21 Rock Road, Cromer Villa, Cambridge

History of 21 Rock Road

1911

(Cromer Villa)

James Plant, 57, commercial traveller provisions, born Liverpool

Lucy, 51, born Norwich

Arthur, 25, hairdresser, born Cambridge

James, 24, commercial traveller provisions, born Cambridge

William, 20, pianoforte tuner, born Cambridge

Annie, 17, costumier, born Cambridge

Edith, 13, born Cambridge

John, 12, born Cambridge

Clifford, 10, born Cambridge

Gertrude Wisby, 17, general servant, born Herts

In 1901 the Plant family were living at 35 Emery Street.

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1913

(Cromer Villa)

James Plant

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John Edward Plant, born 1900, pioneer 334888 with Royal Engineers (Spec. Brigade). He was a chemist’s apprentice and this is probably the reason he was selected to join the section of the Royal Engineers that handled gas. On 17/8/1919 on active service he overstayed his leave from 6.30 hrs 17/8/1919 to 06.30 hrs 18/8/1919, and was fined 4 days pay.

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James Plant married in 1912, Miriam Amps daughter of John and and Annie Amps of Symonds Lane, Grantchester. They were the first couple to be married in the Baptist Chapel in Broadway. They then set up home at Sweet Briar Cottage in Fulbourn Road, Cherry Hinton.

He joined the RAMC and was sent to France on 5th March 1916 and attached to the 124th Field Ambulance. On 26th September 1917 he was wounded in the leg and in the abdomen according to a letter sent by a colleague to his widow. James died the next day.

(See World War 1, Francis Burkitt)