The Baedeker Raid on York

26 Nunthorpe Crescent





Mr Holliday's home is in the centre of the picture of Nunthorpe Crescent today.

Tom Holliday......aged 62.

Mr Holliday was killed when a bomb landed in nearby Nunthorpe Grove. Some of the debris thrown up by the explosion crashed through the roof of his home. Mr Holliday was killed but his wife was unhurt but badly shocked. His daughter was trapped in the wreckage but rescued soon after with an injured back and legs. 





The overgrown grave of Tom Holliday in the York Cemetery.