Rustat Road is named after Tobias Rustat (d.1694) a benefactor of Jesus College and the University Library. Tobias had links to the Royal African Company and from 2020 onwards there has been a campaign to have a memorial to Rustat at Jesus College removed..
A list of all those residents of Rustat Road known to have served in World War One can be found here:
http://www.stjohntheevangelistcambridge.org/about-us/the-great-war-in-our-parish/rustat-road/
Sources: UK census, Ancestry UK
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