Name
Roger Kempton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/09/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36374
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
8th Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 7.
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 in 1894 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire 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 5971 Hertfordshire Regiment (adjacent number to his brother) and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Frank Henry Kempton who was killed in action on 27 Apr 1918 and who is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
