Reginald Sidney Gray

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Reginald Sidney Gray was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on 1 Dec 1893 the son of John Gray and Harriett Gray (nee Matthews).  He lived most of his early life at Milton, East Knoyle.  By 1911 he was boarding in Dorchester, Dorset, working as an Assistant in a Cycle Shop.  He had enlisted and joined the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 23644).  He was later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps as a Gunner in the Motor Branch (Service No. 163398).  He served in India and Afghanistan being eventually discharged on 20 Feb 1920 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals along with the India General Service and Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919 Medal.  The 1921 Census shows him lodging at 30 Hamilton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, working as a Plasterer. He married Gertrude Agnes Witt in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 21 Jul 1929.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 90 St. Marks Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, working as a Furniture Lorry Driver.  His death was recorded in Salisbury during 1971.   His brothers, Archibald Ernest Frederick Gray and Bertie William Gray, also served and survived the conflict.