Stevenson Family Tree - Person Sheet
Stevenson Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameHenry KEMP
Birthabt 1880, Lochee, Forfarshire
Death23 Apr 1917, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Age: 37
BurialApr 1917, Arras Memorial, Bay 5, France
OccupationTinsmith
FatherHenry KEMP (1845-)
MotherIsabella McINTOSH (1849-1907)
Spouses
Marriage15 Apr 1904, Dundee, Angus
Notes for Henry KEMP
1881 Census

Name: Henry Kemp
Age: 4 M
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Henry Kemp
Mother's name: Isabella Kemp
Gender: Male
Where born: Dundee, Forfarshire
Registration Number: 282/3
Registration district: St Clement
Civil Parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Loons Rd Lorimer Street
ED: 26
Household schedule number: 152
LINE: 8
Roll: cssct1881_85
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kemp 35
Isabella Kemp 32
Jane Kemp 12
Annie Kemp 6
Martha Kemp 3
David Kemp 2
Henry Kemp 4 M


1901 Census


Name: Henry Kemp
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: Henry Kemp
Mother's name: Isabella Kemp
Gender: Male
Where born: lochee, Forfarshire
Registration Number: 282/5
Registration district: Lochee
Civil Parish: Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie
County: Angus
Address: 29 Mid St
Occupation: Tinsmith
ED: 2
Household schedule number: 137
LINE: 1
Roll: CSSCT1901_104
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kemp 56
Isabella Kemp 53
Henry Kemp 20
Betsy Kemp 16
James Kemp 16
Bella Kemp 13
Annie K Kemp 26
James K Kemp 6


War Record


Henry (aka Harry) Kemp volunteered to join the army at the age of 35 on December 9, 1915 and was called up on 21st June 1916. He lived at Monifieth, Dundee and joined the q8th reserve Battalion of the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) at which was a training battalion based at the time at Dundee. In September 1916 it was renamed the 77th Training Reserve Battalion. On 30 November 1916 Henry was posted to the British Expeditionary Force and sent to No 20 Infantry Base Depot at Etaples on December 1st 1916. From there he was transferred as part of a draft of reinforcements to the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. He joined the battalion on December 13th 1916 in the field. Henry was reported missing on 23rd April 1917 and then reported as killed in action on 23rd April 1917. The Battalion was fighting on the opening day of the second Battle of the Scarpe on that date.
Henry is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He qualified for the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
The war diary of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers is held at the UK National Archives at Kew in Catalogue reference WO 95/2340 "2 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. 30 Division Date: 1916 – 1918".
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