BORN RAMSGATE, KENT, 1893. SON OF HARRIET JANE DRAY (1864-1940) & HENRY GEORGE (1861-1896), OF RAMSGATE, KENT AND HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
A MERCHANT SEAMAN. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN OCTOBER, 1914. HUSBAND OF, EMILY FLORENCE HOLNESS (1892-1961), AT 9 , CONWAY STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA, ON THE TRAWLER “CORNELIAN”, 14/01/1916, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL, NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. DAUGHTER, NORA EMILY KEMBER (1916-2012)
HIS BROTHER, HENRY KEMBER, RNR, LIVED AT 2, PARK VIEW COTTAGE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL.
Lost in the North Sea, on the Hull steam trawler CORNELIAN (H506) Sank with all hands, on 14th January 1916.
CREW LOST ON CORNELIAN (H506),
ADDY, Thomas (22), 42 Queens Gate St, Hull. Bosun
FAIRFIELD, Joseph (21), 38 Walcott St, Hull. Trimmer
GREENWOOD, George (34), 21 Cecil Rd, Sheffield. 4th/Hand
KEMBER, Percy (23), 9 Conway St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
KNOX, Robert (46), 81 Middleton St, Hull. Chief Engineer
MARSHALL, James (37), 197 North Boulevard, Hull. Skipper
MILLINGTON, William (18), 85 Glasgow St, Hull. Sparehand
NEADLEY, Charles (37), 9 Edith-Ter, Westbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
PALMER, Leonard (40), 2 Prince-Ave, West Dock St, Hull. Cook
SANDERSON, Ernest (47), Portland-Ave, Wellsted St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
