Search by topic
- archaeology
- architecture
- bricklayer
- Building of Local Interest
- carpenter
- church
- crime
- dressmaker
- fire
- Great Eastern Railway
- listed building
- medieval
- oral history
- Public House
- Rattee & Kett
- Religious House
- Roman
- scholar
- school
- Then and Now
- tudor
- women
- work
- world war one
- world war two
Search by text
Sopwith Camel22 Cavendish Avenue, The Laurels
History of 22 Cavendish Avenue
1901
Fanny Gittus widow, 44, living on own means, born Chippenham Cambs
Harold A. son, 8
Florence A Nixon, boarder, 32, companion, born Sawtry
Nellie Chandler, servant, 20, general servant, born Lincoln
1911
John Smyth 46, Land Agent
Annie Elizabeth 33
Gerald 12,
Reginald 11,
Lawrence 7,
Ellen Trow, servant, 16
At some point this family moved to 11 Luard Road, “Navan”. It is from data linked to this address that we learn that the eldest son, Gerald Hugh Smyth, was killed in September 1918 while flying a Sopwith Camel for the RAF. For more information see the entry on Luard Road.
1966-2020
The Turpin family
Contribute
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
License
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
