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A group of men in military uniform, some kneeling in the front row and others standing behind, pose together for a portrait.

1939 – 1940 Home Guard Newmarket Road

79 De Freville Avenue, Eaglehurst, Cambridge

History of 79 De Freville Avenue

1913

G P Jones


1937

Stephen Traylen

In 1911 the Traylen family were at 124 Newmarket Road


1939

Stephen Traylen, b 1888, butcher master, Special Constable

Ethel Evelyn, b 1889, Air Raid Warden

Margaret Joan, b 1919, butcher’s clerk, St John’s Ambulance

? [Derek S]

Derek Traylen in 1965 was at 8 Nightingale Avenue

In the photo of the 1939 – 1940 Newmarket Road Home Guard, Derek Traylen, aged 17, is seated, second from the left.

A group of fourteen air raid wardens in dark uniforms and berets posed in rows outside a brick building in 1940.

1940, air raid wardens including Ethel Traylen

Ethel Evelyn Traylen is seated middle row, far right.  Mr Barron, the grocer, is front row left.

Building dates

  • Built by 1899
Source for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900

Projects

  • De Freville Avenue

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