An aircraft filler assembly and the son of Leonard Spratt (an agricultural laborer) and Rose Dennett,
Reginald Spratt, the first cousin once-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Thanet, Kent, England on Apr 17, 19111,2,3,4,5 and. He married Charlotte Neilson (with whom he had 2 surviving children Robert E J and Joan F) in Thanet around Feb 19347.
Throughout his life, Reginald lived in several places: at Upper Grove, Margate, Kent, England in 1924; at 1 Dane Hill in Margate in 193610; at 33 Binland Grove, Chatham, Kent on Sep 29, 19391; on Victoria Avenue in Margate in 1950; and at 93 Victoria Avenue in Margate in 19559 and in 19658. He served in the army from Nov 23, 1929 to Nov 22, 1937 (regiment: The Royal Regiment Of Artillery; Service number: 796825).
He died c. Nov 1988 in Thanet3,6.
Reginald was apprenticed at the age of 14 to the splendidly named Isle of Thanet Gas Light and Coke Co Ltd. He became a qualified gas fitter and after work in the aircraft industry during the war as a riveter, he set up up a business in 1946 with his brother in law and another guy, trading as North Foreland Builders. The business collapsed because in those days building permits were required due to shortage of materials, but a customer who claimed to have the necessary permission lied and then refused to pay their bill. In later years he worked as a plumber (similar to gas fitting) for the Thanet Council.
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