Lives in Cricket No 15 - Michael Falcon

House in time to preside over Sunday luncheon, but rarely in time to change so that he would eat in uniform and change into civvies after the meal. Little cricket of significance was played in Norfolk during the Second World War, but there were plenty of other duties besides the Home Guard to keep Michael Falcon busy. His directorship of Lacon’s Brewery continued, as did his work for the Norwich Union, where speaking at packed Annual Meetings was part and parcel of the job. He remained a magistrate, operating in the east of Norfolk, and was honoured in 1943 by being appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk, an office which his father had held before him. It being wartime, his list of ceremonial duties was probably lighter than was normal for the holder of the office of High Sheriff. In contrast, his political activities kept him busy throughout the war. In 1941, Great Yarmouth’s sitting 102 Second World War and Beyond Between 1940 and 1944, Michael Falcon commanded this platoon of the Home Guard based in Lingwood. Michael Falcon, in court dress as High Sheriff of Norfolk, in 1943.