St Augustine’s Roll of Honour

1939-1945

Civilian casualties

Mr Arthur Cyril Bracey. Arthur Bracey died during the fourth air raid on Norwich while at Boulton & Paul’s Engineering Works near Thorpe Railway Station on Thursday 1 August 1940. He was 24 years old. Mr Bracey worked in the Joinery Department and was among nine employees killed at the Engineering Works that day by bombs dropped from a lone Junkers 88. There had been no air raid warning.  He was the son of A. A. & E. F. Bracey of 25 Leonard Street, St Augustine’s, Norwich, and the husband of Mrs D. E. Bracey of 9 Caston Road, Thorpe-next-Norwich. He is buried in Norwich Cemetery.

Four members of the Jarvis family. 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.

His Majesty's Forces casualties

Able Seaman William Herbert Henry Barrett, Royal Navy, HMS Rawalpindi. Died 23 November 1939, aged 31. Son of William and Agnes Barrett of Norwich. Husband of Ellen Barrett of Norwich. HMS Rawalpindi, a lightly armed, converted merchant cruiser, was sunk while patrolling north of the Faroe Islands in the North Sea following a chance encounter with the German battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Able Seaman Barrett was one of 238 members of crew who lost their lives that day, including Captain E. C. Kennedy, father of the broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy. 

Private George Victor Bridges, 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 17 April 1942 in Singapore, aged 22. Son of Harry and Ellen Bridges of Norwich. Husband of Irene Bridges of West Earlham, Norwich. Buried Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.

Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M) Leonard Walter Brown, 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.

Private Eric Edward Burrows, 1/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey Regiment). 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.

Private Frank Harvey, 5th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 21 July 1943 while serving in the Far East, aged 23. Son of Rose Harvey of Norwich. Husband of Amelia Ann Harvey of Norwich. Pte Harvey is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cememtery in Thailand and so almost certainly died while a prisoner of war engaged in forced labour on the Burma-Siam railway.

Private Jack Stanley Lincoln, 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.

Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Harry Snelling, 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.

Private Reginald Watson, 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died 29 July 1943 while serving in the Far East, aged 24. Pte Watson is buried at Kanchanaburi War Cememtery in Thailand and so almost certainly died while a prisoner of war engaged in forced labour on the Burma-Siam railway.