In Memory Of

KEMP, CHARLES MATTHEW

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 1878-06-20
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 21st Bn.
Regiment:
 Manchester Regiment
Date of Death:
 1917-10-09
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Butte, Polygon Wood, Flanders, Belgium
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. C. 10.
Cemetery:
 BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
Localitly:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D S O
Citations:
 LG Sup 18 July 1917 pg. 7212 - "For conspicuous gallantry when in command of his battalion. After an enemy attack, when some disorganisation had set in, he rendered invaluable aid in collecting stragglers and leading them forward, under heavy fire, in a counter attack. His coolness and bravery enabled him to successfully reorganise the troops at his disposal"
Son of William Arthur and Eliza Kemp, of 11 Gloucester Pace, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Husband of Winnifred May Brand, of 12 Casterton Rd., Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Born Windsor, England. Served as Lance Corporal (#23243) with the 28th Company, 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in the ABW 1899-1902. Attested with Natal Police 3 March 1903. Stationed HQ Pretoria. Seconded to SA Defence Force 21 September 1914. Second in Command (Major) 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment. Commemorated on St. Saviour's Anglican Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg WWI Memorial scroll in St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Pietermaritzburg & on WWI Memorial in the grounds of St. John the Baptist Church, Windsor, Berkshire, England. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918