WW2 Bomb That Fell On Halifax

This was the major incident in Halifax during World War II.
Around 9:00 pm on Friday, 22nd November 1940, a 100 kg (220 lbs)  bomb was dropped and fell at the junction of Hanson Lane with Crossley Terrace.

It killed 11 people – including

Ivy Burrows [aged 41]
Charles Cockroft [aged 63]
Francis Richard (Frank) Keating [aged 65]
William Marston [aged 48]
Harry Moore [aged 48]
Eric Sapho Pearson [aged 16]
Nora Varney [aged 38]
James Ward [aged 65]
Arthur Watson [aged 63]
Lucy Ann Wild [aged 68]
Another 10 people required hospital treatment.

Mrs Emmeline Jagger was injured and died in March 1941.

The bomb damaged the West Hill pub and 537 houses, about 30 of which had to be demolished.

It has been suggested that the single bomb was actually dropped by an allied aircraft