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Albert Kempster

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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
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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
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They had twelve children: John, Cecil, Jim, Arthur, Robert, Phyllis, Doris, Charlotte, Louis, George, Joan, Yvonne.
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when at great risk to himself he stopped a runaway horse and carriage.
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This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a
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Leighton Buzzard
Saint Martin, Jersey
Sports shooting
shooting
Great Britain
Olympic Games
1912 Stockholm
Team 30 m pistol
1912 Stockholm
Team 50 m pistol
British
sport shooter
1908 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
running deer single shots competition
running deer double shots event
individual 50 metre pistol event
Royal Jersey Militia
Jersey
Channel Islands
Royal Jersey Militia
Albert Medal
"Sports Reference: Albert Kempster"
the original
"Albert Kempster"
ISBN
0-9540841-0-1
Albert Kempster's profile at databaseOlympics
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