BORN HULL 1885. SON OF THOMAS KEMP (1847- 1905) & EMMA LOUISA LAMB (1866-1929), OF 9, RAIKES STREET, HULL. ONE OF FOUR SONS. HE MARRIED ELLEN LANGAN, IN 1908. A FORMER CORN LABOURER, LIVING AT 23, WHITBY STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS WATER INLAND TRANSPORT COMPANY. HE ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED ON PLEASURE BOAT, AT GRAVESEND, KENT, ON 03/05/1916, AGED 31. HIS COMPANION MADE A GALLANT ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/07/1916. *
HE LEFT WIDOW, ELLEN AND TWO CHILDREN AT 8 WOOLERTON AVENUE, DANSOM LANE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)
LISTED AS SGT., KEMP, ON THE DANSOM LANE SHRINE, HULL. HE IS ALSO LISTED ON HULL’S CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE KEMP (1890-1968), SERVED AS PRIVATE, 8259, 1/4TH EYR, & LIVED AT 7, LILLIAN TERRACE, BARNSLY STREET, HULL.
