6 Derby Road

History of 6 Derby Road

1901

Albert Hazlewood, 27, railway clerk, born Harston

Minnie M S, 27, born Surrey

Grace J M, 3, born Cherry Hinton

Doris L M, 1, born Cherry Hinton

Arthur H Howard, boarder, 17, railway clerk, born Peterboro.

1911

Frederick Ferguson, 53, G E railway signalman, born Norfolk

Alice, 52, (4 children, 2 died), born Linton

Herbert, 25, G E railway porter, born Stretham

Alfred, 14, Daily News Office lad, born Cambridge

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The Ferguson family lost their son Alfred, a private in the 1st Camb. Regiment, on 7th January 1918. In 1911 Alfred was a 15 year old ‘office lad’ at the Cambridge Evening News. He joined his regiment as a signaller. The circumstances of his death are unknown but he was buried with full military honours at Mill Road cemetery in the presence of his fiancée and many members of his family and old friends.