Lancelot Owen Wade

A Civilian, Lancelot died on 12th of May 1943 aged 30. 

Lancelot was born at Kessingland on 26 June 1912, a son of William John and Lucy Jane Wade. He was baptised at Saint Edmund’s Church, Kessingland, on 1 September 1912. His family lived at Ivy Nook, High Street, Kessingland, throughout his life. 

In 1939 Lancelot was an agricultural blacksmith and a member of the Home Guard. 

Lancelot was buried at Saint Edmund’s Churchyard, Kessingland, on 17 May 1943 and a note in the burial register reads ‘killed by enemy aircraft in Kessingland 12 May 1943.’ It seems that he was at his blacksmith’s shop at his home, Ivy Nook, when he was killed.