HMS Emperor
St Regis House, Chesterton Road, Cambridge
History of St Regis, Chesterton Road
St Regis luxury flats — 6 April 1939
St Regis luxury flats, Chesterton Road. The main staircase has Rexine-finished walls with soft lights dispensing an atmosphere of well-being. The stairs are covered with cork to silence the noise. All flats are expensively fitted out and a resident caretaker will remove refuse and arrange for domestic cleaning. A unique feature is the provision of a large air raid shelter build under the garages. It has a concrete roof and will be perfectly safe against all but a direct hit by a heavy bomb. Provision has been made for gas-proofing it in case of emergency. 39 04 06a
Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Road Area Scrapbook, reference 39 04 06a
1939 St Regis Flats
(1)
Martha Jane Bowman
(2)
Norman Fowler
(3)
William J R Humphries
(4)
Eric Cyril Thompson, b 1907, signalman in A A Div Sigs,
Gwendoline M, b 1913, shop assistant ladies outfitters
Gertrude Alice, b 1882
Ralph Leonard, b 1920, rating clerk
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(8) G H W Keats, MP
(21) Miss Wade
(25) Mrs Campbell
(26) J C T Oates
(27) Miss Sturgeon
(28) Miss V I Goodley
(29) J Bevan
(30) O Harriss
(31) Miss Hartmann
(32) –
1939-45
These flats were requisitioned early in WWII to be Region 4 Headquarters. For the army, Cambridge was a District, an Area and a sub-Area centre. The Area HQ was in Herschel Road.
1944 UK Roll of Honour
Ralph Leonard Thompson: Sub-Lieutenant (A), H.M.S. Emperor., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died on Monday 8 May 1944. Age 23. Commemorated on LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL Hampshire, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas Cadwallader Thompson and Gertrude Alice Thompson.
Hellcats on HMS Emperor in 1944
Pilot of Hellcat I from HMS Emperor. Shot Down By Flighters 7 Miles Off Smolen Island, Norway, Swam Away From the Aircraft But Drowned
June 1944: Fleet Air Arm Hellcats.
See Historic England: Civil Defence.
1949
This was for a while the home of Richarda Morrow-Tait, the first woman to pilot a plane around the world. She had previously lived in Ickleton.
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