18 Aug 2023
Wife: Dora Pratt
Born: 1 Jul 1897 in Trumpington 1 Census: 1901 at Glebe Farm, Shelford Road, Trumpington (see note 1) Census: 1911 at Glebe Farm Cottages, Shelford Road, Trumpington (see note 2) Census: 1921 in Glebe Farm Cottages, Shelford Road, Trumpington (see note 3) Occupation: 1921 Shop Assistant, Hallack & Bond, Petty Cury, Cambridge Resided: 1929 - 1931 in Glebe Cottages, Shelford Road, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1934 - 1936 in Bishops Road, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1937 - 1966 at 27 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 2 Died: 1967 in Cambridge 3 (see note 4) Buried: 1967 in Trumpington Father: Charles Pratt (1862 - 1937) Mother: Mary Ann Bass (1865 - 1949)
Husband: Ernest David Benton Married: 10 Oct 1936 in Trumpington (see note 5)
Born: 22 Sep 1891 in Cambridge 1 Census: 1911 at 11a Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 6) Occupation: 1911 House Boy Member: 1912 Trumpington Cricket Club 4 Military: 1914 - 1918 Private R A M C, 1 Suffolk Regiment 5 Resided: 1920 - 1934 at 11a Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 2 Census: 1921 at 11a Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 7) Occupation: 1921 Cabinet Maker, Papworth Colony, Cambridgeshire Resided: 1935 - 1959 at 27 Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 2 Occupation: 1935 - 1939 Cabinet Maker 6 Occupation: 1939 - 1947 Postman 1,7 Member: 1947 - 1959 Trumpington Allotment Society 7 Occupation: 1954 Vice-chairman, Trumpington Allotment Society 7 Occupation: 1955 - 1957 President, Trumpington Allotment Society 7 Died: 1959 3 (see note 8) Buried: 1959 in Trumpington Father: David Benton (1862 - 1935) Mother: Elizabeth Ann Fuller (1868 - 1936) Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/312578 Media desc: Lives of the First World War Media link: http://www.trumpingtonlocalhistorygroup.org/subjects/subjects_cricket Media desc: Trumpington Cricket Club
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) Electoral Register. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) Trumpington Cricket web page. (5) British Legion (Trumpington branch) application forms. (6) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (7) Trumpington Allotment Society records.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 3, born Trumpington, with family Note (2) Age 13, born Trumpington, with family Note (3) Age 23, born Trumpington, with parents. Shop Assistant, Hallack & Bond, Petty Cury, Cambridge Note (4) Jun 1967 Cambridge 4a 224 age 69 Note (5) Oct 10 BENTON Ernest David 45 bac cabinet maker otp son of David plasterer (deceased) PRATT Dora 39 sp [blank] otp dau of Charles [blank] pensioner wits: Mary Ann PRATT, Walter F J UPCHURCH Note (6) Age 19, born Cambridge St Pauls, with family. House Boy Note (7) Age 29, born Cambridge, with family. Cabinet Maker, Papworth Colony, Cambridgeshire Note (8) Dec 1959 Cambridge 4a 542 age 68 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index