CFHS code : HT110
Parish : Holy Trinity
Inscription : In Ever Loving Memory of My dear husband SIDNEY JOHN CARTER d Feb 6th 1937 aged 51
Monument : Kerb stones
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
These kerbstones, located in the south east corner of the parish area of Holy Trinity, lie a few meters south of the south path as it bends to become the east path and 9 rows from the east wall. This area is usually left to grow wild and the monument not visible. It was uncovered as part of routine clearance in December 2023.
The north kerb has fallen along with the corner posts on that side but the inscription of metal letters is still clear. A tree now grows within the grave set.
Inscription
In Ever Loving Memory of my dear husband SIDNEY JOHN CARTER died Feb 6th 1937 aged 51 years
Loves sweetest remembrance
Sidney John Carter (4 November 1885 – 6 February 1937)
Sidney was the son of George Albert Carter and Eliza (née Whitehead). He was baptised at Holy Trinity church on October 30th 1887, when he was 2 years old, and grew up at 15 Willow Place. George (1848-1895) was a house painter and Eliza worked at Trinity College as a bedmaker. Sidney also worked as a painter and married Rose Ann Moore (1888-1960) in 1907. They lived at 4 New Court (at least 1911-1930) and it is thought that Sidney served with the Royal Engineers in the 1st World War. Sidney and Rose are also thought to have had at least two daughters, who were born after the war and he died at 188 Histon Road aged 51 years old.
Sidney’s brother Robert is also buried at Mill Road Cemetery
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
by Claire Martinsen
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