194 Victoria Road, Chesterton

History of 194 Victoria Road

1861

Frederick C Hunt, 30, carpenter and joiner, b Cambridge

Harriet, 28, b Cambridge

Frederick, 7, b Cambridge

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1913

George Stoakley, bookbinder

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13 November 1914 — A soldier writes from the trenches
Corp. L. Stoakley from Victoria Road writes to say he has been relieved: “We did look a crowd of tramps. Fancy ten days without a wash or shave, covered with mud and nearly dropping from want of sleep. Nobody can imagine what it is like to crouch in the trenches and hear the shells bursting overhead. It is awful. The enemy are suffering heavy losses and General French says it will just be a matter of days to see it through. There is a change of being home for Christmas yet”.

Credit: Mike Petty, 1914 11 13.

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1918

Fred Alfred Cook, aged 66,  reported to have died 3.11.1918.