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|Surname and forenames=Kemp Ernest | |Surname and forenames=Kemp Ernest | ||
|Army number=4467948 | |Army number=4467948 | ||
|Rank= | |Rank=Private. | ||
|Age=22 | |Date of birth=Born Hull 1921/22. | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted ? Bn DLI | |Age=22 at the time of his death. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=12-Jul-44 | |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests later in 1939. Posted ? Bn DLI. Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/10/1940. Posted ? Battalion. Transferred back to The DLI 29/12/1940, and posted to the Young Soldiers Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion The DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. DIED of WOUNDS 12/7/1944 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of WOUNDS 12-Jul-44. Interred initially in the Jerusalem Temporary Cemetery at Map Reference 7F/1 816.724. Re-buried 17/2/1945 in Grave 1. F. 13. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : WE PICTURED HIS RETURN THE CLASP OF HIS HAND GOD WILLED WE MEET IN A FAR OFF LAND. | |||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |||
|Company/Battery=Company not yet known. | |||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |||
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman. | |||
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed. | |||
|Promotions=None known. | |||
|Wounded=Yes - reported wounded 18/7/1944 according to War Office records. By that date he had already died from his wounds. | |||
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. | |||
|Home address=Resident of Hull. Husband of Marion Kemp, Hull. | |||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:18, 27 February 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Kemp Ernest
Army number 4467948
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Hull 1921/22.
Age 22 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests later in 1939. Posted ? Bn DLI. Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/10/1940. Posted ? Battalion. Transferred back to The DLI 29/12/1940, and posted to the Young Soldiers Battalion. Posted to the 10th Battalion The DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. DIED of WOUNDS 12/7/1944 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded 18/7/1944 according to War Office records. By that date he had already died from his wounds.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 12-Jul-44. Interred initially in the Jerusalem Temporary Cemetery at Map Reference 7F/1 816.724. Re-buried 17/2/1945 in Grave 1. F. 13. Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : WE PICTURED HIS RETURN THE CLASP OF HIS HAND GOD WILLED WE MEET IN A FAR OFF LAND.
Home address Resident of Hull. Husband of Marion Kemp, Hull.
Source table 10DLI