25 Malcolm Street

History of 25 Malcolm Street

1911

Walter G Darkins, college cook, 53, b Cambridge

Caroline Pounceby Darkins née Smith, 53, b Cambridge

Henry George, b 1884, electrician [in 1911 he was working in Middlesex]

Reginald B, 19, relief stamping [s lamping?], b Cambridge

Leonard Sid, 11, b Cambridge

Mary Ogden, 34, servant, b March

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1913

Walter G Darkins, college cook

Lance Corporal Henry George Darkins of the Royal Fusiliers died of wounds on active service 11.6.1917 aged 32.  This may have been during the Battle of Messines.

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

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1962 & 1970:

Joseph W Humm

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In 2025 RE wrote to us:

My mother grew up in #25 Malcolm street. She lived there with her grandparents, Alice and Joseph Humm from about 1942 until 1960. Her grandparents ran an accommodation house for Jesus College students and housed mostly international post graduate students. Her grandmother cooked a full English breakfast for the students most days.