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Ernest Thomas Kempster

Rank Able Seaman
Service Number J 17228
Born 28/07/1896 Drayton Beauchamp

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Portsmouth
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HMS Queen Mary

Class Battle Cruiser

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Wounded Killed Next of kin address Hertfordshire England Drayton Beauchamp Tring England Father Joseph More info Enlisted 28/07/1914. Ganges Boy 2nd class 08/05/12. Queen Mary AB 25/11/15 - 31/05/16