Aircraftman 1st Class William Albert Augood RAF 1940
653108 Aircraftman 1st Cl.
W.A.AUGOOD
Royal Air Force
8th April 1940
Beautiful Memories
Of him so dear
Often recalled
With a silent tear
AUGOOD, WILLIAM ALBERT
Rank:………………………………Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No:……………………..653108
Date of Death:………………..08/04/1940
Service:……………………………Royal Air Force
Grave Reference:…………….Sec. 62. Grave 819.
Cemetery:………………………..NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
Additional Information:……Son of Albert and Maude Augood, of Norwich.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2764126/AUGOOD,%20WIL...
There is no death recorded in England and Wales for William.
In an official Air Ministry notification which was reprinted in the May 2nd 1940 edition of Flight Magazine, A.C.1 W.A.Augood (653108) is included in the list of those Killed on Active Service.
Source: www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%201277...
A forum post has identified that he was aboard Avro Anson Mk1 N5322 of 8 FFS which dived into the ground at Montreathmont, Angus, Scotland. Working on a process of elimination, he was probably the Air Gunner\Wireless Operator in the crew.
Source: www.rafcommands.com/archive/17235.php
Other crew members were
Sergeant (Pilot) 748369 James Holmes, aged 19, of Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire. He was buried at Manchester Southern Cemetery.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403385/HOLMES,%20JAMES
Sergeant (Observer) 743009 Alexander Ferguson Scott, aged 30, from Scotstoun, Glasgow. He is commemorated on the memorial at Glasgow Crematorium.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2840912/SCOTT,%20ALEX...
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Birth and family
The birth of a William A Augood was registered in the Norwich District in the April to June quarter of 1921. His mothers maiden name was Roope.
I could not find a marriage of a “Mr Augood” to a “Miss Roope” prior to the birth of William. I did investigate whether his mother might perhaps have been widowed and so would have been married under her old married name rather than her maiden name. A few possible marriages raised a possibility but “died” for want of a dead spouse. For example an Albert Augood married a Maude Eggert in the Norwich District in the April to June quarter of 1919. Looking for a possible earlier marriage of an Eggert to a Roope, I identified that’s a Walter Eggert married a Maud Rooper, also in the Norwich District, in the January to March quarter of 1912. However, I could not find the death of a Walter Eggert between 1912 and 1919 anywhere in England and Wales, nor could I see him on the CWGC site.
Likely siblings of William, (all Norwich District, mothers maiden name Roope):-
April to June 1925…………..Maud A
April to June 1929…………..Edith A
January to March 1931……Betty A
Aircraftman 1st Class William Albert Augood RAF 1940
653108 Aircraftman 1st Cl.
W.A.AUGOOD
Royal Air Force
8th April 1940
Beautiful Memories
Of him so dear
Often recalled
With a silent tear
AUGOOD, WILLIAM ALBERT
Rank:………………………………Aircraftman 1st Class
Service No:……………………..653108
Date of Death:………………..08/04/1940
Service:……………………………Royal Air Force
Grave Reference:…………….Sec. 62. Grave 819.
Cemetery:………………………..NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
Additional Information:……Son of Albert and Maude Augood, of Norwich.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2764126/AUGOOD,%20WIL...
There is no death recorded in England and Wales for William.
In an official Air Ministry notification which was reprinted in the May 2nd 1940 edition of Flight Magazine, A.C.1 W.A.Augood (653108) is included in the list of those Killed on Active Service.
Source: www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1940/1940%20-%201277...
A forum post has identified that he was aboard Avro Anson Mk1 N5322 of 8 FFS which dived into the ground at Montreathmont, Angus, Scotland. Working on a process of elimination, he was probably the Air Gunner\Wireless Operator in the crew.
Source: www.rafcommands.com/archive/17235.php
Other crew members were
Sergeant (Pilot) 748369 James Holmes, aged 19, of Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire. He was buried at Manchester Southern Cemetery.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403385/HOLMES,%20JAMES
Sergeant (Observer) 743009 Alexander Ferguson Scott, aged 30, from Scotstoun, Glasgow. He is commemorated on the memorial at Glasgow Crematorium.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2840912/SCOTT,%20ALEX...
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Birth and family
The birth of a William A Augood was registered in the Norwich District in the April to June quarter of 1921. His mothers maiden name was Roope.
I could not find a marriage of a “Mr Augood” to a “Miss Roope” prior to the birth of William. I did investigate whether his mother might perhaps have been widowed and so would have been married under her old married name rather than her maiden name. A few possible marriages raised a possibility but “died” for want of a dead spouse. For example an Albert Augood married a Maude Eggert in the Norwich District in the April to June quarter of 1919. Looking for a possible earlier marriage of an Eggert to a Roope, I identified that’s a Walter Eggert married a Maud Rooper, also in the Norwich District, in the January to March quarter of 1912. However, I could not find the death of a Walter Eggert between 1912 and 1919 anywhere in England and Wales, nor could I see him on the CWGC site.
Likely siblings of William, (all Norwich District, mothers maiden name Roope):-
April to June 1925…………..Maud A
April to June 1929…………..Edith A
January to March 1931……Betty A