82-88 Hills Road (2022)

82 Hills Road, Astwood, Cambridge

History of 82 Hills Road

1866

Trinity Hall lease to Joshua Harper

1871

(1 Eastern Terrace)

Robert Boyce, 59, retired famer & local Wesleyan Preacher, b Norfolk

Jane Bates, 21, servant,  b Norfolk

1881

(1 Eastern Terrace)

Lionel Burrell, 41, medical general practitioner, b Suffolk

Eleanor J, 34, b Norfolk

Eleanor M, 12, b Middlesex

Hanah T Naylor, visitor, 30, b Cambridge

Laura N Naylor, visitor, 22, b Cambridge

Susanne Twinn, servant, 19, cook, b Cambs

Emma Clark, 19, housemaid, b Essex

1891

(1 Eastern Terrace)

Eleanor A Boning, 52, b Cambridge, retired milliner

Louisa M Boning, 49, sister, retired milliner

Agnes Bilton, servant, 20, b Bottisham

1901

Louisa M Boning, single, 60, living on own means, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Ison, servant, 34, b Cambridge

1911

John Ross, 74, landowner, b Norfolk

Louisa Maria Ross, 70, b Cambridge

1913

J K Driver

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1918 09 04

Killed by Shell.—a letter of no small importance, since it tells of the fate of three Cambridge officers, Lieut.-Col. Edward T Saint, D.S.O., Capt. and Adjutant Alec Johnson and Lieut. H. F. Driver, M.C. has been received in Cambridge. It states these three officers were in a dug-out at Battalion Headquarters about nine o’clock on the morning of August 28 when a shell burst nearby, killing Lieut. Driver and another signalling officer, who was with him, instantly. Capt. Johnson, more fortunate, escaped miraculously with flesh wounds, but Lieut.-Col. Saint was so severely injured that he succumbed on the following day. Lieut-Col. Saint was a son of Mr. William Saint, builder and contractor, and was a motor engineer on his own account. Capt. Johnson is the elder son of Mr. Percy Johnson, of St. Barnabas Road, Cambridge, and Lieut. Driver was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Driver, 82 Hills Road, Cambridge. 18 09 04

Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Hills Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

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Lt Harry Farrant Driver was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in March 1918. He was the battalion signalling officer and was killed in action 28.8.1918 during the Battle of Bapaume aged 32, at the same time as Lt-Col Saint who was mortally wounded. He is mentioned several times in ‘The Cambridgeshires 1914-1919’ pub. 1934. In 1911 Harry was living with his family at Falconhurst, Cherry Hinton Road.

There is further information about the Driver family on the Mill Road Cemetery web site:

http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/john-kettle-driver-elizabeth-farrant-john-kettle-driver/

St Pauls Roll of Honour: Lieutenant, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action when shell hit Bn. HQ at the Briqueterie, near Bernafay Wood, 28th August 1918, aged 32. Secretary of Cherryhinton Conservative Club. Articled to Baily, Grundy and Barrett Ltd. Commissioned 2nd January 1916, transferred to 1/1st Bn. 23rd December 1917. Awarded Military Cross for action in March 1918. M.C. Citation (LG 16th September 1918): “During a night attack, when the enemy worked round a flank, threatening to get behind the line, this officer, throwing back the flank of his platoon, led a counter attack and drove the enemy back in confusion. On another occasion he assisted in leading a counter attack with great dash, capturing 12 prisoners and a machine gun.” Son of John and Elizabeth Farrant Driver, “Astwood, 82, Hills Road, Cambridge. Buried in Meaulte Military Cemetery, Grave G.23. See also Cambridge Guildhall

1958

Leased to J L Haynes

2022: (82-88)

Bateman House