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Church Lane, Comberton 1901 OS Map1911: Church Lane
Francis Peacock, 50, bricklayer gentlemans estate, b Caxton
Mary Annie, 46, b Comberton
Michael, 23, machinist, b Comberton
Jessie, 21, b Comberton
Percy, 18, farm labourer, b Comberton
Elsie, 16, b Comberton
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David Day, 48, horsekeeper on farm, b Comberton
Agnes, 46, b Kingston (11 children, 0 died)
Arthur Edmund, 21, railway engine cleaner, b Comberton
Walter, 18, shepherd, b Comberton
Arnold Alfred [sic], farm labourer, b Comberton
Henry John, 12, b Comberton
Hubert, 10, b Comberton
Alice Mary, 9, b Comberton
Percy, 7, b Comberton
Alfred Arnold Day, Comberton
Walter Day, Comberton
Arnold Alfred Day joined the Cambridge Volunteer battalion in September 1914. He was only 17, under the age of enlistment as were Percy Harper and Sydney Williamson from Comberton who enlisted on the same day. Alfred was promoted to lance corporal by the time of the battle of the Somme. His elder brother Walter was a corporal in the same battalion. Both brothers died on the first day of the battle, 1st July 1916.
Henry Day served in the Norfolk Regiment before being transferred to the North Staffordshire Regiment. he died in hospital in Ireland in May 1919.
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The Cottage, Church Lane
Edward Aldred, 45, gardener, b Bedford
Emma, 42, (13 children of which 6 died), b Prickwillow
Elsie, 13, b Ely
Gladys, 9, b Ely
Harold, 6, b Ely
Sarah, 4, b Ely
John, 1, b Ely
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