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Stkr. Gordon Klemp

Royal Navy HMS Illustrious

from:Manchester

Gordon Klemp was born on the 1st of Feb 1890 in Manchester. In 1908 he was working as an Ironfitter when he joined the Royal Navy. He is recorded as being 5 ft 9 and three quarters tall with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. He transferred to Devonport on the 20th of July 1913 and served on HMS Illustrious from 18th of August 1914 to 26th of November 1915. Gordon gave H.M.S. Illustrious as his residence when he married Eliza Fowler on 2nd of August 1915 in Morton by Bourne Parish church, in Lincolnshire. Further service was on a series of ships, Vivid II, Vengeance, Vivid II again and finally the Aurora from which he was demobilised on 17th of March 1919, Rank Leading Stoker.

Gordon is not a family member; his marriage is one I have transcribed from the Morton parish register for FreeREG.



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