Albert Joseph Kempster came to JerseyChannel Islands in the early 1890s. He was attached to the Northampton Regiment at the time and married a Breton, Eleanor Grosvalet in 1898 not long before being sent to South Africa where war had broken out and from where he was later invalided home with enteric fever. In 1900 he was appointed to the permanent staff of the Royal Jersey Militia.[3]
They had twelve children: John, Cecil, Jim, Arthur, Robert, Phyllis, Doris, Charlotte, Louis, George, Joan, Yvonne.
He possessed an exceedingly good voice singing opera and operetta. He was an amateur boxer, gymnast and swordsman boxing for the British army in front of the Prince of Wales and the German Kaiser. He was awarded for bravery with the Albert Medal when at great risk to himself he stopped a runaway horse and carriage.[dubious – discuss]
References
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^"Albert Kempster". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
albert, kempster, albert, joseph, kempster, august, 1874, january, 1952, british, sport, shooter, competed, 1908, summer, olympics, 1912, summer, olympics, personal, informationborn, 1874, august, 1874leighton, buzzard, englanddied2, january, 1952, 1952, aged,. Albert Joseph Kempster 23 August 1874 2 January 1952 was a British sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics 1 Albert KempsterPersonal informationBorn 1874 08 23 23 August 1874Leighton Buzzard EnglandDied2 January 1952 1952 01 02 aged 77 Saint Martin Jersey EnglandSpouse s Eleanor nee Grosvalet 1898 SportSportSports shootingMedal record Men s shootingRepresenting Great BritainOlympic Games1912 Stockholm Team 30 m pistol1912 Stockholm Team 50 m pistolIn 1908 he finished fifth in the running deer single shots competition as well as in the running deer double shots event Four years later he won the bronze medal as member of the British team in the team 30 metre military pistol event as well as in the team 50 metre military pistol competition In the individual 50 metre pistol event he finished 24th RSM Royal Jersey Militia 2 Personal life EditAlbert Joseph Kempster came to Jersey Channel Islands in the early 1890s He was attached to the Northampton Regiment at the time and married a Breton Eleanor Grosvalet in 1898 not long before being sent to South Africa where war had broken out and from where he was later invalided home with enteric fever In 1900 he was appointed to the permanent staff of the Royal Jersey Militia 3 They had twelve children John Cecil Jim Arthur Robert Phyllis Doris Charlotte Louis George Joan Yvonne He possessed an exceedingly good voice singing opera and operetta He was an amateur boxer gymnast and swordsman boxing for the British army in front of the Prince of Wales and the German Kaiser He was awarded for bravery with the Albert Medal when at great risk to himself he stopped a runaway horse and carriage dubious discuss References Edit Sports Reference Albert Kempster Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 21 February 2014 Albert Kempster Olympedia Retrieved 10 April 2021 Grouville Jersey the history of a country parish ISBN 0 9540841 0 1External links EditAlbert Kempster s profile at databaseOlympics This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to sport shooting in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert Kempster amp oldid 1017090799, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
