Lives of the First World War

"Pte G.E.Frost "A" Co 1st Cambs Regiment forwards us the above interesting photograph from France. All are officers' servants in "A" Co, 1st Cambs Regiment and are Cambridge boys, so that they will readily be recognised. Reading from left to right the names are:- Top row: Ptes. J. Churchman, Sonnie Frost and E. Tookey. Second row: Ptes. A. E. Loker, A. E. Parker and A. Mynott" caption of photograph published in Cambridge Chronicle 29 December 1915 p.7

Photograph of the grave of Albert Mynott at Trumpington Churchyard Extension. His brother, Bertie, was also buried in this plot. Albert died aged 29 on 13 November 1925. The churchyard extension is located at the junction of Hauxton Road and Shelford Road, Trumpington. Photograph: Wendy Roberts, 20 February 2015

Photograph to indicate the position of the grave of Albert Mynott and his brother, Bertie, in Trumpington Churchyard Extension. The grave is on the right in the foreground. Photograph: Wendy Roberts, 20 February 2015

"Sergt A. Mynott, Trumpington (Cambs Regiment), wounded and awarded Military Medal" caption of photograph, which was published in the Cambridge Chronicle 12 September 1917 p.7

Postcard looking south along Trumpington High Street from near the Alpha Terrace junction, with a draper’s shop in the foreground left, the pub signs of the Green Man on the left and the Coach & Horses on the right and the Cross Hill junction in the distance. Published by H.M. Gibson & Co., Gateshead-on-Tyne. Posted 1904. The thatched cottage on the right was the home of the Mynott family, when the road was called Cambridge or London Road, Trumpington.

The thatched property adjacent to the Coach and Horses, Trumpington, was the home of the Mynott family. Photo: Wendy Roberts, January 2016

The thatched cottage on the right, adjacent to the Coach and Horses, on London Road, Trumpington, was the home of the Mynott family. Source: The Robinson Collection, Trumpington Local History Group.