BORN HULL 1902. ONLY SON OF ALBERT KEMP (1877-1938) & THE LATE FLORENCE BLANCHE USHER (1883-1903), OF 85, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (NAVAL ADDRESS). HIS FATHER RAN THE BALTIC TAVERN PUB, DOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
HE WAS AN APPRENTICE, IN THE STEAM SHIP “FARNHAM”. LOST AT SEA ON 19/05/1917, AGED 15. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON TRINITY NAVAL MEMORIAL AND COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
Jan Lettens 12/09/2010 SS Farnham, built by R. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by Thompson Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. (V. T. Thompson & Co.), Sunderland, was a British steamer of 3102 tons. On May 19th, 1917, Farnham, on a voyage from Bizerta to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by the German submarine U-57 (Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg), 90 miles northwest of the Fastnet. 17 persons were lost. Allen Tony 04/09/2007 FARNHAM SS was a British Merchant steamer of 3,102grt. On the 19th May 1917 when on route from Bizerta for the Clyde she was torpedoed by German submarine U-57 and sunk. Owned by V. T. Thompson & Co, Sunderland.
People on board SS FARNHAM123 1. CAMPBELL, JOHN (22), Sailor, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of John and Ann Campbell (nee MacRitchie), of 27, New St., Lionel, Ness, Stornoway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. DAY (34), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Born at Manchester, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. DREW, ALBERT. (23), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Richard Drew, of 28, King St., Garston, Lancs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. DUNN, ALFRED ANDREW (26), Second Engineer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Charlotte Jefferson (formerly Dunn), of 16, Valley Mount, Harrogate, and the late Coulson Dunn. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. FERGUSON, WILLIAM (39), Steward, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Isabella Ferguson (nee Turnbull), of 44, Caledonian Rd., Wishaw, Lanarkshire, and the late Robert Ferguson. Born at Leith, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. GREEN, PETER (25), Third Engineer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of George Green and the late Mary Simpson Green, of 7, St. John’s Place, Felling, Gateshead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. KEMP, ALBERT EDWARD (15), Apprentice, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Albert Kemp, of 85, Somerset St., Hull, and the late Florence Blanche Kemp (nee Usher), Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. KIERAN, JOSEPH (31), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Catherine Kieran, of 5, Mary St. North, Dundalk, and the late James Kieran, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. LUCAS, JOHN EDWARD (19), Steward, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of John and Elizabeth Lucas (nee Sullivan), of 41, Christina St., Cardiff, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. MARTINSEN, JOHARMES KRISTIAN (26), Ship’s Cook, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Martin and Marie Martinsen, of Norway. Born in Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. MURRAY (45), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. NEWTON, THOMAS PURDY (57), First Engineer, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Husband of Lillie Newton, of 11, Sydenham Terrace, Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. RICHARDS, JAMES THOMAS (50), Chief Boatswain, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of William Lovett Sperling Richards, and the late Mrs. Richards; husband of Mary Elizabeth Richards (nee Cavell), of 8, Monkton Place, Ramsgate, Kent. Born at Swalecliffe, Whitstable, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. SHERLOCK, JOHN (36), Donkeyman, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Husband of Rosanna Sherlock (nee Flaherty), of 36, Dale View, Garston, Liverpool. Born at Dublin, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. TAYLOR (18), Ordinary Seaman, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. WESTERBY, CHARLES STODDART (47), Master, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Husband of Ann Ingham Westerby, of 4, Ettrick Grove, Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 17. WHITE, GEORGE H. , Apprentice, SS Farnham, Mercantile Marine, †19/05/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. White, of 99, Johnston St., Workington, Cumberland. Born at Warwick, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13601
