I looked up a couple of books for some information as I had not seen a reply to this In 'The Blitz - Then and Now' Vol 2 describes a major attack on London on March 15th by 93 bombers. It also says bombs also fell on a number of places in the South East on of which was Southend. Bombers targeting London often dropped bombs wherever rather than return loaded and though Southend was rarely the target of a raid even though it had a military significance due to its location at the mouth of the Thames made it handily placed en route to and from London. In 'We Died For You' Ellen Deal is listed as being injured at 31 New Road Leigh on the 15th and died in Southend Hospital on the 17th aged 74 (if I have interpreted the listing correctly). I also noted that next door at No 30 (New Road is opposite the railway line and had/has houses on one side only) Bertha Lilian Deal aged 10 was killed as was one Harry Threshold - although he lived elsewhere in Leigh. There was one other casualty listed in Southend that night so it was not comparable to the raids on London. Hope this helps Regards Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Parker Sent: 11 October 2011 20:49 To: [email protected] Subject: [Ess] Deal Blitz death Ellen Deal (nee Goff) who was one of the victims of a bombing raid on Leigh-on Sea in March 1941 is my wife's (Shirley nee Goff) 2nd cousin twice removed. We would very much like to learn more of the family and of the details of that and other raid on Southend/Leigh. I thank you David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message