Ethel Price – Civilian Casualty of the 18 September 1940 Air Raids
Ethel Price – Civilian Casualty of the 18 September 1940 Air Raids Family Background Ethel Price was born in 1914 and was the daughter of Morgan and Ellen Price , of 109 Lane Road, Clydach, Swansea . The Price family were part of the close‑knit Clydach community, where Morgan and Ellen raised their children during a period marked by industrial change and the growing tensions that preceded the Second World War. Residence Before the Blitz By the time of the 1939 Register , Ethel was living at 99 Pound Lane, Middlesex . Like many young women who moved to the London area for work, she found herself in the capital during the escalating air‑raid threat of 1940, as the Luftwaffe intensified its campaign against Britain’s major cities. The Air Raid of 18 September 1940 The air raid of 18 th September 1940 occurred during one of the most intense early phases of the London Blitz . By mid‑September, London had already endured nearly two weeks of continuous bombing following the mas...
