Funeral procession consisting of B-type buses draped with
wreaths for a bus conductor killed in a Zeppelin raid during the
First World War. Photographed by Central News, 1915 - 1917 Image
no: Ukn Inventory no: 1998/36689 20th Century London caption:
The B-type buses in this funeral procession are draped with
wreaths. The funeral is for a bus conductor killed in a zeppelin
(German military airship) raid during the First World War. The
first zeppelin attack in May 1915 killed six people and marked
the beginning of German attacks from the air on London's
civilian population. The zeppelin attacks killed 670 people in
all and injured 1,962. Although they were not a military success
for the Germans, the attacks showed that Britain's civilian
population were vulnerable as they had not been for centuries.