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Kemp, Kenneth Reginald Flint, only son of Reginald Kemp (q.v.); b. April 17, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left Easter 1910 on account of ill health; went to the Chelsea School of Art; showed much artistic promise; was elected an Assoc. of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1917, and three of his pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1916 and 1918; went to the western front with the Munro Corps attached to the Anglo-French Hospital Ccmmittee as a driver Nov. 9, 1915; was slightly gassed near Nieuport in April 1917, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre for saving life under fire April 25, 1917; returned home and obtained a commission in the R. A. S. C. as 2nd Lieut. Aug. 13, 1917, but was relegated to Home Depots on account of his health; d. of influenza Oct. 18, 1918; unm.

Johnson, Sidney Frederick, second son of George Frederick Johnson, of Tooting Bee, by Blanche Evelyn, daughter of George Anderson, of Adelaide, South Australia; b. Aug. 19, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1906; London Univ.; B.Sc. 1906; 2nd Lieut. Queen Vic­toria's Rifles May 1910; became a partner in Hendren's Trust, Ltd., a financial company for promoting British enterprise in Canada; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Border Regt. Dec. 13, 1914; attached 2nd Batt. and went out to the western front Feb. 20, 1915; was wounded at Festubert in May 1915, and invalided home; Lieut. March 13, 1916; returned to the front Dec. 29, 1916, and was appointed brigade bombing officer with the rank of temp. Capt. Oct. 7, 1916; m. Nov. 28, 1914, Helen Marguerite, elder daughter of Farquhar Robinson, of Montreal, Canada; killed in action at Beaumont Hamel Jan. 10, 1917.

Heath, John Oswald, only son of John Edgar Heath, of Lee, Kent, by Nora Mary, daughter of Oswald Lofthouse, of Warrington, Lancs; b. May 24, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1912; entered the pottery and glass manufacturing business; joined the Hon. Artillery Co. in 1913, and went out to the western front Sept. 18, 1914; after serving nine months came back to take a commission; 2nd Lieut. 11th (Service) Batt. the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regt. June 28, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 7, 1916; returned to the western front as Batt. Bombing Officer May 1, 1916; killed in action at Le Sars Oct. 7, 1916; unm.

Hadden, Eustace Walter Russell, brother of Archibald Robert Hadden (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1891; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); left July 1908; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 18, 1912; held a legal appointment under the Siamese Government 1913-4; returned to England in June 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th (Terr.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks L. I. Sept. 1911; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1912; Capt. Sept. 2, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915; temp. Major April 15, 1916; was in temporary command of his Batt. during the last six weeks of his life; d. June 11, 1916, at Abbeville; unm.

Gregory, John Sheridan, younger son of Gregory Marcar Gregory, of West Kensington, by Edith Laura, second daughter of. John Sheridan, of Earl's Court; b. Sept. 15, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left July 1907; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. and LL. B. 1911; adm. to the Middle Temple Nov. 1913; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 15, 1914, and went out to France three days later; Supply Officer to the 9th Cavalry Brigade April 13, 1915 - Aug. 24, 1917; temp. Lieut. Aug. 1, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 23, 1916; temp. Capt. June 25, 1916, attached to R. F. C. and returned to England in Aug. 1917; returned to France as a qualified Observer Oct. 16, 1917; joined No. 16 Squadron R. F. C. Oct. 18, transferred to No. 35 Squadron Nov. 20; Capt. Nov. 29, 1917; killed in action, being shot down in an encounter with a German machine between Lempire and Epehy, Feb. 19, 1918; unm.