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Alexander Miller Kemp

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Alexander Kemp

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 1916
  • Place of enlistment: Rutherglen
  • Service no: 127569
  • Rank: Sapper
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: XXI Corps, Signal Company
  • Place of Death: Lebanese Republic
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 04.11.1918
  • Burial Country: Lebanese Republic
  • Cemetery: Beirut War Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: 82.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Engineering Dept, Post Office
  • Mother:

    Harriet Kemp, 47 Baldovan Tce, Dundee

  • Father:

    James Kemp, 47 Baldovan Tce, Dundee

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More about Alexander Miller Kemp

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

Alexander (Alastair) Miller Kemp   127569   Royal Engineers

A Sapper’s Death in Palestine.

Sapper Alastair Miller Kemp, Royal Engineers, only son of Mr and Mrs Kemp, 47 Baldovan Terrace, Dundee, has died of malaria in Palestine.  Sapper Kemp, who enlisted in 1916, was invalided home from France in 1917, and was later sent to Egypt.  His death will be regretted by a wide circle of friends, and much sympathy will be extended to his sorrowing parents.  Prior to enlistment Sapper Kemp, who was 23 years of age, was employed in the engineering department of the Post Office.

Dundee Courier 15th November 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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