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In St Mildred's Churchyard, Whippingham, Isle of Wight Description Additional inscripton on family headstone. |
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Inscription
IN MEMORY OF MABEL MARY COX DIED JULY 1ST 1956 AGED 68 ALSO HER SON ROBIN KEMP R.N. LOST AT SEA JAN 29TH 1944 "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" OLIVE LUCY MAY KEMP 1912 - 2001 LOVING WIFE OF ROBIN TOGETHER AT LAST. Further Information William Robin Kemp Son of : William Kemp and Mabel Mary Kemp (née Kelleway), later Cox, of Ventnor. Born : 1913 Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Married : 23 Dec 1939, Olive Lucy May Stinton, Ruislip, Middlesex.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, January 12, 1940 Page 2 MARRIAGE KEMP-STINTON. - On Dec, 23rd, 1939, at Ruislip Parish Church, William Robin Kemp, R.N., only
son of Mrs. W.H. Cox, The Dene, St. Keverne, Cornwall, and the late Mr. W. Kemp, of Ventnor,
to Olive, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stinton, Ruislip.
Service information : Chief E.R.A. D/MX 51652 William Robin Kemp, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Spartan. Casualty information : Died at sea, 29 Jan 1944, aged 30. Commemorated at : Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. CWGC record ... Other Newspaper reports
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, May 21, 1943 Page 1 News has been received that Mr. Robin Kemp has been elected an Associate of the
Institute of Naval Architects. Mr. Kemp, who has been serving with the Royal Navy
for the past eight years, is an old boy of the Helston County School, Cornwall,
and is the son of Mrs. Cox, The Dene, St. Keverne, Cornwall, and the late Mr. William Kemp, of Ventnor.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, June 30, 1944 Page 1 News of the presumed death of Mr. Robin Kemp, who spent his boyhood days in Ventnor,
will be received with sorrow by his many friends in this district. Mr. Kemp, a Chief E.R.A.
in the Royal Navy, was attached to H.M.S. Spartan. Only 30 years of age, he was the only child of
Mrs. Cox, The Dene, St. Keverne, Cornwall, and the late Mr. William Kemp, of Ventnor.
From the Isle of Wight County Press July 1944
Commemorated on this Island Memorial :
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