Kempthorne, Humphrey de Bohun
Surg. Cmdr. H. de B. Kempthorne previously reported missing now officially presumed killed. British Medical Journal 28 October 1944
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Kempthorne |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Humphrey de Bohun |
| Date of birth | 1907 |
| Place of birth | Plymouth Registration District |
| Family details | Son of Henry Ernest Kempthorne and of Henrietta Sybil Kempthorne (nee Devereux); husband of Susan Eastlake Kempthorne, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1928-1931 |
| Dept / course | M.B., B.Ch. Oxon |
| Qualifications | D.M. (Oxon.), M.B., B.Ch., D.O.M. S. |
| Military unit | Royal Navy, H.M.S. Charybdis |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 23-Oct-43 |
| Age at death | 36 |
| Rank at death | Commander Surgeon |
| Cause of death | Missing presumed killed |
| Commemoration(s) | St. Thomas’ s Roll of Honour in the chapel; Plymouth Naval Memorial |
| Notes | In 1930 his home address was “Birkwood”, Weybridge, Surrey |
| Sources | St Thomas’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |