Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain C. M. Kemble, Army Service Corps, who died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein in March 1900

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. C. M. Kemble, A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (Capt. C. M. Kemble. A.S.C.) official correction to initials; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, one very minor edge bruise to each of the first two, otherwise extremely fine (3) £500-£600

Captain Charles Morris Kemble, Army Service Corps, ‘died of enteric at Bloemfontein March 29th, 1900. He was the son of C. A. Kemble, Esq., was born June, 1870, and educated at Haileybury. He entered the Yorkshire Regt. from the Glamorgan Artillery, was promoted lieut. Dec., 1893, and transferred to the Army Service Corps, April, 1894, being made capt. Sept., 1898. Capt. Kemble married Sept., 1896, Freda, daughter of Capt. Webber, 45th Regt. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, and was present at the battle of Khartoum, being awarded the Medal and the Egyptian medal with clasp. Capt. Kemble embarked for South Africa Oct., 1899’ (The Last Post by Mildred D. Dooner refers).