Able Seaman P/JX 298307 HMS Polyanthus Royal Navy
Died 20 September 1943, aged 19
Remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Remembered on Tongham War Memorial
Remembered on Ash War Memorial
Remembered on the Memorial to the Men of Ash Vale in St Mary's Church
The first electric lighting at St Mary's Church AshVale was paid for by 1st Ash Vale Scout Group in his memory.

Reginald was the son of John and Ellen Friday of Woodhatches in Spoil Lane, Tongham. His brother Wilfred had been killed in the Tongham munitions train bombing in 1940. Mr and Mrs Friday had no other children. Wilfred Friday was born 22 April 1921 and started attending Ash Common School 12 April 1926. Reginald Friday was born 19 October 1923 and started school 3 September 1928. The school admission register records that at that time they lived at Rose Villas in Woollards Road, Ash.