KEMBLE, William John
- Born: Abt 1880, Eltham, Kent
- Marriage (1): GOODSON, Annie Isabel in Jun 1904 in Reigate, Surrey
- Died: 4 Oct 1917, Flanders, Belgium about age 37
Death Notes:
Name: KEMBLE, WILLIAM JOHN Initials: W J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery Unit Text: 118th Siege Bty. Age: 38 Date of Death: 04/10/1917 Service No: 366144 Additional information: Son of Joseph and Betsy Kemble; husband of Annie Isabel Kemble, of 4, Elm Villas, Southend Rd., Eltham, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XX. D. 11A. Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. The cemetery was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation and in June 1915, it began to be used by casualty clearing stations of the Commonwealth forces. From April to August 1918, the casualty clearing stations fell back before the German advance and field ambulances (including a French ambulance) took their places. The cemetery contains 9,901 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 24 being unidentified. There are 883 war graves of other nationalities, mostly French and German, 11 of these are unidentified. There is 1 Non World War burial here. The only concentration burials were 24 added to Plot XXXI in 1920 from isolated positions near Poperinghe and 17 added to Plot XXXII from St. Denijs Churchyard in 1981. Eight of the headstones are Special Memorials to men known to be buried in this cemetery, these are located together alongside Plot 32 near the Stone of Remembrance. The cemetery, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, is the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium.
Events
1. Census, 1911, 4 Elm Villas, Southend Road, Eltham, Kent.
2. Occupation: Upholsterer, 1911.
3. Occupation: Gunner - Royal Garrison Artillery, 1917.
William married Annie Isabel GOODSON, daughter of William GOODSON and Harriet WEAVERS, in Jun 1904 in Reigate, Surrey. (Annie Isabel GOODSON was born on 30 Jul 1883 in Sprowston, Norfolk, christened on 3 Sep 1883 in Sprowston, Norfolk and died in 1961 in New Eltham, London.)
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