 Somerton was hit by four Luftwaffe bombs on the morning of 29 September 1942 during the Second World War . The bombs were aimed at the Cow and Gate milk factory and it was largely destroyed . Ten nearby houses were badly damaged . Nine people were killed and thirty seven injured . A memorial at the dairy site commemorates those killed . The factory later became a district council depot , and was recently bought by the town council for possible use as the site of a new town hall . 
