65 a-d Devonshire Road Cambridge

65 Devonshire Road, Redholme

History of 65 Devonshire Road

1891

William Saint, 39, builder, b St Ives

1911

William Saint builder

1913

William Saint, builder and contractor

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1918 09 04

Killed by Shell.—a letter of no small importance, since it tells of the fate of three Cambridge officers, Lieut.-Col. Edward T Saint, D.S.O., Capt. and Adjutant Alec Johnson and Lieut. H. F. Driver, M.C. has been received in Cambridge. It states these three officers were in a dug-out at Battalion Headquarters about nine o’clock on the morning of August 28 when a shell burst nearby, killing Lieut. Driver and another signalling officer, who was with him, instantly. Capt. Johnson, more fortunate, escaped miraculously with flesh wounds, but Lieut.-Col. Saint was so severely injured that he succumbed on the following day. Lieut-Col. Saint was a son of Mr. William Saint, builder and contractor, and was a motor engineer on his own account. Capt. Johnson is the elder son of Mr. Percy Johnson, of St. Barnabas Road, Cambridge, and Lieut. Driver was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Driver, 82 Hills Road, Cambridge. 18 09 04

Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Hills Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

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1962

British Insulated Callender’s Cables Ltd

At some time in the early 21st century it seems that the original structure on the site was demolished and replaced with a terrace of four houses 65 a-d.