total of 28.6 tonnes of H.E's and 18,832
I.B's, while 2 Ju 88's of 1(F)/123 kept a look-out for British fighters. The raid began
in brilliant weather with a full moon and the first bombs were dropped just before the
siren warning at 01.22 hrs. A total of 62 H.E. incidents involving casualties were
reported from many locations, but the main concentration was in the residential and
shopping centre of the town. The attack, which was of short duration, ended at about
02.00 hrs, the majority of the damage having been confined to residential property.
From the attack force only one aircraft was lost, this having crashed in France injuring
the 4 crewmen.
The following night a similar number of bombers from the same units delivered some 27
tonnes of H.E.'s and 20,096 I.B's, the Weston Anti-Aircraft guns engaging them
between 01.59 and 02.24 hrs. During this raid it was the main shopping centre which
was chiefly affected with many shops and commercial premises being destroyed as a
result of the large fires which took hold in the Regent Street, High Street, South
Parade, Waterloo Street and Boulevard area. Railway services in and out of Weston
were also suspended, and at the station the waiting room and goods shed were
destroyed by fire, as were 12 passenger coaches.
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