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1 Cowper Road, The Cabin

History of 1 Cowper Road

1911

Joseph Brand Oakman, 47, handyman, born Cambridge

Emily Alice, 47, (7 children, 1 died), household, born Cambridge

George Charles, 17, deliverer of milk, born Cambridge

Edwin Frederick, 14, school nurse,  born Trumpington

Gladys Pretoria, 10,  born Trumpington


George Charles Oakman, born 1893, 7th Bttn Suffolk Regiment. Before the war he was a milk deliverer then a laundryman. In January 1918 he suffered a strangulated hernia.

Henry ‘Harry’ William Oakman, born 1884,  2nd Bttn Essex Regiment. He was killed 10/10/1917 during the 3rd Battle of Ypres, probably during an attack near Poelcapelle.

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