Frank G Kempster enlisted into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and then volunteered for airborne forces.He qualified as a military parachutist on course 79 which ran at RAF Ringway from 23 August to 2 September 1943 and served in A Company, 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. The course report reads ‘Keen and reliable. Did well.’

Frank ‘The Trapper’ Kempster went on to become section Sgt of 1 Platoon, A Company, and was wounded in the Normandy campaign.

Sgt Frank Kempster died of his wounds on 19 August 1944 and is now buried in Ranville Cemetery, Normandy.

Photo courtesy of Harvey Grenville