Kemp, John Laurence
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | John Laurence |
Surname | Kemp |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Date of Death | 15-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Idris Miles Kemp and Dorothy Dormer Kemp (née Old), of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7637 |
Markings | BU-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 155. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 193 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1235720 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Squadron Motto | Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Monument with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In memory and honour of the Royal Air Force and Polish Air Force Squadrons who were based at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Born Scunthorpe 1923. His father was born 1887 in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire and married Dorothy in Doncaster in 1915. In 1939 the family lived at 25 Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe; Idris was a designing engineer, while Dorothy was a teacher in an elementary school in Doncaster before her marriage. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1322/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-01-1943 |
End Date | 16-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (75% moon) |
Operation | Lorient. 122 aircraft, 2 lost. Lorient was being used as a U-boat base and this was the first of a series of attacks on the French port. Target marking was said to be accurate but the bombing by the main force was, for unstated reasons, far from accurate. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |