Who was S.J. Gempton?

1918 was the 100th Anniversary of the end of the Great War. Wishing to pay my respects to the memory of service men who died in the Great War, I visited the Brixham War Memorial. There is a S.J Gempton listed in Panel 1, Column 3 under the Mercantile Marine section.

Devon Heritage holds the registry of all those whose names are listed on the memorial but the document seems to contain several errors.

"S.J Compton" should read S.J.Gempton

"Samuel Gempston" should read Samuel Gempton

"Master of the ketch Annie" This section is correct. BM18 - Annie, was built by S.Dewdney & Sons and was launched in 1886. The owner was Samuel Gempton and the address was registered as 6 North View Road. In the 1901 census, Samuel was listed as "Master of the Annie" being in Milford Dock, Milford Haven at the time the census was taken.

"Son of Joseph and Elizabeth" Samuel was the son of Joseph Gempton (b1824) and Sarah Blackmore (b1826). As indicated, Samuel was born in Brixham in 1859.

"Died 4 January 1918 aged 59" Samuel Gempton married Mary Ann Davis and emigrated from the UK, with his family, in 1907 to New Zealand. Records show that he died in 1926. Samuel had a son Samuel Gempton Jnr who served in World War 1. According the record office of the Auckland Cenotaph Museum, Samuel Jnr was discharger in 1918 and died, in Napier, New Zealand, in 1966.

Brixham Heritage Museum have been unable to help.

Devon Heritage are in the process of making corrections to the description on their website (updated January 2020 no changes have been made to date) but the question remains:-

Who was S.J. Gempton?

"Battling Onwards - The Brixham Fishing Fleet 1914-1918"

The attached document is dedicated to the men of the Brixham Fleet who died in World War 1. There is a S.L (J?) Gempton listed on Page 4.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz--Yx_2PNEMOGh fcS1EeEVfS28/view?usp=sharing

Brixham War Memorial - Berry Head Road. 30th April 1922