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John Reed, 25, railway shunter, b London
Alice, 29, b Berks
Walter Knights, head, 18, railway timekeeper, b Ely [timekeeper seems to be a junior rank of inspector]
Henry Willsher, lodger, 19, railway shunter, b Essex
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Thomas Penny, 37, tailor, b Worcs
Eliza, 38, b Herts
Mary C, 7, b Cambridge
Ellen E, 4, b Cambridge
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George Gilkes, 37, mason, b Oxon
Alice, 40, b Histon
Kate, 10, b Northants
Bertha, 8, b Bucks
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George Gilkes, 47, stone mason, b Oxon
Alice, 58, b Histon
Harry, 22, sailor, b Northants
George Gilkes, 56, mason, b Oxford
Alice, 77, wife, b Impington
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George Gilkes, mason
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Jesse Willard: Private G/58, 3/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 17th September 1917. Aged 24. Born East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, resident Cambridge. Husband of Catherine Ann Willard, of 56, Norwich St., Cambridge. Buried in SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. PLot I. Row A. Grave 31. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour) Jesse married Catherine Ann Gilkes in Cambridge in June 1917.
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