12th July 1918

[suffolkboy_]

Hi everyone.

 

I hope someone may be able to help me on this.

 

I have recently bought a house with the remains on an old post mill in the grounds. I have been doing a lot of research into the windmill and found out some quite interesting information regarding some major damage it sustained on 12th July 1918, to quote an old document I found.

 

"During the Great War it was under Government control and had the misfortune to be tail-winded on 12th July 1918, the cap being taken off and the sails wrecked"

 

Does anyone know where I can find any charts for this day or find any record of the weather? The old thing I can find is information on a major hailstorm 2 days later in Surrey.

 

A picture of the mill after the damage:

 

Thanks for any help you might be able to give me!

Edited November 4, 2013 by suffolkboy_

[Weather-history]

Nothing specific but it was a thundery month. A lot of stations in England recorded 7 or 8 days of thunder that month.