Duck End, Girton
History of Duck End, Girton
1939
Arthur Rice, b 1892, horsekeeper
Blanche, b 1897
Constance, b 1919, hair dresser receptionist
Francis, b 1924, farm labourer
Their son, John, was a private in the Cambridgeshire Regiment. He was captured during the Singapore War. He died when the Japanese transport that was taking him to a labour camp in Japan was engaged by a US submarine.
(For more information on the Cambridgeshire Regiment in WWII read ‘Battalion at War – Singapore 1942’ by Michael Moore, Gliddon Books 1988)
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