There will be a short service (approx 20 minutes) in the Redheugh Gardens at the war memorial to remember those who were lost and whose lives were changed forever by the devastating events of the 16th December 1914.
The names of all of the children and service personnel lost during the Bombardment will be read and crosses planted in their memory. Members of the community are invited to take part by planting the small crosses around the memorial or laying a wreath.
The museum will be open for hot drinks from 7.30am.
The museum’s 25 pounder saluting gun will fire at 08.10am marking the beginning of the Bombardment.
Tickets £10.00 available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/heugh-battery-museum/t-zzmqyve
Or from the Heugh Battery Museum during opening hours.
This will be the first showing in Hartlepool of ‘The Baby Killers’, a documentary telling the story of the Bombardment of Scarborough, Whitby and The Hartlepools made by Forge Films in conjunction with Eden Camp Modern History Museum and the Heugh Battery Museum. The documentary is being shown by kind permission to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the German raid on the East Coast.
The documentary focuses on the morning of Wednesday December 16th 1914 when the German Imperial Navy sent battlecruisers across the North Sea to bombard the towns of Scarborough, Whitby, Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, and lay mines off the east coast.
The film is being shown at the Headland Baptist Church in Hartlepool which sustained severe damage during the raid. There will be a Q&A after the showing.
Following the film and a 15 minute intermission, there will be a talk by Dr Michael Reeve of the Open University.
Dr Reeve will speak about Hartlepool’s societal response to the Bombardment – fundraising, Thank Giving Days, recruitment and reparations. Dr Reeve will also focus on the damage to the Baptist Church itself and the efforts to rebuild it after the Bombardment. Dr Reeve will take questions at the end of his presentation.
Tickets £5.00 available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/heugh-battery-museum/the-baby-killers-the-bombardment-of-scarborough-whitby-and-the-hartlepools-documentary/e-eyexvv
or from the Heugh Battery Museum during opening hours.
A second opportunity to see the documentary film created by Forge Films in conjunction with Eden Camp Modern History Museum and the Heugh Battery Museum.
Open: Friday – Monday from 10am – 4pm
Heugh Battery Museum, Moor Terrace, Headland, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 0PS
info@heughbattery.co.uk
01429 270746
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