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KEMP Bernard Herbert 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21470
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- SKR/DAT/IP/21470
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- KEMP Bernard Herbert 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: KEMP;
Forename(s): Bernard Herbert;
Initials: BH;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Previous Battalion: 10 of;
Previous Regiment: Suffolk Regt;
Date of transfer to MGC: 11-Apr-1916;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 55 Coy;
How killed: D;
Where: S Africa;
When killed: 23-Oct-1919;
Other Data: British Jewry Book of Honour
born 21/3/1896 of 18 Shardu Rd, Cricklewood. Accountant.
Enlisted 20/1/1915 2727 30 R Fus. Disch to Commsn 25/8/1915. Prev service OTC Johannesburg Coll, Transvaal 1910-1913
died at Dakonee Nursing Home, Bree St, Capetown of pulmonary tuberculosis. Address in SA: 23 st Augustine St, Doornfontein, Jo'burg
Cas Form: emb Folkestone 20/10/1916 to Base Depot MGC Camiers/ 23/10/1916 to 55 Bde MG Coy. 30/12/1916 to MG Course, Camiers. 13/1/1917 to hosp. Camiers PUO. Disch 24/1/1917. 4/2/1917 to 55 MG Coy. 7/12/1917 to 2 Stat Hosp, PUO. 27/2/1917 transf to England per hosp ship. 29/9/1917 relinquished commission - ill health.;Other Notes: KEMP, Second Lieutenant, B H, Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 23rd October 1919. Jewish. 2125. Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Cemetery - Gauteng, South Africa.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/40871;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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