History of 82 Gwydir Street
See History of Gwydir Street and Buildings in Gwydir Street.
Ambrose Miller, bricklayer, lived in 82 Gwydir St in 1904 (see Spalding's Directory).
Marton Sanders, platelayer, G.E.R., lived here in 1913 (see Spalding's Directory).
Cambridgeshire Regiment Awards 1914-1918 lists under "Military Medal ", 325141 L/Cpl Harold Charles Saunders Son of Mr & Mrs Saunders, 82 Gwydir St, Cambridge. B coy. For 26-9-17, Tower Hamlets (LG 14-1-18).
From Capturing Cambridge:
HISTORY OF 82 GWYDIR STREET
1881:
Henry R Smith, head, 34, compositor, b Cambridge
Harriett E, wife, 34, b London
William H, son, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Harry, son, 3, b Cambridge
1891:
Henry R Smith, head, 45, printer, b Cambridge
Harriett E, wife, 45, b London
Harry, son, 13, scholar, b Cambridge
Laura, daughter, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Clara E, daughter, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Frank, son, 9, scholar, b Cambridge
Jane, daughter, 4, scholar, b Cambridge
Mary A, mother, widow, 75, b Norwich
1901: 'absent since August'
1911:
Martin Sanders, 60, platelayer GER, b Lode
Agnes, 56, b Lode
Edgar, 30, house painter, b Lode
Birdis, 28, dressmaker, b Lode
Harold, 16, reading boy University Press, b Cambridge
Harold Charles Saunders (Apprentice compositor) was mobilised on the outbreak of war with the Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), in which he had already had years service. In February 1915, being then a Lance-Corporal in the signal section, he went with the 1/1st Bn. to France, where he saw more than 3 years continuous service in the field. He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry at Tower Hamlets on September 26th, 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres. In the following spring he was serving with the 39th Division during the German offensive and was taken prisoner at Pé:ronne on March 26th, 1918. He was repatriated in the following December.
1913:
Martin Sanders, GER platelayer
1939:
Ernest W Saunders, b 1909, bricklayer
Jessi Helen Saunders, b 1900
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Charles B Knowles, b 1907, painter and decorator
1962:
Ernest W Saunders
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