John Archibald Kemp
Lieutenant John Archibald Kemp, R.N. (4 November, 1890 – 1 June, 1916) served in the Royal Navy and died at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Tipperary.
Life & Career
The son of J. Kemp, Esq., barrister at law passed out of the Training Establishment on 15 May 1908 and was appointed to H.M.S. Albemarle, which was serving in the Atlantic.[1]
He served in two "Tribal" class destroyers before being appointed to the battlecruiser New Zealand on 17 April, 1910. Almost immediately, he was sent to Agamemnon on on 14 May 1910. In June 1911, he joined H.M.S. Dreadnought for three months before being sent to examinations.[2]
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1913 while serving in the scout cruiser H.M.S. Blonde. Two days later, he was appointed to the scout cruiser Forward. He would remain in her through the outbreak of war, leaving when she paiud off on 20 April, 1915.[3]
Kemp was appointed to the flotilla leader H.M.S. Tipperary on 12 May 1915. On 27 July he was assigned gunnery duties. This would, however, be his last appointment, as he died when she was sunk, in night action as leader of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May, 1916.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/39. f. 38.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/39. f. 38.
- ↑ Kemp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/39. f. 38.
