Family History, Stemp Chart 0351 Thomas Bruce Stemp, Freda Cecilia Jansen and Kenneth M. A. Cook

Information from Forces War Records sent by John TERRY 20/10/2014 First Name: Thomas Bruce Initials: T B Surname: STEMP DOB: Circa 1914 Age: 30 Birth County: Surrey. Nationality: British Resided County: Middlesex. Date of Death: 30/08/1944 Information: Parents: Thomas and Amy STEMP; husband of Freda Cecilia STEMP of Milehouse, Plymouth. Rank: Warrant Officer Class I Rank (2nd): Sub Conductor Service Number: 10539567 Campaign Medals: War Medal 1939-1945 As with most Armed Forces Serving Personal during the conflict of World War Two, Thomas Bruce STEMP was entitled to the War Medal 1939-1945. This medal was awarded to all full time service personnel who had completed 28 days service between 3rd September 1939 and the 2nd September 1945. Eligible personnel who had been “Mentioned In Despatches” during the War were entitled to wear a bronze oak leaf emblem on the ribbon. Those eligible for a campaign star, yet who had their service cut short by death, wounds or capture by the enemy, still qualified for this medal. 1939-45 Star Given the information available to us it is likely that Thomas Bruce STEMP was awarded the 1939-45 Star for operational Service in the Second World War between 3rd September 1939, and 2nd September 1945. Thomas Bruce STEMP would have been awarded this star if their service period was terminated by their death or disability due to service. Also the award of a gallantry medal or “Mention In Despatches” also produced the award of this medal, regardless of their service duration. Fighter Aircraft Crew who took part in the Battle of Britain (10 July to 31 October 1940) were awarded the "Battle of Britain" bar to this medal. In undress uniform, a silver-gilt rosette was worn on the medal ribbon to denote the award of this clasp. Service: British Army Regiment: Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers during World War 2 More information about Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Archive Reference: WO 304/21 Commemorated: Britain Place of Death: India Collections: UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 I have changed marriage from Barbara BLACKMAN to Freda Cecilia JANSEN. I believe that was the person he married but see notes below. The following is the only Thomas Stemp recorded in Commonwealth Graves Commission Site for the Second World War, but the information does not completely tie up with the information on the chart above. But the father was a Thomas Stemp, his second wife was any Amy, but Thomas according to the information was the son of ??? which also could have been an Amy. However his wife is recorded as Barbara Blackman and as you can see below his wife is recorded as Freda Cecilia. However I also have his sister Doris as living in Plymouth which is where Thomas was meant to live. so I do think it is the correct Thomas. He was meant to have died in Burma, but it is quite likely that the memorial would have been in India. In Memory of THOMAS BRUCE STEMP Warrant Officer Class I10539567 Sub. Condr.Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers who died on Wednesday, 30th August 1944. Age 30. Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Amy Stemp; husband of Freda Cecilia Stemp, of Milehouse, Plymouth. Commemorative Information Cemetery: GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY, India Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 1.J.6. Location: Gauhati, the capital city of the state of Assam in North East India is on the Eastern side of the River Brahmaputra some 600 kilometres east of Calcutta. It is best reached by air either from Delhi or Calcutta. To visit Assam State an inner line permit is required. The war cemetery is in the residential area of Silpukhuri on Nabagraha Road, leading to Nabagraha Hindu Temple situated on the hill top past the war cemetery and about 2 kilometres from the main road. The cemetery not being easy to find, visitors should contact the staff at Brahmaputra Hotel for guidance. There is a Caretaker residing on site who keeps the register of the graves in his bungalow. Historical Information: The War Cemetery was started during the war, when several military hospitals were posted in the area, and was used originally for burials from these hospitals. Later other graves were brought in by the Army Graves Service from Amari Bari Military Cemetery, Sylhet Military Cemetery, Mohachara Cemetery, Nowgong Civil Cemetery and Gauhati Civil Cemetery, where permanent maintenance could not be assured. For the same reason, during the first quarter of 1952 re-burials here were effected from isolated sites in the Lushai Hills and from civil cemeteries in Badarpur, Cooch Bahar, Darjeeling, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dinjan, Katapahar, Lebong, Lumding, Shillong and Silchar. Ther are six special memorials type E commemorating 4 soldiers belonging to the army of the United Kingdom buried in Dibrugarh Cemetery whose graves were lost; an officer serving with the Indian Army buried inaccessibly at Yatung, Tibet, whose grave could neither be moved to a war cemetery nor maintained, and a nursing sister of Burma Hospital Corps who was buried at Tezpur. The non-war graves are those of a civilian driver in a General Purposes Transport Company and a civilian watchman in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. The cemetery is in light jungle country in an area of low foothills. It lies on a site which slopes upwards from the entrance to a small shelter with a copper roof. Another shelter, where the register is kept and may be consulted in shade, is incorporated in the design of the entrance, and the two curved seats are of stone brought from the Naga Hills. Beyond the Cross of Sacrifice a mound covered with evergreen and flowering shrubs, including azaleas, jasmine and lantana, forms a background to it, while along the boundaries Indian laburnums and a screening hedge enclose the cemetery. The graves are in level mown turf and are marked by bronze plaques on stone cushions set into the continuous flower borders which run along the rows of graves. 1944 186 Victoria Road, Ruislip Manor, Middlesex (address given at administration) Child with the name STEMP and the mother maiden name as JENSON born in the right place at the right time who I believe must be a child of this couple.

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