Name
Frank Henry Kempton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/04/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36371
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 56 and 57.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon,
Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 9 Jan 1897 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire and baptised on 28 Mar 1897 son of Walter Halls and Ellen (Foster) Kempton and was living in 4 Amwell Street, Hoddesdon in 1901 and 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 5970 Hertfordshire Regiment (adjacent number to his brother) and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Roger Kempton who was killed in action on 20 Sep 1918 and who is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
