Reginald Berkeley Lampard

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Reginald Berkeley Lampard was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on 25 Oct 1895 and baptised there on 15 Dec 1895 the son of Henry John Lampard and Eleanor Edith Lampard (nee Giles).   He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in The Holloway, East Knoyle.   He had enlisted in the Royal Navy seconded to the Royal Marines as a Private (Service No. PO/315/S).   He served the 2nd Battalion and they were in action both in France and the Middle East and it was reported he had been gassed sometime in 1918.   On his discharge on 21 Feb 1919 was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1914/15 Star.   The 1921 Census shows he was living with his parents in The Green, East Knoyle, working as a Roadman for the Mere Rural District Council. He married Elsie Victoria Gray at East Knoyle Parish Church on 10 Dec 1923.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 5 Council Houses, The Holloway, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, still working as a Roadman as well as being a Volunteer ARP Warden.   His death was recorded in Sturminster, Dorset, Registry on 16 Dec 1973 and he was later buried in East Knoyle Cemetery.