On 3 September 1914 the Admiralty was put in charge of the defence of the United Kingdom against air attack. Its strategy was to use its limited number of aircraft in attacks on airship bases rather than on defensive patrols.[1]
A seaplane carrier raid was launched against the airship base near Cuxhaven on 25 December 1914. An attack on the Emden base was planned, but was postponed on 14 January 1915 because the weather was unsuitable for seaplanes.[2]
Night attacks were expected in 1914, so some restrictions on lighting were introduced in London, Birmingham and coastal towns. These did not entail a full blackout because of the potential effect on road safety and business. Major thoroughfares and bridges had their lighting broken up and parks were given lights in order to stop enemy airmen using them to find their targets. Lights on public transport were reduced to the…
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First Night History 
There has been a lot of commemoration of those events here in East Anglia. Last night, there was a sound and light projection at Kings Lynn Docks, to educate people about the Zeppelin raid.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Done well, sound and light projections can be superb and really give a feeling of the reality.
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Thanks for the reblog.
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