Ray Lakeland obituary

My uncle, Ray Lakeland, who has died aged 95, was a pioneer in the world of outside broadcasting.

The youngest of five children, Ray was the only son of Isabel and William Lakeland, who ran the Cattle Market pub in Preston, Lancashire. Educated by Jesuits at Preston Catholic college, where he became head boy, he studied history at Manchester University with the intention of becoming a teacher. Following the outbreak of the second world war, he enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1941, serving in tanks and rising to the rank of captain.