
NORWICH,
SAINT AUGUSTINE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and Copyright © Stuart McLaren 2008
The
Second World War memorial for St Augustine, Norwich, is located at the
south-west end of the nave aisle near the main porch. It takes the form
of a mahogany plaque decorated with copper bay leaves, a Roman symbol
of victory. The church also has a separate Great War memorial and a
number of memorials to individual casualties of the Great War.
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Photograph
Copyright © Stuart McLaren 2008 |
Electric
Light was
installed in this Church
1948
To the Glory of God
and in Undying Memory
of those who fell in
The War For Freedom
1939–1945 |
H.
M. Forces |
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BARRETT |
William
Herbert Henry |
Able
Seaman, Royal Navy, HMS Rawalpindi. Died 23 November 1939, aged
31. Son of William and Agnes Barrett and husband of Ellen Barrett.
HMS Rawalpindi, a lightly armed converted merchant cruiser, was
sunk as a result of enemy action while patrolling north of the
Faroe Islands following a chance encounter with the German battle-cruisers
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. AB Barrett was one of 238 crew members
who lost their lives that day, including the ship’s commander,
Captain E. C. Kennedy, father of the late broadcaster and writer
Ludovic Kennedy.
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| BRIDGES |
George
Victor |
Private,
4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 17 April 1942 in Singapore,
aged 22. Son of Harry and Ellen Bridges. Husband of Irene Bridges
of West Earlham, Norwich. Presumably died while a POW following
the surrender of Singapore. Buried Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
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BROWN |
Leonard
Walter |
Warrant
Officer Class II (C.S.M), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Died 16 October 1944 during the liberation of Holland. Son of
John and Florence L. M. Brown of St Augustine’s parish, Norwich.
Buried Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands.
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| BURROWS |
Eric
Edward |
Private,
1/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Died
3 August 1944 during the liberation of France. Son of Walter and
Elizabeth Burrows of St Augustine’s parish, Norwich. Buried Bayeux
War Cemetery, Normandy, France.
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HARVEY |
Frank |
Private
, 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 21 July 1943 while
serving in the Far East, aged 23. Son of Rose Harvey and husband
of Amelia Ann Harvey. Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand
and so almost certainly died while a POW engaged in forced labour
on the Burma–Siam railway.
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| LINCOLN |
Jack
Stanley |
Private,
1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 1 March 1945 during
the liberation of Europe. Husband of Beatrice Maud Lincoln. Buried
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
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SNELLING |
Harry |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died
25 April 1942, aged 26. Son of Harry John and Ann Elizabeth Snelling
of Cromer Road, Norwich. His funeral service was held in St Augustine’s
church on 30 April 1942. Buried Rosary Cemetery, Thorpe Hamlet,
Norwich.
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| WATSON |
Reginald |
Private,
6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 29 July 1943 while
serving in the Far East, aged 24. Pte Watson is buried at Kanchanaburi
War Cemetery in Thailand and so almost certainly died while a
POW of war engaged in forced labour on the Burma–Siam railway.
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| Civilians |
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BRACEY |
Mr
Arthur Cyril |
Died
during air raid on Norwich on Thursday 1 August 1940 while at
work at Boulton & Paul’s Engineering Works near Thorpe Railway
Station, Norwich, aged 24. He worked in the Joinery Department
and was among nine employees killed that day by two bombs dropped
from a lone Junkers 88. There had been no air raid warning. Son
of A. A. & E. F. Bracey of 25 Leonard Street, St Augustine’s,
Norwich. Husband of D. E. Bracey of 9 Caston Road, Thorpe-next-Norwich.
Buried Norwich Cemetery.
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| JARVIS
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(The
family) Frederick, May, Dorothy and Beris |
Mr
Frederick William Jarvis, aged 60; Mrs May Martha Jarvis, aged
56; Miss Dorothy May Jarvis, aged 27; and Miss Beris Mabel Jarvis,
aged 25. All were killed on 27 April 1942 at 41 Patteson Road,
Norwich during one of the worst nights of the so-called 'Baedeker'
air raids on Norwich. All are buried in Norwich Cemetery.
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Last updated
7 October, 2008
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