20 Fendon Road, Cambridge

History of 20 Fendon Road

1942 01 16
Deputy Lieutenant. The London Gazette contains the following notice of a commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cambridge: “Major (local Lieutenant Colonel) Frederick Newton Ball Drake Digby, T.D., of 20 Fendon Road, to be a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Cambridge. Dated 6th January, 1942″ Colonel Digby is a former Commanding Officer for the Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Cherryhinton Road Area Scrapbook 1897–1990.

1945 06 01
Award for Gallantry. The many friends in Cambridge and the County of Lieut-Col. F. N. Drake Digby (former C.O. of the Cambridgeshire Regt.) and of Mrs. Digby (of 20 Fendon Road, will learn with interest and pleasure that their only son has received an award for gallantry in Burma. The official notification reads: The King has been pleased to approve the following award for distinguished and gallant services in Burma— D.S.O. Major (Temporary) Anthony Sergeant Drake Digby, 66273, the Suffolk Regiment, Cambridge. Before the war Major Digby had adopted the stage as his profession, and many local playgoers will remember that he appeared at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, in “French Without Tears”, a fellow player in the cast being Richard Greene, who soon afterwards went to Hollywood and has since become a well-known film star.
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Cherryhinton Road Area Scrapbook 1897–1990.