Night Raid

3 September 1940



This was the first big raid on Cardiff. It was precisely a year after the war started. Angus St, Arabella St, Moy Rd, Alfred St, Woodville Rd and Claude Place were all bombed. 10 H.E. bombs and some incendiary bombs were used. 10 people were killed and 12 were seriously injured. The raid began at 9:30 pm. Street numbers that were definitely hit are 1-9 Angus St.

PERSONAL MEMORY

"My family were in the shelter and I had just joined them when there was an explosion. It seemed like a few yards away but it was actually in the next street. After it was over I went and found a house had been hit. "

Personal memory from South Wales Echo issue17,695, page 1, September 4th 1940.

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This is Angus Street. It was bombed on the 3rd September, 1940. You can see that new houses have been built.

 

Night Raid
2nd January 1941

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