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Pte. Thomas Kelly
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.10th May 1915)
Thomas Kelly of the 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers was found near Lock No.9 of the Ypres-Commines Canal.
L/Cpl William Kelly
British Army 3rd then 2nd Battalions Argylle & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Dundee
(d.25 Sept 1915)
Pte. William Kelly
British Army 5th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Leeds
William Kelly served with the 5th Cameron Highlanders.
Pte. Irvine Kellyn
from:Pontefract Rd., Castleford, Yorkshire
(d.6th Aug 1914)
Irvine Kellyn is not a relation but I am interested in local WW1 deaths. He lived at 25 Pontefract Rd Castleford, his father Alfred was a clerk at a glass works and his mother Jane was an elementary school teacher. He lost his life on HMS Amphion aged 28 and is remembered on the Plymouth Memorial.
Arthur Robert Kelsey MM.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield
Arthur Kelsey was my grandad who fought in WW1 in 49th West Riding Division. He was an Artillery Observer on the front line and gave co-ordinates of the enemy from the trenches. He used to relate stories of how one day, he was to give the co-ordinates of two German soldiers who were having a shave and a cigarette outside a building when in Belgium, over a telephone hand held receiver that he would wind up to relay the message. The next voice stated, "head down Arth", there was a loud whoosh, bang and the two Germans were no longer there, totally obliterated.
He recalled, when in the trenches, a young German soldier jumped into it one day, they both looked at each other in a startled manner, then Arthur plunged his bayonet into the young German's chest and stared in disbelief at the dead young man. He stated how young he looked and felt really sad at what he had done, but it was war and it was him or my granddad.
He was the most gentle man you could ever meet and this must have been a horrific encounter for him to have undertaken. How these men in WWI recovered from this trauma it hard to comprehend. He was sent home before the war ended having been gassed by mustard gas, but he never really spoke must of how he felt as a soldier in the great war. I hold a fairly comprehensive list of his postcard's sent from his locations in the war to reassure my grandma that he was alive and well. He died in his 93rd year in 1987.
2nd Lt. Stanley Kelsey
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
Stanley Kelsey, a Kitchener volunteer, was born in 1890 and was a watchmaker and jeweller in civilian life before the war. He was wounded in shellfire whilst the 9th Battalion was in trenches near St Jean, Ypres, on 31st of January 1916. According to his son he was shell shocked. After receiving treatment in the UK he was deemed unfit to return to active service with the Regiment in France, and was reassigned to the RFC where he was employed on aeroplane repair duties. He continued in that role in the RAF when that service was launched in April 1918. In August 1918 he was declared permanently unfit for further service and placed on leave, and was retired on grounds of ill health in March 1920.
Drvr. William Kelsey
British Army 173rd Brigade, AÂ Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st March 1918)
William Kelsey is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 7-10.
Pte Richard Kelshaw
British Army 12th Btn. King's Liverpool Regt
from:West Gorton, Manchester
(d.10 Sep 1916)
Richard Kelshaw was born in 1884 in Hulme, Manchester. He enlisted in 1901 into the 6th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers. On the 5th September 1914 he was mobilised at Seaforth into the 12th Bn King's Liverpool Regiment. He had a wife, Beatrice, and 4 children, Beatrice, Edith, Edna and John who was born just before he departed for France. His Military Record shows that in order to be present at his Son's birth he was absent without leave.
After his Regiment moved to France, he was wounded in action (gunshot to arm) at Trodes Wood between the 3rd and 5th September 1916 and was hospitilised in Rouen. His wife was notified that he was seriously ill and was issued with a Railway Warrant to travel to France and visit him. He died on the 10th September, a day before his wife received the Warrant. A sad Postscript, his youngest Son John died of Penumonia on Christmas Eve 1916, a few months after he died.
Pte. Arthur Kember
Royal Army Medical Corps 111th Field Ambulance
from:London
Currently I have only limited information regarding my Grandfather Arthur Kember's army life, other than he served with 111th Field Ambulance as a Nursing Orderly attached to 16th (Irish) Division. He had a deep Christian conviction and started a branch of the Soldiers' Christian Association in 1918 - in later life he was to become a Baptist lay-preacher at Hawkinge Baptist Chapel, near Folkestone in Kent (this is now a private residence).
He returned to the UK and subsequently married Dorothy Annie Goodwyn on 16th August 1922 at Baptist Tabernacle, Willesden, Middlesex. My eldest daughter now wears her great-grandmother's wedding ring.
Dear Dorothy - Just to let you know I have got to Folkestone safely and expect to cross today. Would have liked to see you this morning but it is best otherwise. I feel very fed up just at present. Will write soon. Much Love Arthur
Sgt. Harry Kemmis
British Army 1st Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Limerick, Ireland
(d.22nd Nov 1915)
Harry Kemmis is my Great Grandfather, he was Irish born and served in the British Army during WW1 in the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was stationed in India at Wellington Barracks where my Grandmother was born. He was sent to Mesopotamia and was killed during the Battle of Ctesiphon on 22nd of November 1915.
Gnr. Alexander Burnett Kemp
British Army 2nd Mortar Battalion, Z Coy. Royal Field Artillery
from:Cruden Bay
(d.7th Oct 1916 )
I never knew my Great Grandfather, Alexander Kemp but I'm very proud of him. I don't know that much about him he was born 12 March 1889, Port Erroll Cruden Aberdeen. He was Killed in action on 7 October 1916 aged 28 on the Somme and is buried in Collins Camp Sucrerie Military Cemetery. He served with the Royal Field Artillery, Z Company, 2 Mortar Battalion. He had enlisted in Glasgow giving his occupation as Tailor. He had married to Lilly Cowley on 13 November 1912 in Leamington Spa, His address when married was 26 Hampton Street Leamington Spa.
Pte. Alexander Reynolds Kemp
British Army 2/7th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:2 Longdyke, Falkirk
(d.30th July 1918)
I have only recently discovered that my grandfather had a brother, my namesake, Alexander Kemp who fought and died in the Great War. He joined up with 2/7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the 12th December 1915 at Stenhousemuir and was mobilised in January 1916. On 13th of March 1917 he was admitted to Wharncliffe War Hospital in Sheffield, but one month later enjoyed a brief furlough before returning to duty with C Coy. He was later posted to 1/7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and on the 11th of June 1917 proceeded with the Expeditionary Force to France. Arriving in Dieppe, he spent several months behind the lines before proceeding to the front on the 19th of April 1918. Sadly, he was killed in action only weeks later on 30th of July 1918 in Flanders. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Pte. Charles Henry Kemp
British Army 10th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Maidstone, Kent
(d.11th Oct 1916)
Pte. Charles Henry Kemp (G/10291) wasb orn in Biddenden, Kent, he enlisted in Maidstone, Kent and served with the 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. He died on 11th October 1916 aged 23.
On 7th October 1916 the 10th Battalion was near Mametz Wood on the Somme. It moved forward and attacked a German trench system known as Gird Trench. On 10th October 1916 the Battalion was in Mametz Wood. On 12th October it moved to Dernancourt. Charles was killed somewhere in Mametz Wood and his body probably still lies beneath the ground there. Charles has no known grave. His name appears on the Thiepval Memorial on The Somme, France.
2nd Lt. Douglas Kemp MC.
British Army 470th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
Douglas Kemp was born in his grandparents’ home at 27, Princes Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight on 10th August 1892, the second child to Sydney Thomas Kemp and his wife Emily (nee Hayden). He spent his early years on the island, and from the age of 11 to 16 was educated at the Isle of Wight County Secondary School in Sandown. When he left school he became an articled apprentice for three years to a Mr. C. Mathews - a civil engineer, the Borough Surveyor of Ryde. During that time he was involved in estimating, and construction, and worked on sundry drainage, building and water supply schemes. (The 1911 Census shows him as living at home with his parents in Temple House, George Street, Ryde, where his occupation is given as being an architect's assistant). Having completed his apprenticeship, for twelve months or so, Douglas was paid 25 shillings a week by a Mr. Barton, and worked on some sanitary engineering, and a small town planning scheme in Ryde. In 1913 (probably around May) he moved to London, where up to July 1914 he was employed under the Borough Surveyor of Paddington, mostly reinforcing concrete on bridges. When war was declared in August 1914, he was working under Mr. Wilson (civil engineer) on the pier harbour at Thames Haven.
Aged 17, Douglas first became a soldier in the Royal Engineers in October 1909 when he enlisted at Ryde as a Sapper in the Hampshire (Fortress) RE, Territorial Force. In June 1913, he transferred to the London Electrical Engineers RE (T) as a Sapper, qualifying as a "skilled electrician" in July 1914, and a "superior electrician" in August 1916.
When the war broke out, Douglas was assigned to the 3rd Company, London Electrical Engineers and detailed to searchlight work at Dover. In December 1914, he was promoted to Acting 2nd Corporal, then in August 1915 to Acting Corporal. On 19th September 1915 he joined the British Expeditionary Force in France, where he spent some time attached to the 1/2nd Home Counties Field Company RE; and to the 1/3rd London Field Company RE in the searchlight detachment, where he was employed in general duties in the field. His rank as Corporal was made substantive on 2nd December 1915.
On 12th May 1916, Douglas returned to England for searchlight work with the L.E.E. In June 1916, he moved to SE Section L.A.D. He returned in January 1917, shortly before being attached to the RE Cadet School in Deganwy, Wales. On receiving a temporary commission as a 2nd Lieutenant, he was discharged from the L.E.E on 31st March 1917. As that rank, he served with the 470th Field Company (renamed from 3/1st North Midland) RE (T) in France.
On 9th of February 1918, Douglas was decorated with the Military Cross. The citation which was published in the London Gazette reads: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an enemy attack, he took charge of a party and held his position with great courage and coolness until reinforcements arrived. He then took part in a counter-attack and assisted in capturing an important trench which he held until relieved. He showed splendid initiative and determination at a critical time". The award of the Military Cross relates to the associated actions of the battle of Cambrai (20th November to 30th December 1917), when on 30th November 1917 the Germans launched an attack on the area surrounding the village of Gouzeaucourt.
On the 21st of March 1918, when the Germans launched their Spring Offensive, Douglas was taken prisoner of war at Noreuil. He died from a leg wound on 23rd March 1918 whilst in a German field hospital at Quéant. He was buried in a mass grave in a German cemetery there, and is commemorated in the H. A. C. Cemetery in Ecoust-St. Mein.
He was unmarried and had no children.
Pte. Edward Kemp
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:8 Acre St, Denton, Manchester
(d.19th Aug 1915)
Edward Kemp was the beloved husband of Edith Oldham, dearest Father of Marion and Harold.
Pte. Fred Kemp
British Army 6th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Crouch, Kent
Pte. Frederick William Kemp
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
L/Cpl. George William Kemp
British Army 22nd Btn. London Regiment
from:Biddenden, Kent
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
George Kemp enlisted at Shorncliffe Barracks at Folkestone. He served with the 22nd Battalion, London Regiment in Gallipoli and he was previously wounded in France in 1916. He was killed on 23rd March 1918 aged 22 and is buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetary in France.
Dvr. George William Kemp
British Army 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Pte. James Oliver Kemp
Australian Imperial Force. 34th Btn.
from:Plattsburg, NSW
(d.18th Jul 1917)
Ol Kemp was a very loved, one of the twelve children of William and Isabella Kemp. He was carter in the Wallsend area. At the time of his enlisting he was 26 years old and single. He had a girlfriend, Amy Moodle, who posted several moving tributes, in the newspaper on the anniversary of his death. Ol apparently was involved in his community from young as there is a book awarded to him for helping building the local park for Federation celebrations. His photograph remained on the wall of his sister Ada's wall until she died in the late 1960's and was always part of our family. My grandmother, Isabella, was only 3 when he left for war and remembered him giving her a toy iron, which I still have, before he left for war. There were many letters and cards, but his sister burned all but a couple of pieces of the correspondence,not long before she died. Apparently another sister did the same, so we only know what we have been told, and that is that he was a kind and loving person.
The 34th had been relieved from the front line near Messines early on morning of 17th July, 1917. They had gone to rest area in Messines, Wellington avenue. Messines was bombed that day and he was fatally wounded by shrapnel. He was transported to the 2nd clearing Station at Steenwerck, where he died. He is buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery. Apparently there was a letter sent to his parents, by a nurse from the hospital, who wrote that his wounds were so severe that he could not have survived. I have just returned from visiting, these and many other war sites, with an excellent, local guide and tramped these muddy fields.
Pte. James B. Kemp
British Army 8th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
(d.16th November 1916)
Able Sea. Norman Parkhurst Kemp
Royal Navy HMS Black Prince
from:Wimbledon, Surrey
(d.31st May 1916)
Norman Kemp was the son of Norman and Sarah Eleanor Kemp of 112 Faraday Rd., Wimbledon, Surrey.
He was 20 when he died at the Battle of Jutland and is buried in the Skagen Cemetery in Denmark, Grave 161.
Boy Sidney Herbert Kemp
Royal Navy
from:West Cross, Farringdon, Hants
(d.26th June 1918)
Sidney Herbert Kemp is buried in Farringdon (All Saints) churchyard in Farringdon, Hampshire. He is buried in what is known as a scattered grave by the Commonwealth War Graves - these are very small collections of graves of war dead. Sidney's is one of three war graves in this small churchyard.
Sgt. William Dunstan Kemp
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Chilwell
(d.9th April 1917)
My great grandad William Dunstan Kemp was born in Bideford, Devon in 1889. He lived in Chilwell and fought in the Boer War and in the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire (Duke of Edinburgh) Regiment. He was a frontiers man on a horse who rode behind enemy lines collecting information. On 9th April 1917 he rode behind enemy lines at the Battle of Arras and was shot through the heart.
2nd Lt. Frank Leonard Kemsey-Bourne
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:West Bromwich, Staffordshire
(d.11th Jul 1916)
Frank Kemsey-Bourne served as 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th Royal Warwickshire Regiment at the Battle of the Somme. He led his men between La Boisselle and Contalmaison Road and was killed somewhere in the fields near Contalmaison Wood. His body was never recovered. Frank's name is engraved on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Alfred Kemsley
British Army 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
from:Millom
(d.11th July 1916)
Alfred Kemsley joined the East Lancashire Regiment at the beginning of the war. He went to France on 18th July 1915. He fought in the battle of the Somme in July 1916 and died of wounds on the 11th of July. He lies in Etaples Military Cemetery.
Pte. Charles Kendal
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
(d.1st March 1916)
Charles Kendal is buried in Erquinghem Cemetery
Pte. Charles Kendall
British Army 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps
from:10 Cavendish Street, Lancaster
(d.21st August 1918)
Charles Kendall was my great uncle. He was 25 years old when he was killed and he is buried in Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, Northern France.
Pte. George William Kendall
Australian Imperial Force. 49th Btn.
from:Goldring St., Richmond, N. Queensland
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. James Edward Kendall
British Army 9th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:12 River Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.4th Jun 1917)
James Edward Kendall served with the 9th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 4th June 1917. He is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.
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