Herbert William Benstead40 Gwydir Street, Hope Cottage
History of 40 Gwydir Street
1881:
Ned Pamphilon, 35, carpenter, b Whittlesford
Phebe, 39, b Cambs
Edith L, 10, b Manchester
Horace E, 4, b Cambridge
Mary A, 2, b Cambridge
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1891:
Ned Pamphilon
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1901:
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1911:
William F Benstead, 47, carpenter and joiner, b Cambridge
Emily R, 45, b Cambridge
Frederick A, 20, law clerk, b Cambridge
Herbert William, 16, cook’s assistant, b Cambridge
Winifred R, 14, b Cambridge
Arthur E, 12, b Cambridge
Florence H, 6, b Cambridge
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1913:
William Benstead
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1917:
Herbert William Benstead was captured and died of wounds in 1917 in France. He had been transferred from the Cambridgeshire to the Gloucestershire Regiment.
For more information see the Mill Road Cemetery entry.
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1939:
Alice Pettit, b 1871, house duties
Winifred A, 1895, dressmaker
Ralph E, 1906, lab assistant (Air Raid Warden)
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1962:
Miss W Pettit