St Paul's, New Beckenham: memorial plaque
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St Paul's, New Beckenham: memorial plaque
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 8 May 2016
Memorial to Aubrey Cyril Kempson, killed in an earthquake in Yokohama in 1923. The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 killed over 30,000 people in Yokohama, some 7% of the population, and injured a similar number (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama#Great_Kanto_Earthquake_and_the_Second_World_War_.281923.E2.80.931945.29 ). Aubrey Kempson was on the staff of Samuel Samuel & Company Limited, a trading company based in the city (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Samuel_%26_Co ); an image of his grave in Negishi Cemetery, Yokohama, can be seen at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kempson&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=145598164& .
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Image Location
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