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Lance Serjeant JOHN KEMPLAY

Service Number: 2519
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

I. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Kemplay, of Wakefield, Yorks; husband of Ida Kemplay, of 6, Victoria Terrace, Walton, Wakefield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" JOHN XV.13
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Buried or commemorated at

AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 472
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