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4 (1) Milton Road

History of 4 Milton Road

1901

Alfred Francis, 47, grocer, b Suffolk

Emma, 57, b Yorks

George, 21, b Northampton, b Northants, imbecile

Albert, 17, grocer’s assistant, b Chesterton

Susan Preston, sister in law, widower, 69, living on own means, b Yorks

1911

Albert Francis, 58, grocer

Emma

George William, 31, feeble minded

1913 (4)

Alfred Francis

1939

Albert Henry Francis, b 1883, grocer

Ada Hepzibah, b 1881, shop assistant

Bert, b 1904, manager radio manufacturers

Ada M, b 1920, saleswoman boots and shoes

Betty, b 1922, grocery shop assistant

Their son, Ernest, was a private in the Cambridgeshire Regiment. He fought at the Battle of Singapore and was captured by the Japanese. He died of beriberi at Sonkurai, Thailand on 22nd Oct 1943.

(For more information on the Cambridgeshire Regiment in WWII read ‘Battalion at War – Singapore 1942’ by Michael Moore, Gliddon Books 1988)

 

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