 Memorial
to those who died
As the bombs were dropping, ripping Norwich apart, a
little boy and his frightened mother were huddled in
a cupboard under the stairs of their home off St Augustine’s.
“It is something that I have never forgotten,”
says Roy Scott, then five years old. "The devastation
around us was over was extraordinary. The whole area
had changed."
Over the years he discovered more information about
what had happened in Norwich during the 1942 Blitz but
never realised just how many people had lost their lives.
“Several books have been written but few names
are ever mentioned. It seems they had been forgotten
about,” said Roy.
So he embarked on a mission to name every man, woman
and child who lost their lives in the two bombing raids
during the last week in April 1942.
By appealing for information from Evening News readers,
using our archives, listings from The Commonwealth Graves
Commission, Norwich Registrar’s weekly death returns,
burial records, air raid reports and mortuary records
Roy, a member of the Norfolk Family History Society,
has put together a unique roll of honour of 235 people
believed to have died during the two raids.
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