Harold Henry Allgood, Merton Street
3 Merton Street (1 Crofton Cottages), Newnham, Cambridge
History of 3 Merton Street
Hughes Hall was founded in Crofton Cottages in 1885, the first British institution to provide specialised teacher training for women graduates.
3 Merton Road, Newnham (RGL2026)
1913 1 Crofton
Thomas Smith, porter at Newnham College
1939
Florence G Allgood, b 1876, lodging house keeper
James, b 1885, gardener
Cyril J, b 1909, shorthand typist
Edwin S, b 1912
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Harold and Edwin, two sons, lost their lives serving with the RAF in WWII. Harold Henry Allgood (b 1915) was one of ‘The Few’, a Battle of Britain pilot who died when his Hurricane crashed at Maidstone on 10th October 1940. Harold is buried and Edwin is remembered at the St Mark’s burial ground near Barton.
Edwin was killed in 1942 when his Liberator was attacked off the Lofoten Islands by German fighters.
Building dates
- Built by 1899
Source for this date
- Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900
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