Private Alfred Cutter, Grantchester

Balls Grove, 7 Mill Way, Grantchester

History of 7 Mill Way, Grantchester

Listed building:

1906-7. For C.E.Inglis. Rough cast brick with brick plinth. Plain tile roof with various brick ridge and end stacks. Vernacular Revival style with Jacobean style entrance frontespiece and mainly leaded light casements. Central hall plan. 2 storeys and attic. Entrance front has a central projecting Jacobean style frontespiece of 2 storeys then a facing gable either side with a catslide roof to house gable ends beyond them.

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Alfred George Cutter married Emily Emma Carter  1905 at Whittlesford. Sometime after 1911 Alfred was appointed gardener at Balls Grove, home of Captain Inglis.

Alfred enlisted in 1916 and served in the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. He was killed on 10th May 1917 in the early days of the Battle of Arras.

(See World War 1 by Francis Burkitt)