Henry Charles Lampard

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Henry Charles Lampard was born in Sedgehill, Wiltshire, in 1893, the son of Arthur Lampard and Anna Eliza Lampard (née Lush).  He lived his early life with his parents at 1 Street Lane Cottages, Sedgehill, Wiltshire.  By 1911 he had moved to 7, Grosvenor Street, St. George, Hanover Square, London, employed as a servant to the family of Col. Henry Crompton-Roberts.  He enlisted on 17th November 1915 and was mobilized on 8th February 1916 joining the 48th Provisional Battalion of the Herefordshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 4279).  He married Ada Louisa Ashby on 3rd June 1916 at St. Peter, Notting Hill, London. There were no children of the marriage.  He was transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Monmouthshire Regiment (Service No. 315217).  He was killed in action in Belgium on 12th April 1918 and is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium.  He was awarded the Victory and British War medals. The 1921 Census shows his widow living with her parents at 110 Portobello Road, Kensington, London, helping in the home. She went on to re-marry William H. McGhee in 1939.