S to ZKINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18 th May 2014)

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Kingdon, Samuel: #3620, #6474 & #H/47718, Corporal Shoeing Smith, Various Cavalry & Hussars of the Line, plus Sergeant Farrier in the Reserve Cavalry Regiment; (Late 1890’s to 1919, Boer War & WW1);Notes: There are some uncertainties regarding this grandparents, which needs more detailed research, but for the purpose of this document I will record the following: This is probably Samuel George Kingdon b. 1875 in Swimbridge, the son of James Kingdon, a Labourer b.1838 in Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon & Sarah Louisa Sparks from Torpoint, Cornwall who married in 1869 in Cornwall; In the 1881 Census Samuel Kingdon lives with his parents in Steeple Close, Swimbridge, Devon, his Father is a Railway Labourer; In the 1891 Census Samuel Kingdon is aged 15 & is a Farm Servant at Herscott Farmhouse in Swimbridge, near Barnstaple, Devon; Samuel Kingdon Aged 19 years & 9 months Attested for a Short Service period with the Corps of Hussars of the Line on 16.10.1895 in Devonport; He recorded that he had been an Apprentice Blacksmith in Lynton for 3 years, that he was still serving with the Militia in the Devon Artillery & that he was born in Swimbridge, near Barnstaple, Devon; Other Army Regimental Numbers that appear in his records are #H/47718, obviously Hussars Regiment, & #6274; It appears that he was sent to Aldershot with the 3 rd King’s Own Hussars & served with them until extending his service to 12 years with the colours on 23.01.1900 whilst serving in Lucknow, India; In 1901 he confirmed that his next of kin was his Father James Kingdon living in Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon, which helped me identify him, even though he was serving in South Africa & there is no 1901 Census record; He was promoted to Shoeing Smith Corporal as his service progressed, being posted to 7th Hussars on 19.09.1902, until being transferred to the Reserve on 01,06.1903, 4 years before the end of his true Army Service; UK records have John Kingdom marrying Jane Connal in Farnham in 1903 & Samuel’s Military records state that Samuel Kingdon married Jane Connal on 23.02.1903 in Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot; (Jane Connal was born in Dunbar, Scotland in 1875 I believe); Samuel Kingdon was Discharged from the Army Reserve on 18.10.1908; In the 1911 Census Samuel John Kingdon & wife Jane Pringle Kingdon live at #5, Perowne Street, aldershot, he is recorded as a Blacksmith; His Army records then show that he re-engaged as a Corporal with the 18 th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars on 12.10.1911; He was posted to the Northern Cavalry Depot on 05.11.1914, the 11 th Reserve Regiment on 01.10.1915, the Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 27.05.1916 as an Acting Sergeant & again extended his service from 02.11.1916, he was posted to the 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 11.02.1917; His first 12 year Service Record says that he served at Home from 16.10.1895 to 13.11.1898; Served in India from 13.11.1898 to 22.12.1901; Served in South Africa from 23.12.1901 to 22.10.1902; Again served at Home from 24.10.1902 until 31.05.1903 & then he was on the Reserve from 01.06.1903 until 15.10.1907; It appears that he was finally Discharged in York on 21.01.1919 giving a residence address in Aldershot, having served a total of 23 years & 81 days, 16 years of which counted towards his pension, (Chelsea #8065/F); I believe that Samuel George Kingdon Died in 1945 in Aldershot Aged 70; He earned the Queen’s South Africa Medal, The King’s South Africa Medal, the South Africa Medal 1899-1902 (02) with the Orange Free State Clasp & the Transvaal clasp; I did not find a WW1 Medals Card; (I believe Samuel Kingdon’s Father was #3727 James Kingdom/Kingdon of the 11th Regiment of Infantry);

Kingdon, Samuel: Book 1670, Exeter Militia 1803, Devon;Notes: In 1803 there are records for the Devon Exeter Militia which indicate that a Samuel Kingdon, an Ironmonger, aged 24 & single was ‘willing to serve as a volunteer’ in the Militia; I believe that this is Samuel Kingdon (“Iron Sam”) who was eventually Captain of a Company of Artillery among the Exeter volunteers in 1803 when Bonaparte was threatening to invade England; This is Samuel Kingdon born on 28.04.1779 in Exeter & baptised in the Bow/Mint/George’s Meeting House on 25.01.1807, the son of Samuel Kingdon & Jane Kent; This is “Iron Sam” & full details of his life are recorded in the Kingdon Book – ‘A Second Look’ dated 1974 & subsequently do not need to be repeated here;

Kingdon, Samuel: Military Adventurer, Officer of the Devon Yeoman Cavalry & later Hussar Regiment of Guards in the Prussian Army; (1820-1830’s period);Notes: This is Samuel Kingdon born in 1809 in Thorverton, Devon, the second son of “Iron Sam” Samuel Kingdon b.1779 Mayor of Exeter & Sarah Eyre; Young Samuel Kingdon led a somewhat roaming life, he was an officer of the Yeomanry Cavalry who escorted Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) from Teignmouth to Exeter before there were trains; Following this he later joined the Prussian Army & held a Commission in the Hussar Regiment of the Guards, travelling with the King of Prussia when he visited England to attend the baptism of the Prince of Wales in 1830 as a Sponsor; After time he grew tired of Military life & emigrated to Victoria, Australia & acted as Sheriff & Gold Commissioner. He had previously trained as a Lawyer & in 1857 he settled at Nelson to practice law. He was a member of the Nelson Provincial Council & also held a Captain’s commission in the New Zealand Militia. At some time he suffered an accident that crippled him & forced him to withdraw from active life. In February 1850 Samuel Kingdon Married Julia Anna Budd from Landkey, North Devon (the only daughter of the Deputy Lieutenant of Devon), and they started a family of 9 children, the 1st born in Paris & the 2nd born aboard ship ‘Diana’ off St. Pauls. 2 more daughters were born in Victoria, Australia & all other children born in New Zealand; Samuel Kingdon Died in New Zealand aged 75 in 1885; (I believe that Samuel’s Father “Iron Sam” Kingdon was Captain of a Company of Artillery among the Exeter volunteers in 1803 when Napoleon Bonaparte was threatening to invade England);

Kingdon, Samuel: Rating, Continuous Service #22684A, Royal Navy; ADM 139/627; (1860’s period);Notes: There is also a record for this Naval Rating, Samuel Kingdon, born 19.04.1839 Plymouth, Application to Whitehall on 17.01.1865, no age on entry 7 no dates served given – original page #268? ADM 139/627 records Samuel Kingdon, born 19.04.1839 in Plymouth, a date of volunteering of 26.07.1862 & an official naval number of #22684A; This number indicates issue between 1859 & 1867 & the suffix ‘A’ would indicate that he was probably serving prior to 1859; This is probably Samuel Samson Kingdon born 1839 in Plymouth; He was the son of Richard Kingdon, a Sawyer b.1792 in Maker, Devon, & Dorothy (Dorothea) Congdon(?) from Calstock, Cornwall who Married ca.1827, probably in Plymouth; In the 1841 Census Samuel Kingdon lived with his parents in Catherine Street, Plymouth St. Andrew, Devon; In the 1851 Census Samuel Kingdon was an 11 year old scholar at home with his parents at #24, Gasking Street, Plymouth Charles the Martyr; I presume that Samuel Kingdon was serving in the Royal Navy in 1861 as I did not find him in that Census? I believe that Samuel Kingdon Married Susanna (Grace) Gloyn, b.1839 in Stoke Damerel, in Stoke Damerel in 1862; In the 1871 Census there is a Samuel & Susanna Kingdon, a Storekeeper, living at #13, Jubilee Street, Charles, Plymouth, Devon; I believe that his wife Susanna Grace Kingdon Died in Plymouth in 1873 Aged 33; From this date I totally lost all members of this family including their daughter, Susanna Amelia Kingdon b.1865 in Plymouth; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Edmund Joseph: Caulker, Royal Navy, Continuous Service #7723B & #40313; ADM 139/878 & ADM 188/5); Needs further research;

Kingdon, Samuel: Corporal, #1080, Army Service Corps – Land Transport Corps, ‘G’ Division; WO 100/34 – Crimean War 1854-1856;Notes: Samuel Kingdon served in the Crimean War in the Land Transport Corps of the Army Service Corps, probably as a 1st Class Driver, this unit being formed in 1855 & renamed The Military Train in 1856; The records show that #1080 Corporal Samuel Kingdon was discharged from the Army; He was awarded the Crimean 1854-1855 War Medal & was entitled to receive a Clasp for having served at Sebastopol, Camp before Sebastopol, on 17.10.1853; However, there is a record which indicates that because of his Discharge the Medal was never effectively issued; I have insufficient information available to identify this soldier;

Kingdon, Samuel Henry: #1703, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force; - Died in WW1; Private SAMUEL HENRY KINGDON #1703, 2nd Reservists, 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry who died 30th August 1915; Remembered with honour on the Chatby Memorial, within the Chatby War Memorial Cemetery which is located within the main Alexandria Cemetery complex just outside Alexandria, Egypt;

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; There is a Death Record in the Queensland, Australia Death Index at #004795 on page 548 for Samuel Henry Drew, which I believe is the same person; There are very many conflicting records for this soldier, both as Samuel Henry Drew, S. H. Livingstone & Samuel Henry Kingdon, having served with the Australian Imperial Force in WW1 during 1914 & 1915;Drew, Samuel Henry: #143, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Army - Died in WW1 on 30.08.1915;Notes: This soldier’s record is a rather convoluted story, which I have detailed briefly here; any serious researcher of his family should investigate all WW1 Australian Records;Summary: It appears that Samuel Henry Drew #143, enlisted on 21.08.1914 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment & was returned to Australia on 01.03.1915 & discharged for disciplinary reasons in Melbourne;He then subsequently re-enlisted in Toowoomba, Queensland under the name of Samuel Henry Kingdon #1703, on 03.08.1915 in the 25th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements & died of illness on 30.08.1915 whilst troop shipping from Australia to Egypt; The records indicate that he was admitted into Isolation hospital on board the troopship ‘Shropshire’ suffering from gonorrhea & finally contracted double pneumonia from which he died; In the 1914 enlistment he gave his name as Samuel Henry Drew, aged 30 years & 6 months, born in Plymouth, Devon, England & declared that he was a Labourer & that his next of kin was his Mother, Lucy Janet Drew of #1, Amerley Road, South Brisbane; In the 1915 re-enlistment he gave his name as Samuel Henry Kingdon, aged 36 years & 6 months, born in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England & declared that he was a Fireman, an ex Watchmaker’s apprentice in Plymouth for 5 years, & that he had served previously in the 2nd Devonshire Regiment & the 3rd Australian Contingent in the Boer War; he gave his Brother, Arthur James Kingdon of Annerley Road, East Tooroomba, Queensland as his next of kin; He is recorded as having a bullet wound scar on his forehead & some shrapnel scars on both shins at that time; The records indicate that this soldier embarked from Sydney on 20.08.1915 on board the ‘HMAT Shropshire’ with the 2nd Reinforcements, 25th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade; Numerous pension & gratuity claims from his Mother & from his Wife, Olive Amelia Drew (nee Daniels) are recorded in his extensive file records as well as a National Newspaper Search article used to locate his family & relatives in 1916; I understand that Samuel Henry Drew was born in Oakhampton, Devon in 1879 & sailed to Australia with his Father Henry Drew (b.1845) & his Mother Janet Drew (b.1846), on the ‘Duke of Buccleuch’ from Plymouth to Townsville on 20.06.1884; Samuel Henry Drew Married Olive Daniels in Queensland on 19.12.1901 (Reg #001895, page #7045), produced at least 4 children, but may very well have deserted her earlier & lived with a woman called Minnie Livingstone in Coorparoo as man & wife & that there were also children of this union; He may have been issued the South African War Ribbon; His War Medals appear to have been forfeited but the Memorial Plaque was issued to his legal wife, Olive Drew (nee Daniels) & the Memorial Scroll to his de facto wife, Minnie Drew (nee Livingstone) in 1922; More information on record;

Kingdon, Samuel Richard: Class ‘C’, 2nd Division Reservist, New Zealand, 1917, WW1;Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1, but he is recorded as a Reservist with 2 Children in the 1917 registration in Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand; At that time he was a Sanitary Inspector & living at #215, Queen Street, Masterton; This is Samuel Richard Kingdon born in 1879 in New Zealand, he is the son of Samuel Kingdon, a Plumber, & Elizabeth ?? who Married in ??; In 1905 & 1906 Samuel Richard Kingdon is a Plumber living in Queen Street, Masterton; Samuel Richard Kingdon Married Ethel Armitage in 1908 in Masterton, Wellington & in 1911 they live in Beattie Street, Fielding, Oroua, Manawatu-Wanganui, he is a Plumbing Inspector; In 1914 Samuel Richard & Ethel Kingdon live in Kimbolton Road, Fielding, Oroua, Manawatu-Wanganui, & he is working as a Borough Inspector; Following his enlistment in the New Zealand Army Reserve & in 1919 this family are living at #215, Queen Street, Masterton, he is a recorded as a Sanitary Inspector; In 1928 they live in #97, Western Springs Road with is widowed Mother in Grey Lynn, Auckland; In 1935 & 1938 Samuel Richard & Ethel Kingdon live at #297, Great North Road, W2, Grey Lynn, Auckland, Samuel is now recorded as a plumber with his son; I believe that Ellen Kingdon Died in 1949 Aged 67 & that Samuel Richard Kingdon died in 1951 Aged 71;

Kingdon, Sidney: Merchant Seaman during WW1; BT 351/1/177262;Notes: This is probably Sidney Percival Kingdon born in 1899 in Clifton, Bristol, his Merchant Seaman’s WW1 Medals Record have 1899; If I am correct then this Sidney Percival Kingdon is the son of David Kingdon, a Slaughterman/Butcher b.1870 in Clifton, Bristol & Blanche Beavis from Bristol who Married in 1890 in Bristol & initially lived & worked as a Butcher in Elgin Street in Birkenhead, Cheshire; In the 1901 Census Sidney Kingdon is aged 2 years & living with his parents in Dowry Square, Bristol; In the 1911 Census Sidney Kingdon is now aged 11 & living with his Parents at #6, Ambrose Road, Clifton, Bristol, his Father is a Butcher; Sidney Kingdon may well have served for some years as a Merchant Seaman, probably as a Steward, sailing between England & New York; On 26.04.1918 Sidney Kingdon sailed from Cardiff, Wales to New York onboard the ‘Northumberland’; On 10.09.1921 & again on the 27.10.1921 Sidney (Sid) Kingdon (Kingdom) sailed from London & Newcastle onboard the ‘SS Vellavia’; On 13.12.1926 Sidney Kingdon sailed from Al Basrah, Iraq to New York on the ‘SS Glensloy’; Sidney P Kingdon Married Bessie Evelyn Tucker in Bristol in 1934; I understand that Sidney Percival Kingdon died on 02.10.1953 in Bristol, Gloucestershire aged 54; I did not research further; Awarded the WW1 Mercantile Marine & the British War Medal; (Probably the Brother of Merchant Seaman David Kingdon, WW1 BT 351/1/177261); Not researched further;

Kingdon, Sidney J: Royal Field Artillery No: 132909 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: The Regimental number #132909 would indicate joining No. 7 (Territorial force) Artillery Training School in early March 1916; This Soldier also served with the Royal Garrison Artillery as #212685 which is quite a late number for WW1; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals;Additional Notes: The Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for South Molton Division, Devon – Parish of George Nympton, has a Reference #4868 to a Kingdon, Sidney who is absent from the village & serving as Gunner #944554 with the 66 M.T. Company, Royal Field Artillery in 1919; Is this the same soldier? There are other soldiers’ records with similar numbers who were renumbered with 944xxx before the end of 1916 & they all appear to have joined 538th Howitzer Battery, which I assume was in the 283rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (4th London Brigade) & broken up in November 1916; Some of these men subsequently went to C/332, then D/210; I also understand that 66 M.T. Coy, would also indicate Army Service Corps service at some point? (I note that there is also a Kingdom, Sidney J: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 457514 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 but I have not linked the three); Insufficient information to identify accurately;Further Notes: Following more research in South Molton in Devon I believe that we located Sidney John Kingdon’s son & he confirms that his Father, Sydney (known as ‘Blind Sid’), served in France in WW1 in the ‘heavy artillery’ but only lost his sight after the war & not during WW1; Subsequently, I believe that this is therefore Sydney John Kingdon, born 10.03.1896 & baptised on 05.04.1896 in George Nympton, Devon; He was the son of Thomas Wotton Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer, b.30.03.1856 in Kings Nympton, Devon & Elizabeth Kingdon Setherton b.1855 in Romansleigh, who Married on 31.03.1880 in South Molton, Devon; In the 1901 Census Sidney J Kingdon lived with his parents in the village of George Nympton; In the 1911 Census Sidney Kingdon was aged 15 & working as a Cow Boy on a farm in South Molton; Following his WW1 service, Sidney John Kingdon Married Catherine (Kate) Annie Andrews, b.1902 George Nympton, on 27.09.1922 in George Nympton, Devon; Sidney John Kingdon Died on 14.06.1977 & was buried in George Nympton on 18.06.1977, Aged 81;

Kingdon, Sidney Walter: #8147, Manchester Regiment; Boer War & WW1;Notes: This Regimental Number would indicate enlistment in the Regular Army Battalions of the Manchester Regiment between 25.02.1902 & 22.01.1903; This is Sidney Walter Kingdon born 1884? in Roath, Cardiff in his Army Records, but I believe that he may have lied about his age when he enlisted because I have him born on 07.05.1887 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of William Kingdon, a Painter, b.14.06.1840 in Taunton & Mary Ann Rose b.14.06.1854 from Bristol, Gloucestershire, who probably Married in 1870 in St Saviours, Southwark, London I believe; I cannot locate a sailing or passenger record for his parents but they did emigrate to Canada ca.1874; (His parents lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1881 as Sidney’s elder siblings were mostly born in Canada); In 1891 Wales Census Sidney Kingdon aged 3 lives with his parents at #4, Crofts Street, Roath, Cardiff, Wales, they are also at the same address in the 1901 Census where Sidney is aged 13 years; Sidney Walter Kingdon Enlisted on 17.11.1902 in Aldershot, he was a Messenger by trade & aged 18 years & 6 months, which may not be true (see his birth date details above); I believe that he initially served with the 2 nd

Battalion at Home from 17.11.1902 to 06.02.1903, he was then posted to the 3 rd Battalion in South Africa on 06.02.1903 where he served until 09.10.1905; Whilst in South Africa he was in hospital for a month with Scarletina; He was returned to home duty & Transferred to the Army Reserve on 16.11.1905 where he served until being mobilised for WW1 Service (whilst living in Canada) from the Army Reserve on 30.09.1914 but was discharged on the same date as being no longer physically fit for War Service under King’s Regulations, Para 392 (xvi); For the records his service time was counted from his initial served time plus his Army Reserve time & equalled a total of 11 years & 318 days; I understand that Sidney Walter Kingdon & his parents emigrated back to Canada in December 1905 on board the ‘SS Virginian’; More research confirms that S W Kingdon Aged 21 sailed from England to Quebec, bound for Peterborough, on board the ‘SS Tunisian’ in November 1905; Further research indicates that Sidney Walter Kingdon sailed to the UK from Canada in July 1906 on board the ‘SS Tunisian’; His Father William Kingdon sailed to UK from Montreal on 27.08.1906 on the ‘SS Dominion’; Then I found Sidney & his Father William travelled back to Saint John, New Brunswick on the ‘SS Empress of Britain’ in December 1906, both painters & both marked as Returning Canadians; I have no idea why Sidney Walter & his Father William Kingdon should both travel separately to England in 1906 & then return to Canada together in December but wonder if it was for work or perhaps a family bereavement; In 1911 Sidney Kingdon lived with his parents back in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; Sidney Walter Kingdon then Married Nellie Capewell, born ca.1889 in Staffordshire, England, in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on 03.07.1911, (I note that Sidney’s estimated birth year was 1885 on his marriage records & that he is a painter too, like his Father); Nellie Capewell’s family emigrated to Canada in 1906; I believe that Sidney Walter Kingdon died in Sutton West, Ontario, Canada on 21.06.1965 Aged 78; Further Notes: Some people on Ancestry.com have Public Trees with this guy as Sidney J Kingdon, but this is not correct & they have his whole family mixed up; (There is probably a Brother named Gordon William Kingdon, born in 1875 in Toronto, Canada & who seems to have served at some time in UK because there is a Chelsea Pensioner of that name & with the correct birth place on records, who I am also following up); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: Royal Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (I also now believe that his Father was probably Kingdon, William: Private, #3063, 2nd European Light Infantry, East India Company Army); This Family needs a little more research although I am in touch with a descendant since August 2012 & will request clearer details;

Kingdon, Stanley: The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment, No: S/8241, Rank: Private & Royal Engineers No: 122479 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Sapper Stanley Kingdon #122479, Royal Engineers, is recorded as being Drowned at Sea on 26.05.1917;Notes: A further look at CWGC Records shows Stanley Kingdon - Son of Mr. H. I. and Mrs. F. Kingdon, of "Luzern", Surrey Rd., Branksome, Bournemouth; This record also states that Sapper Stanley Kingdon was aged 22 when he died & was serving with the Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport Section; - Died in WW1; Sapper STANLEY KINGDON, #122479, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers who died age 22 on 26 May 1917; Remembered with honour at the Basra Memorial on the main quay of the Naval Dockyard at Maqul, Basra, Iraq, his name is engraved on Panels 5 & 61; (As most of this memorial has been destroyed & due to the current political climate, Rolls of Honour are also held at the CWGC Commission’s Head Office in Maidenhead, commemorating by name all the Commonwealth casualties who died in Iraq during the two World Wars);

Notes: A second look at Army Records reveal that Stanley Kingdon, born in Barnstaple & Aged 20 enlisted in Bournemouth on 13.02.1915, declared as working for the Post Office & that he had previously served in the Army, being originally allotted #S/8241 in The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) in Perth, Scotland; His regimental number ‘S’ prefix indicates that he enlisted for war time service only; It appears that he was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (??) on 09.03.1915 & not being likely to become a proficient soldier, having served only 25 days; His eyesight is recorded as being below standard; In these records his father is shown as ‘Harry’ John Kingdon living at #4, Hanover Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset;Notes: I believe that Stanley Kingdon enlisted in Bournemouth (records say), lived in Cardiff & first served in France 25.11.1915; Stanley Kingdon was born in 4th Q 1895 in Barnstaple, Devon, the son of Henry John Hutchings Kingdon, a French Polisher, b.1864 in Barnstaple & Florence Copp from Barnstaple, who were Married in Barnstaple in 1885; In the 1901 Census Stanley Kingdon is aged 5 & lives with his parents at #21, Pulchras Street in Barnstaple, Devon; I failed to find this man in the 1911 Census records but his mother is recorded as an Antuque Dealer living at #26, Litchdon Street in Barnstaple, Devon, & his father is away from home, a Cabinet Maker Dealer, at Clarence House, Bicknoller in Somerset; Medals Card on file for award of the 1915 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (There is a Brother Leslie Kingdon who emigrated to Canada & served with a number of different Units as #260483);

Kingdon, Stanley Craig: #8/3828, Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, ‘D’ Company, 9th

Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: This is probably Stanley Craig Kingdon b.1887 in New Zealand, the son of Josiah Stephens Kingdon, b.1842 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England & Catherine Johnson who Married in 1868 in New Zealand; However, the Military Records for this New Zealand WW1 Soldier actually records that his Mother was Mrs. F.M. Kingdon of Yaldhurst, Christchurch; This has caused some confusion as I can find no birth records that support this statement? The only F.M. Kingdon I can find is Frances Mary Kingdon, b.1876, daughter of Josiah Stephens Kingdon & Catherine Johnson? She is the Spinster sister of Stanley Craig Kingdon b.1887 & his brothers? This could mean that there is either a mix up in the Military Records or that there is another Stanley Craig Kingdon who is perhaps the illegitimate son of Frances Mary Kingdon but, again, I can find no birth or other records? In 1911 Stanley Craig Kingdon lives at #526, South Road, Hornby, Riccarton, Canterbury & is working as a Carter; In 1914 Stanley Craig Kingdon still lives in South Road, Riccarton, but is also recorded as being a Prison Warder working at HM Prison in Invercargill, Southland, this prison was only established in 1910 & operated as a borstal until 1981; On the 11.01.1915 S.C. Kingdon of Invercargill & other recruits of the 8th (Southland) Regiment passed through Christchurch on their way to Trentham to fill Southland’s quota to the 3rd Reinforcements for WW1 Service; The Military Records for Stanley Craig Kingdon, Corporal, #8/3828, clearly indicates that he was a Labourer at enlistment & confirms his mother as Mrs. F.M. Kingdon of Yaldhurst, Christchurch; These records also state that he Embarked on 08.01.1916 at Wellington with the 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, ‘D’ Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; He was on board the ‘HMNZT Maunganui’ which sailed from Wellington to the Suez in Egypt, S.C. Kingdon was #21 on the Nominal Roll & recorded on Page #28 of the Roll; On the 16.08.1917 there is a Wounded Report #648/10 for #8/3828 Private Kingdon S.C. of the 9th Reinforcements which was also reported in the local press on 30.08.1917 stating that he was not reported as a severe case; In 1919 Stanley Craig Kingdon is again recorded as a Prison Warder at Invercargill Prison; However, there is also a record for a Stanley Craig Kingdon being a Carter & living at #526, South Road, Hornby? I understand that Stanley Craig Kingdon Married Florence Ella Clements in 1919; There are also electoral registrations for Stanley Craig & Florence Ella Kingdon, a Labourer, living at #53, Mortlake Street, Islington, Kaiapoi, Canterbury in 1928, 1935, 1946, & 1949; In 1954 & 1959 Stanley Craig lives at the same Mortlake Street address & is now retired; I believe that they had no children; Florence Ella Kingdon died in 1951 Aged 64 & Stanley Craig Kingdon died in 1965 Aged 78; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, George: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Albert John: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, James Alexander: #41577, ‘F’ Company, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Charles Ford: New Zealand, 2nd Division Reservist, 1917 WW1); Or was he in fact a Nephew of all of the Kingdon men mentioned here? This man needs a lot more research;

Kingdon, Stanley William George: #M35851, Shipwright, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1089, WW1;Notes: This is Stanley William George Kingdon born 31.03.1903 in St Germans, Cornwall; In the 1911 Census there is a Stanley W. Kingdon, a scholar aged 8, visiting with the Hoyle family living in Wilcove, Near Torpoint, Cornwall, (I have yet to make a family link); When his WW1 medals were issued I believe that this sailor was serving on “HMS Vivid”; This Sailor was a 2nd Class Shipwright who made a career out of the Navy & was still serving on board ‘HMS Guardian’ on 30.06.1936; Stanley W.G. Kingdon Married Rosemary M. Jenkin in St Germans, Cornwall in 1929; I believe that Stanley William G. Kingdon Died in 1987 in Exeter, Devon Aged 83; Awarded the British War Medal only, serving on ‘HMS Vivid’ at the time; Issued with his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 30.06.1936; Insufficient information to identify further, need more research;

Kingdon, Stanley Phillip #258749, Signalman, 45th Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, - Died in WW2, on 05.11.1940 at the age of 18 & is Remembered with Honour in the Exeter Higher Cemetery in Heavitree, Exeter in Devon;

Notes: This is Stanley Phillip Kingdon born in 1922 in Exeter, Devon; He was the son of Sidney John Kingdon, a Plumber & Gas Fitter, b.1875 in Exeter, Devon & Edith Maude Guscott, b.1884 Exeter, who Married in Exeter in 1904 & lived at #10, Jubilee Street in St Leonard’s, Exeter, Devon in 1911; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & the 1939-45 War Medals;

Kingdon, Stuart: Army Ordnance Corps No: 034292 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: I believe that this is Stuart Kingdon born in 1887 in Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, the son of George Kingdon, a Railway Worker, b.1864 Stoke Cannon & Caroline Wood from Bradninch who married in 1884 in Tiverton; (Stuart’s Mother died in 1900 Aged 37); In 1891 Census Stuart lived with his parents in Fore Street, Bradninch & in 1901 Census with his widowed Father in Millway Road, Bradninch & was working as a Cutter Boy in a Paper Mill; In 1911 Census Stuart Kingdon is aged 23 & is boarding at West End, Bradninch, Devon, working as a Breaker Man in a Paper Making Factory; I understand that Stuart Kingdon Married Minnie Sarah Sweet from Collumpton in Tiverton in 1911; I believe that Stuart Kingdon Died in Exeter in 1968 Aged 80; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (I did not research further);

Kingdon, Sydney C: Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force, No: 1420 Rank: Private, & No: 240218, Devonshire Regiment, Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Enlistment dates for the Territorial Force #1420 number were between 29.07.1885 & 03.02.1886; As he was awarded the TFM (Territorial Force Medal), this would indicate that he had volunteered for service overseas on or before 30.09.1914, and served overseas as per the other requirements of this award; From his records it appears that he enlisted in the regular army on 13.05.1912 & that he did serve overseas at some point in his service; His regular number of #240218 would have been issued as a result of the renumbering of the Territorial Force infantry in 1917 & indicates service with the 1/5 th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; I believe that he probably served in India from 09.10.1914; He may also have served in Mesopotamia from 17.01.1915 but this is not proven; This is Sidney Clarence Kingdon born on 02.04.1895 in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Edward Andrews Kingdon, an Iron Moulder, b.1867 in Tavistock & Elizabeth Jane Lucas b.1870 in St Ives, Cornwall who married in 1889 in Tavistock; In 1901 Census Sydney lives with his parents at #5, Madge Hill, Tavistock; In 1911 Census Sidney Kingdon is aged 16 & is a Golf Caddie living with his parents at #62, West Bridge Cottages, Tavistock, Devon; Acting Lance Corporal Sydney Clarence Kingdon was Discharged in Exeter on 03.03.1919 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) due to wounds that he had received during his service; Address given on his MIC card is #62, West Bridge Cottages, Tavistock, Devon; I understand that Sydney Clarence Kingdon Married Winifred Emma Ada Vanstone, b.1896, from Sampford Spinney, Devon on 01.08.1921 in Tavistock; I believe that Sydney C Kingdon dies in Caerphilly, East Glamorgan, Wales in 1963 Aged 68; (His 1st wife may well have died in 1934 in Cardiff aged 37); Awarded the Silver War Badge #B213635; Medals Card on file for the award of the Territorial Force War Medal & the Victory Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, William: Devonshire Regiment No: 5215 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Sydney Charles Kent: Royal Engineers No: 71616 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Also Recorded as: Kingdon, S C K: Indian Army Reserve of Officers Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1925 WO 372/27, WW1 period;Notes: This Soldier served as a Sapper from 20.06.1916 with the Royal Engineers; He served also with BH Cable Section, Royal Engineers & the Indian Army Reserve of Officers; On 15.10.1918 The King approved the admission of 2nd Lieutenant Sydney Charles Kent Kingdon into the Infantry Division of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to Sidney Charles Kingdon, IA (presume Indian Army), #289757; This officer served in India, Poona District & was placed on the Officers List on 14.10.1918 & recommended for the Indian Defence Medal on 29.12.1919; S.C.K. Kingdon was promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to Lieutenant with the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 15.10.1919; It is possible that this Officer’s personal files are kept at Kew, ref. WO 339/139798; I believe that this is Sydney Charles Kent Kingdon born 02.05.1897 in Exeter, the son of Henry Kingdon, a House Painter b.1863 Exeter & Selina ?? b.1865 from Topsham who Married in ?? in ca.1888; In 1901 he lived with his parents in Exeter; & in 1911 Census the family lived at #14, Jubilee Street, Exeter St Leonards; I believe that Sidney C K Kingdon Married Olive L Cowley (b.1896) in Exeter in 1920 & that he resigned his commission on retirement but retained the rank of Lieutenant on 01.05.1922; Sydney Charles K Kingdon Died in 1976 in Taunton Aged 79; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals on the Poona, India list of Officers entitlement; Medals issued 12.09.1922, address was Lambrook Farm, Taunton, Somerset; (I have no further information);

Kingdon, Sydney John: Merchant Seaman; BT/351/1/607 WW1;Notes: There is a Medals Record Card for a Sidney John Kingdon shown in the WW1 Board of Trade Merchant Seaman’s Medals; I believe that this is Sydney John Kingdon born 1882 in Barnstaple Devon; He was the son of John E. Kingdon (b.1855), of Barnstaple, England, a Fisherman, Shipbuilder & Bargeman & Elizabeth Limebeer from Barnstaple who married in ?? (she may have been previously married as there is a stepdaughter in 1891 Census); (Many members of this family emigrated to Manitoba in Canada ca.1906); In 1891 Sydney J. Kingdon was aged 8, a scholar, but recorded as living as an In Patient in the North Devon Infirmary in Barnstaple, Devon; There is no indication of his illness; In the 1901 Census Sydney Kingdon was aged 19 & living with his parents in #10, Signal Terrace, Barnstaple, Devon, his Father is a Shipwright & Bargeman, Sydney is a Bargeman working on his own account; In 1902 there are Ship’s Records for the “Wheatear”, #48880 out of Poole in Dorset, which has reference to Sydney J. Kingdon (b.1881 Barnstaple) being a member of the Crew of the ‘Wheatear’ having joined 05.01.1902 in Newport as an Able Seaman but having left this ship on 15.02.1902 in Bristol; The record shows that his previous ship in 1901 was the “Acacia” out of Barnstaple; I understand that Sydney John Kingdon moved to Swansea in Wales as he appears to have Married a Mary Emily Sullivan, b.1889 Swansea, in Swansea in 1908; In the 1911 Census Sydney John & Emily Kingdon live at #81, Colbourne Terrace, Swansea, Glamorgan, wales, he is a General Labourer; I have no other records except that Sidney J Kingdon probably Died in 1947 in Wolverhampton at the age of 64; Further research required to find his WW1 Merchant Seaman Records; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, John (Jack): Royal Field Artillery No: 49756 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/23); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Bruce: #622376, Private, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment); who died aged 27 on 25th October 1916 in the Area of the Somme); He was also the Brother of #174744 Sergeant George Kingdon of the Royal Garrison Artillery);

TKINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE

Kingdon, T: #F12661 Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Service: ADM 188/585, WW1;Kingdon, T: #212661 Royal Air Force Mustering, WW1:Notes: Royal Navy records have a Thomas Kingdon, #F12661; Research indicates that the prefix ‘F’ suggests service with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS); This record gives his date of birth as 21.03.1880 in Bristol; I then researched further & found a T. Kingdon having served as #212661 in the list for Mustering of the Royal Air Force with an enlistment date of 01.03.1916, this numbering also indicates transfer or enlistment from the RNAS; Subsequently I have assumed that this is the same person & a later set of records has him as Thos. Kingdom, #F12661 Air Mechanic 1; There are also records at the Air Ministry for Personnel & Airmen's Records, for Thomas Kingdon in the Collection: Records created or inherited by the Air Ministry, the Royal Air Force, and related bodies in the date range: 01 January 1918 - 31 December 1928, under the Reference: AIR 79/1912/212661 & a second set of records under AIR 79/2609/299398; This is probably Thomas Kingdon born 21.03.1880 in Bristol, the son of George Kingdon, a Paper Hanger, b.1846 in Bristol & Elizabeth Ravenhill from Wilmington, Gloucester who Married in 1866 in Bristol; In 1881 Census Thomas Kingdon lives with his parents at #1, Old Coach Yard, Bristol St Paul; In 1891 Census Thomas Kingdon is a Scholar living with his Ravenhill family Grandparents in Woolaston Grange, Woolaston, Gloucestershire; In 1901 Census Thomas Kingdon was aged 21 & is a Groom boarding at #6, Montpellier Road/Passage, South Hamlet, Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Thomas Kingdon Married Lucy Jane Noble from Berkeley, Gloucestershire in 1910 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire; In 1911 Census they live at #148, Finborough Road, West Brompton, London & Thomas is a Domestic Chauffeur; I believe that Thomas Kingdon died in St Austel, Cornwall in 1980 Aged 100 years; ADM 171/107 records award of the British War Medal to Thos. Kingdom #F.12661, Air Mechanic 1st Class; Needs more research as the AIR 79 records may refer to two people;

Kingdon, T: #6913181, Corporal, 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade (95th Rifles): WO 100/508; Palestine 1939;Notes: The WO 100/508 Records have a Medals award for #6913181 Corporal T. Kingdon for service in Palestine, under Army Orde #247 of 1939; This soldier served with the 2 nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (95th

Rifles) which served in Palestine from 19.04.1936 to 03.09.1939 to quell the Arab Revolt there; In November 1939 the 2nd Battalion was part of the 14th Infantry Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, stationed in Nablus, Palestine; In 1940 it served with the 7th Motor Brigade in the North African Campaign in WW2; I have no other information on this soldier; He was awarded the General Service Medal (1918 GSM) & the Palestine Clasp; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Thomas: Army Service Corps No: M2/035242 Rank: WO Class 2, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Originally served with the 1st Mounted Division of the Army Service Corps (Territorial) on 24.09.1914 & joining on 16.12.1914 as #93 having signed on for 4 years service at the age of 24; This is Thomas Kingdon born 21.01.1890 in Cardiff, the son of Isaac Kingdon b.1861 in Garndeffactk, Monmouthshire & Sarah Davies from Blackwood, Monmouthshire who married on 14.05.1883 in Pontypridd; 1891 Thomas Kingdon lived with his parents at #26, Tenant Street, Canton, Cardiff; In 1901 Census Thomas Kingdon lived with his parents at #70, Stockland Street, St Mary’s Cardiff; In 1911 Census Thomas Kingdon was Aged 21 & a Colliery Surface Labourer living with his parents in Rosehill Terrace, Swansea; Private Thomas Kingdon re-enlisted into the Regular Army & was attested for Short Service for the Duration of the War on 20.02.1915 & joined for service in Bury St Edmunds; Address given as #36, Rosehill Terrace, Swansea, he was aged 25 years & was a Chauffeur by trade; On 27.06.1915 Thomas Kingdon Married Annie (Nancy) Morgan, a Widow, in Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Swansea & his wife lived at #50, Lycock Road, Skelty in Swansea, (his Stepdaughter was Wenham Louisa Morgan born 21.03.1901 at East Battersea, his own child was born on 29.09.1915 I think)? I believe that he spent most of his service in UK until 19.06.1918, but he was sent to France on 07.06.1916 & on 22.10.1916 was slightly injured in the shoulder whilst loading ammunition; Eventually, serving with the 260th Company (MT) he was promoted to Company Sergeant Major at the age of 29 & on 23.02.1919 was serving in Baghdad since 29.08.1918 & prior to his return to UK & his Discharge on 12.08.1919; I believe that Thomas Kingdon Died in 1943 in Swansea; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory Medal only, (in the name of Slanus Kingdon); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Ralph: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 124087 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1);

Kingdon, Thomas: Lieutenant, 25th Regiment Light Dragoons – Died near Madras, India on 25.04.1817 Aged 26; (Another record has his Death as 1827, which I believe to be incorrect);Notes: The London based Gentleman’s Magazine records this soldiers death on 25.04.1817 near Madras, India, stating that he was from Exeter, Devon; (This information is on page 561 of Volume 122 dated December 1817); This is probably Thomas Kingdon born 30.08.1790 & baptised in the Bow/Mint/George’s Meeting House Chapel on 02.01.1791 in Exeter, the son of Samuel Kingdon & Jane Kent, who married on 17.10.1768 in Exeter St Petrock, Devon; (The Kingdon Book ‘A Second Look’ published in 1974 has detailed reference to this family); On 26.09.1812 the War Office reported that Cornet Thomas Kingdon of the 25 th Regiment Light Dragoons was promoted to Lieutenant by purchase, vis Lt. Campbell who had been promoted; This Officer was probably serving with the renamed (25 th) 22nd Regiment of Light Dragoons around Bangalore and Madras & involved in the Anglo Indian conflicts at the time of his death; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdon, William: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803); (See Chart IXb Thorverton Branch, Kingdon Family Book dated 1932);

Kingdon, Thomas: #1410 Troop Sergeant Major of the 9th Lancers; W097 Records; Sikh Wars & India 1850-1868 period;Notes: Thomas Kingdon enlisted in the Army at the age of 18 years on 04.03.1844 in London, Middlesex; He attested for the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers declaring that he was a Grocer by trade; This is Thomas Kingdon born 1825 in Barnstaple, Devon, the son of William Kingdon b.1791 in Torrington & Mary Baker or Baron from Barnstaple who married pre 1823; In 1841 he lived with his parents in Barnstaple & was a Grocer’s Apprentice; In 1851 he was serving in the Army in the East Indies, probably Bengal, India; In 1861 it appears that Troop Sergeant Major Thomas Kingdon was serving with the Divisional staff Barracks Chaplains Department in South Camp Aldershot, his future 1st wife was a Nurse in Aldershot in 1861; Further research now reveals that #1410 Private Thomas Kingdon was serving in India in the Sikh Wars & fought in the Sutlej Campaign at the Battle for Sabraon on 10.02.1846; As a Sergeant, Thomas Kingdon fought in the Indian Mutiny at the battles for Delhi, Relief of Lucknow & Lucknow in 1857-1858; Thomas Kingdon married Susan Sharland (his 1st wife, 10 years his junior) in 1862 in Exeter but she will die on 25.10.1898 in Exeter; On 27.03.1868 Troop Sergeant Major Thomas Kingdon requested a free discharge after having served 14 years & 6 months in Bengal, East Indies & 24 years in the Army, this was awarded with a pension; He received good Conduct Badges, Long Service Medal, Punjab Medal with Clasp for Chillianwallah & the Indian Mutiny Medal and Clasps for Delhi, the Defence of Lucknow & the Relief of Lucknow; Some of his Army time was spent with the North Devon Yeomanry; He was discharged finally on 14.04.1868; Upon discharge he gave his expected trade as Grocer & intended to live at #49, High Street, Barnstaple Devon; In 1871 Census Thomas is a Sergeant Chelsea Pensioner living in Barnstaple with his wife Susan; In1881 & 1891 Censuses Thomas & Susan Kingdon live in Well Street, Great Torrington, Devon, he is a Pensioner; At the age of 74 he is living in Northgate Cottage, Barnstaple with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth ?? Aged 50 from Ilfracombe; His widow Elizabeth lived at #117 Boutport Street, Barnstaple in the 1911 Census; Thomas Kingdon died in 1911 at the age of 85 in Barnstaple; Awarded the Sutlej Medal for Sabraon in the 1 st Sikh War in India; Awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with Clasps for Delhi, Relief of Lucknow & Lucknow;

Kingdon, Thomas: No Specific Details; (WW1 Absent voters List);Notes: In the Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for Devon, South Molton District, Parish of Bishops Nympton there is reference #214 for Kingdon Thomas – East Port Cottage, Wellington GWR Station, Somerset? This is a little confusing but I believe that this may well be Thomas Kingdon born 1891 in Bishops Nympton; If I am correct then he is the son of William Kingdon, a Farm Labourer, b.1863 Bishops Nympton & Charlotte Tucker Loosemore from Mariansleigh who Married in 1882 in Barton Regis; In 1891 Census Thomas would be aged 3 months & lived with his parents in Bishops Nympton at Stone Lake; In 1901 Census the family are living at Higher Fyldon in North Molton, Devon; I have not researched further at this time? There are no military records on file? (He may be the Brother of Kingdon, James: Royal Engineers No: 105699 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Thomas: Private, #15107, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/156, WW1;Notes: The ADM records have a Thomas Kingdon born on 08.03.1892, no birthplace, but I can find no matching Kingdons born in 1892 who might fit this profile? The RMLI records have Thomas Kingdon Enlisting in the Plymouth Division on 22.09.1910; At the time of the WW1 Medals issue ADM 171/169 records that he was serving with ‘HMS Resolution’; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; Insufficient information to identify for certain;

Kingdon, Thos (Thomas): No Specific Details but probably a Private, Scots Fusilier Guards; (1841 Census records);Notes: In the 1841 Census Records for the St John’s Wood Barracks, Finchley Road East in Marylebone, London there is a record for Thos Kingdon Aged 25 (b.1816), not born in Middlesex County, who is serving as a ‘Soldier’; There is no mention of any Regiment in these records; (In the 1851 & 1861 Censuses these barracks housed the Scots Fusiliers Guards, foreunners of the Scots Guards); I could not identify this man further;

Kingdon, Thomas: Private, #2267/S, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Division; ADM 159/207, WW1;Notes: The ADM/159 records have this soldier as Thomas Kingdom, all other records for Thomas Kingdon born 25.12.1892, no birthplace, Enlisting in the RMLI, Portsmouth Division for ‘Short Service’ on 19.01.1916; This Royal Marine Private was Demobilised on 24.02.1919; I can find no matching Thomas Kingdon or Kingdom birth that would fit this profile? Awarded the Victory & British war Medals; Needs more research;

Kingdon, Thomas: Rifle Brigade No: S1075 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11, (1891 service, Boer War to WW1 period);Notes: The prefix S/ on his Regimental Number denotes WW1 Service; Also served previously as #9082 1 st

Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own): This is Thomas Henry Kingdon born in Bristol St Pauls in 1868, the son of William Kingdon b.1840 in Bristol St James, a Shipwright & Elizabeth Morgan(?) from Newport in Monmouth who may have married in Bristol in 1858?; In 1871 Thomas Henry Kingdon lived with his parents in Horfield, Gloucestershire; In 1881 Census Thomas Henry Kingdon is a 13 year old Scholar living with his parents in Clifton, Bristol; I cannot find him in the 1891 Census & I believe that he was already in the Army then; It would appear from his records that his very first Army Service Engagement expired on 01.11.1899 & that he was transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve on 13.02.1900; Thomas Henry Kingdon Married Blanche Mary Vear in Bristol on 11.04.1898, she was born in Bedminster in 1878; (Their children were Nellie May Kingdon born 09.10.1898 in Clifton, Bristol; Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon born 25.06.1900 in Clifton, who I believe emigrates to Ontario & is recorded in Canada as a Defaulter, having never registered there for WW1 Military Service, he was apprehended on 31.07.1918; He states he was born in Cardiff, Wales on 25.06.1900, is a Farmer & his next of kin is Miss Nellie Kingdon of #36, Ambre Vale, East Clifton, Bristol, England; He then is put into the Canadian Army, 2nd Depot Battalion EOR as #3327602); Another son William Ernest Kingdon born 20.05.1903 in Bristol who I believe serves in the Royal Navy); In 1901 Blanche Kingdon & daughter Nellie & son Thomas live in Ambrose Road, Clifton, Bristol; Thomas Henry then served as #9082 in the Rifle Brigade from 16.02.1900 to 05.06.1900 at the Rifle Brigade Depot in Gosport, England; Served in South Africa from 06.06.1900 to 09.08.1902 & had been promoted to Sergeant in 1901 until he was ‘Tried for drunkenness whilst on Active Service’ & reduced back to the rank of Corporal; He served back in England from 10.08.1902 until 15.02.1904; A total service of 4 years & was Discharged & Transferred to the Special Reserve on 15.02.1904 upon the termination of his engagement; On his re-enlistment papers he states that he isn’t married (widower is crossed out, so perhaps his wife had died?) when he re-enlists at the age of 40, (in Cardiff), coming from the Reserve on 05.09.1914 to serve in WW1; He joined in Winchester, going to France on 22.07.1915; He gives his next of kin as David Kingdon, #45, Ambre vale East, Clifton, Bristol, his younger brother; These re-enlistment records also state that he had previously served for 14 years with the Rifle Brigade; Between 1914 & 1916 he was promoted to Corporal & was finally discharged from the Army on 18.10.1916 as being physically unfit & suffering from old age, Rheumatism & an enlarged heart; He was given the Chelsea Pensioner #75737E; There is a record in his file which is dated 14.03.1917 which may have been another medical board regarding his pension, but his address is given as #75, Glovers Road, Small Heath, Birmingham? However, further research indicates that he Died of Heart Failure after discharge on 14.03.1917 in Birmingham Aged 48; Awarded the Silver War Badge #34181; WW1 Medals Card on file; This career Soldier also received Medals for the South Africa Campaign 1900 – 1901 & South Africa Medals Clasps for Cape Colony & Transvaal; (Father of Kingdon, Thomas Charles: Canadian Expeditionary Force No: #3327602, Rank: Private); Father of William Ernest Kingdon, #SS10518 Royal Navy);

Kingdon, Thomas Baron Baker: #113097, Royal Navy; ADM 188/141; (1880’s)Notes: This is Thomas Baron Baker Kingdon born 22.09.1864 in Plymouth, Devon (registration records have 4th Q 1865 Plymouth), the son of James William Kingdon b.1827 in Barnstaple & Elizabeth Ann Prout b.1832 in Modbury who married in 1862 in Plymouth, Devon; (I believe that his Father, James William Kingdon was serving as a Sergeant in the Royal Marines at that time, who was later discharged in Plymouth ca.1870 & afterwards lived in Barnstaple; Another clue is that Thomas Baron Baker Kingdon’s Paternal Grandparents were William James Kingdon & Mary Baron Baker who married in 1822 in Barnstaple); In 1871 Census Thomas Kingdon is aged 5 & living with his parents in the ‘Salutation’ Public House in Castle Street, Barnstaple, Devon, his Father was the Innkeeper; Thomas Baron Baker Kingdon’s Official Naval Number would indicate enlistment; between 01.01,1880 & 31.12.1880; In 1881 Thomas B. B. Kingdom is a 2nd Class Boy serving in the Royal Navy aboard the Training Ship ‘HMS Impregnable’ stationed in Hamoaze, Devonport; After this I lost this person? (I believe that he is the son of Sergeant James William Kingdon, Royal Marines, who was serving in Plymouth in 1861 & probably discharged in 1870); Needs more research;

Kingdon, Thomas Charles: 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force No: #3327602, Rank: Private, WW1;Notes: This is Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon born 25.06.1900 in Clifton, Bristol, England, the son of Thomas Henry Kingdon, a British Soldier, b.1868 in Bristol & Blanche Mary Vear from Bedminster, Gloucestershire, who married in Bristol on 11.04.1898; His Father served in the South African Boer War & in WW1 & was a bit of a drunkard who was discharged from the British Army as unfit in 1916 & died of heart failure in 1917; His sister was Nellie May Kingdon born 09.10.1898 in Clifton, Bristol; His brother was William Ernest Kingdon born 20.05.1903 in Bristol; Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon probably was forcibly emigrated to Ontario in January of 1913 as a “Home Child” aboard the ‘SS Hesperian’; His Father had obviously abandoned his family, but where was his Mother? Did his mother die or abandon her children? I checked the 1911 UK Census & found a female Kingdon lodging at #37, Ambre Vale East in Clifton; In early 1918 Thomas Kingdon was apprehended in Ottawa, Ontario as a Non-Registered Military Service Defaulter; On 01.03.1918 he is examined & states that he was born in Cardiff, Wales on 25.06.1900, is a Farmer & that his next of kin is Miss Nellie Kingdon of #36, Ambre Vale, East Clifton, Bristol, England; (Did he lie about his origins? As his Father passed away in 1917 I suspect that he believed that he was born in Cardiff); On 05.07.1918 he is recruited into the Canadian Army, 2nd Depot Battalion, E.O.R. as #3327602 & sent overseas to England & then France; On 30.05.1919 Private Thomas Charles Kingdon returns to Canada onboard the ‘RMS Empress of Russia’, arriving in Vancouver, presumably for discharge; On 30.12.1924 in Ottawa, Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon Married Helen Margaret Morrison, born 22.06.1902 in Wyman, Quebec; Thomas states his residence as Detroit on his marriage registration dated 30.12.1924; Thomas continues to state that his Father was from Cardiff & that he was born in Cardiff, Wales; The family must have returned to Detroit after the marriage, as we find them living in Detroit, Michigan in the 1930 US census where Thomas is employed as an electrician in an auto plant. (They have 5 children; John Thomas Kingdon born in 1929 in Michigan, USA; Richard C Kingdon born 03.12.1932 in Shawville, Quebec; Blanche Ann Kingdon born in 1936; David Herbert Kingdon born in 1939; & Robert Hayes Kingdon born in 1940); Strangely, Thomas Charles Kingdon attempts to re-enter the USA at the Rochester border crossing on 05.12.1945 to join the US Army? He is aged 45 & declared his correct birth date of 25.06.1900 but this time in Bristol, England; He gives his last Canada address as Shawville & his wife’s name as Helen Kingdon; He confirmed that he had previously lived in Detroit from May 1921 to 1930; (On the border card there is reference to January 1911 ‘SS Hesperian’ which may be when he first emigrated to Canada, but I now believe that this should read 1913? Thomas Charles Kingdon was referred to the B.S.I. for further investigation, but failed to appear – the border immigration noted that “This man has an Honorable Release from the Canadian Air Force (Medical Category APBP) 21.11.1945; He has a wife & 5 children in Canada. He is referred to B.S.I. at Niagara Falls NY L.P.C. because he has no visa, he has no money & says that he would look for a job if rejected by the US Army”; After this date I have not followed him any further; I believe that Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon Died on 28.03.1974 in Montreal Aged 73; (His Father was Kingdon, Thomas Henry: Rifle Brigade No: S1075 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served as #9082 in the Rifle Brigade); (He is the Brother of William Ernest Kingdon, #SS10518 Royal Navy);

Kingdon, Thomas James: #7919A, 2nd Class Boy, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1; (1860’s period);Notes: There is a Royal Navy record for #7919A Thos. Jas. Kingdon, serving as a Boy 2nd Class on the shore based ‘HMS Fisguard’, having signed up for 10 years service on 08.04.1862 in the ADM 188 records, which indicates enlistment between 01.01.1853 & 31.12.1874, however the prefix ‘A’ would indicate enlistment after 1859 & before 1867; There is very little other information but I believe that ‘HMS Fisguard’ was a Training Ship in Woolwich Harbour around this time; I can find no Thomas James Kingdon births that would fit this profile; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Thomas Medland: #29419, ‘E’ Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th

Reinforcements, WW1;Notes: This is Thomas Medland Kingdon born 1859 in New Zealand, the son of Paul Kingdon, a Lawyer b.21.08.1824 in Devon of the Kingdon/Thorverton line, & Rachel Ellen Parker who married in 1857 in Islington, England & soon after moved to Wellington, New Zealand; In 1890 Thomas Medland Kingdon was recorded as a Settler living in Karori, Wellington; Thomas Medland Kingdon Married Emma Eleanor Reimenschnieder in New Zealand ca.1894, (she was the daughter of a German Missionary who had been in New Zealand since 1843); In 1896 Thomas Medland & Emma Eleanor Kingdon are recorded as a Settler, in Mangaone, Pahiatua; In 1900, 1905 & 1906, they are in Mangaone, Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wuanganui; In the 1911 & 1914 Electoral Rolls they are Farming in Levin, Otaki, Wellington; Thomas Medland Kingdon was recruited for WW1 Service on 21.06.1916 with #3 Group, Paeroa, at the Auckland City Recruiting Station, he was a Farmer & records that his wife’s address was c/o Mrs. J.R. Oakley of Gisborne; He embarked from Wellington in New Zealand for Plymouth in England on board the ‘HMNZT Tofua’ on 11.10.1916; He served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in Europe & returned home in October 1918; In 1919 Thomas Medland Kingdon is recorded at the Grosvenor Hotel in Fielding, Oroua as a Sheep Farmer; In 1928 & 1935 he is a Farmer in Hobsonville, Auckland; Thomas Medland Kingdon died on 01.08.1935 Aged 76, his UK Probate & Will were not processed until 1947 by the New Zealand High Commission; (He was the Father of Paul Kent Kingdon & this family are well documented in the Kingdon Book ‘A Second Look’ dated 1974); (He is the brother of Guy Havelock Kingdon, New Zealand Army Reservist, WW1); (He was the Father of #13556 Sapper Paul Kent Kingdon, New Zealand Field Engineers);

Kingdon, Thomas Sidney: Private, #174320, 86th Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: There is some confusion with this record, as there appear to be two Enlistments/Attestations for the same person? There is a Thomas Sidney Kingdon, born 13.09.1878 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, living at #202 Jamison, East Hamilton, Ontario, a Married Fitter who had served previously with the A.S.C. for 3 months, who Attested for WW1 service on 23.08.1915 in Hamilton, Ontario; He gave his wife’s details as Helena B. Kingdon & was aged 36 years & 3 months at the time; The second record is for a Thomas Sydney Kingdom (but he signs as Kingdon), born 13.11.1879 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, living at #17, West Avenue, North Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a Married Chauffeur who had served for 6 months previously with A.M.S, who Attested for WW1 Service on 11.02.1915 in Toronto; He gave his wife’s details as Helena Beatrice Kingdom & was also aged 36 years & 3 months at the time? I believe that these records are for the same person as there are too many exactly similar details; It is possible that he enlisted in two different places in 1915 as he was perhaps tired of waiting to be called up from the February attempt or because he had changed addresses? I would suggest that this is Thomas Sidney Kingdon born 13.09.1878 in Barnstaple, Devon (there are no records for any matching Kingdon in November 1879 as noted on the 2nd attestation papers); He is the son of George Kingdon a Ship’s Carpenter, b.1833 in Barnstaple & Matilda Loosemore b.1834 Barnstaple who Married in 1855 in Barnstaple; In1881 Census Tomas Kingdon is aged 2 years & lives with his parents in Lemons Houses in Pilton, Barnstaple; In 1891 Thomas Sidney Kingdon is aged 13 years & is with his married sister Edith Matilda Gould & her husband as boarders in Swansea, Wales; I believe that Thomas Sidney Kingdon Marries Helena Beatrice Trezise (a widow or a divorcee with children), nee Phillips b.1868 Bristol, in Barnstaple in 1899; The Kingdon family then emigrate to Canada on separate vessels in 1910 – Thomas on the ‘SS Tunisia’ 15.05.1910 & Helen Beatrice & their 2 children on the ‘SS Laurentic’; In the 1911 Canada Census, Thomas Sidney & Helena Kingdon live in Hamilton, Ontario; I understand that Private #174320 Thomas Kingdon sailed from Liverpool, England on the Canadian forces 5 th Sailing of 1918 for Medically Unfit Soldiers, returning to Canada for Discharge; Thomas Sidney Kingdon died in Hamilton, Ontario on 11.12.1925 of Septic Pneumonia; This Soldier needs more research;

Kingdon, Thomas Wesley; #53209 Private, ‘D’ Company, Otago Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: This is Thomas Wesley Kingdon born 30.07.1896 in Gore, Southland, commonly known as Wes Kingdon; He was the son of Arthur Henry Kingdon, a Farmer b.1863 & Elizabeth Falconer, who Married in 1894; Prior to WW1 Service Thomas Wesley lived with his parents in Gore & was involved in Farming; This soldier enlisted in in the Otago Infantry in 1917 & embarked for Devonport in England from Wellington, New Zealand on 12.06.1917 on board the ‘HMNZT 87 Tahiti’, with the 1st Draft of the 27th Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; He served in France where he was wounded on 09.10.1918 & subsequently invalided back to England for treatment; He remained in an English Hospital until being transferred back to New Zealand with #231 Draft onboard the Hospital Ship ‘Maheno’ in 1919, arriving home on 20.04.1919; He then began his recovery at the local hospital in Gore, Southlands before returning to Farming; From then until 1938 he was recorded as being a Farmer in Gore, Mataura before marrying a Mary Simpson ?? in ??; In1946 & 1949 they were still Farming in Gore but residing at #3, Howard Street; In 1957, 1963 & 1969 they were still at the same address but Thomas Wesley Kingdon was a Storeman; By the year 1972 & 1978 he had Retired but they continued to live at #3, Howard Street, Gore, Wallace, Southlands; In 1981 Thomas Wesley & Mary Simpson Kingdon lived at #30, Main Street, Gore; I did not research further;

Kingdon, Tom; #3259 Royal Marine Artillery, Short Service, (#RMA/3259/S); ADM 159/101; (Late WW1 period);Notes: In the Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for Devon, South Molton District, Parish of Morchard Bishop there is reference #5558 to a Kingdon, Tom – Rudge Rewe (No service details given); Following research this is obviously Tom Kingdon born 1st Q 1899 Crediton 5b.364 (Morchard Bishop); He was the son of Charles Kingdon, a Farmer b.1864 Colebrooke, Devon & Alice Sarah Fish, from Brompton Ralph in Somerset, who married in 1891 in Islington, London; In the 1901 & the 1911 Censuses he lived with his Parents at Rudge Rewe Farm, Morchard Bishop, Devon; Tom Kingdon enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery, Short Service, on 14.06.1918; Tom Kingdon Married Dorothy Annie Ellicott, b.1890 St Mary Church, Devon, in Crediton in 1925, Children Marjorie Ethel b.1926 Morchard Bishop & John Sylvanus b.1927 Morchard Bishop; After emigrating to Canada on the ‘SS Aurania’ on 26.05.1928, Tom Kingdon lives at #368, Edmonton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; (Tom’s Wife Dorothy Annie Kingdon & Children, as immigrants, plus Tom’s Mother, Alice Sarah Kingdon now a Widow, travel to Canada on the ‘SS Aurania’ on the 18.05.1929,); (This man is part of the Coldridge Kingdon family line, see the Kingdon Book 1932); I can find no Medals card for this man & presume that he joined the War very late on & did not serve overseas, however later research of ADM 171/169 indicates award of the British War Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Charles S (Charles Sylvanus Kingdon): Royal Garrison Artillery No: 65306 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon Tom: Royal Marines; ADM 157/658/974, (Attested in 1882);Kingdon, Tom: Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s), No: 20664 Rank: PrivateKingdon, Tom: Royal Defence Corps, No: 7970 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This is Tom Kingdon born 1863 Dulverton, Somerset, son of Jacob Kingdon b.1836 Kings Brompton, Somerset & Maria Quick from Dulverton; In 1871 & 1881 Tom Kingdon lived with his parents in Dulverton, Somerset; The ADM 157 Records indicate that this Tom Kingdom, born 1863 in Somerset, was Attested in 1882 for Service with the Royal Marines when he reached the age of 19; He was however Discharged in 1883 as paid 10 Pounds; Tom Kingdon Married Louisa Gardener from Corsham, Wiltshire on 28.06.1888 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; In 1891 they lived in Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales next door to widowed Grandfather Jacob Kingdon; In 1901 they lived back in Dulverton, Somerset, Tom was a Mason’s Labourer in the Summer & a Tree Feller in the Winter; In the 1911 Census Tom & Louisa Kingdon live in Mill Green, Dulverton, Tom is a Mason working for a Builder; Tom Kingdon enlisted in the 4 th Support Company, 5th

(Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 01.02.1915, aged 52 years & 10 months; On 29.04.1916 he was transferred to the 300th Company, Royal Defence Corps, served entirely in England & was discharged on 19.09.1918, having suffered a rupture/hernia in service as a Storeman at Tidworth, Wiltshire, he was issued a truss, released from the Army for Tree Felling Duties after his injury; In total he served for 3 Years & 231 Days; He was awarded a Pension/Gratuity for his injury; Private Tom Kingdon was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) for Sickness at the age of 55 years & it is recorded that he never served overseas; Awarded the Silver War Badge #B12952; Records Card on file, no medals issued; (He was the Father of, Luther John Kingdon Private #25466 Wiltshire Regiment & #M/410958, RASC who also served in WW1);

VKINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE

Kingdon, Victor P: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 114598 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is Victor Percy Kingdon born 24.05.1900 in Huntsham, Devon & baptised there on 01.07.1900, the son of John Kingdon, a Domestic Gardener b.1870 Bishops Nympton & Mary Anna Didham, b.1862 Colyton, Devon, who married in Somerset in 1892; (BDM records has Victor Percy Kingdom); In 1901 Victor Percy Kingdon lived with his parents in Rectory Lodge, Huntsham, Devon, his Father is a Gardener; In the 1911 Census Victor Percy is aged 10 & lived with his parents at Godbridge, Thurlbeere, Taunton, Somerset, his Father is a Farm Labourer; There is no indication of when Victor Percy Kingdon enlisted in the Army for WW1 Service; Victor Percy Kingdon Married Hilda Littlejohns in Taunton in 1926, (probably b.07.12.1901 in Taunton, Somerset); I believe that Victor Percy Kingdon Died in May 1985 in Yeovil, Somerset Aged 85; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Alfred John Walter: Leicestershire Regiment No: 235220 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11who also served in WW1);Further Information: There are further records for a Victor Percy Kingdon which do not logically link with this person, however, I have recorded them here as they may be relevant; I also researched every birth record for a 5 year period in Devon looking for any other Victor Percy Kingdon or Kingdom, but to no avail: Could this RAMC Soldier also have served with the RN Reserve? It seems strange to me also that Victor Percy & Hilda Kingdon did not have any children until 1935 despite having been married in 1926? Was he serving away with the Merchant Navy?Kingdon, Victor Percy: Merchant Seaman, Navy, #DA20499; BT 377/7/68220, WW1;Notes: Birth given as 01.01.1900 Near Bampton in Devon; Service (??) Date range 01.01.1908 – 31.12.1955;Kingdon, Victor Percy: Merchant Seaman, Navy, #SBD634; BT 377/7/100793, WW1;Notes: No other information but a Date range of 01.01.1908 – 31.12.1955;Kingdon, Victor Percy: Royal Naval Reserve, Deck Boy, #634/SBD, WW1;Notes: No other information; ADM 171/122 records the issue of WW1 Medals, Victory & British War Medals;No resolution found;

Kingdon, Victor W: Gloucestershire Regiment No: 4352 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: #4352 Gloucester Regiment denotes enlistment between 24.01.1894 & 13.08.1895; This Soldier also served as an Air Mechanic, Class III Rigger with #103 Squadron Royal Air force HQ, Ground Staff in France in 1918; Further research revealed that he was #405280 Kingdon V. W. who enlisted in the Muster of the Royal Air force on Transfer from the Army on 01.06.1915 as his Royal Air Force number block suggests; Following on, I now believe that this is actually William Victor Kingdon born 1894 in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire as we can find no records for a Victor W Kingdon other than his Military one. I understand that he was generally known as Victor Kingdon; He was the son of William J. Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker b.1871 in St James, Bristol & Louisa Nicholson from Bedminster who Married in 1892 in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire; In 1901 William (B) Kingdon aged 7 lived with his parents in #17, Unity Street, Bristol & at the same address in the 1911 Census where William is now a 17 year old Cabinet Maker (Furniture) just like his Father; William Victor Kingdon died in 1926 in Bristol Aged 32; Medals Card on file for the British War & Victory Medals; I did not research any further;

WKINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE

Kingdom, W: #PO/1887(S), Private, Royal Marines 2nd Battalion. RN Division, Marine Light Infantry - Died of Sickness in WW1 - Private W KINGDOM, PO/1887(S), Royal Marines Battalion died age 22 on 18 th

September 1918; Son of Eva and Cornelius Hocker (Stepfather), Native of Liskeard, Cornwall; Remembered with honour Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport in France at VII.H.2B; (Le Treport was an important hospital centre); Transferred from the Kingdom List;

Notes: This soldier appears to have died from illness and not from enemy action; this cemetery was also used for soldiers who died at one of the nearby General Hospitals in Le Treport; His Ancestry WW1 Death record says that he died from disease and that his grave is unknown or not recorded, his Mother is recorded as Eva Hocker, #2, Pound Street, Liskeard, Cornwall; Another Record states that he died of Dysentery in the 16 th

General Hospital in Le Treport, death was due to privation & exposure while on active service! (This record also states: 2nd RM Bn. Draft for BEF 19/5/17, Invalided to UK (undated, sick); 2nd RM Bn. Draft for BEF 3/4/18-18/9/18 DD.; And the following: Notes: CWGC = W. Kingdom, RM Bn.; ADM/159 = William John Yendell Kingdon; Papers misfiled in back of ADM/157/2734 (W-Y 1918), signature reads "Kingdon"; GRO & ADM/242 = William J.Y. Kingdon, 2nd RM Bn.; Mother, Eva Hocker, 2 Pound St., Liskeard, Cornwall); A further search of Royal Marine Records confirms that this should be William John Yendell Kingdon, #1887 who enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division – Short Service, on 12 th February 1917; This record gives his Birth Date as 22nd August 1896 – ADM 159/206 reference; This is actually William John Yendall Kingdon born in Launceston, Cornwall on 15.11.1896; He is the son of Thomas Kingdon, a Blacksmith born 1867 in Polbathick, Cornwall, & Eva Jane Carne, b.05.10.1867 in Doddycross, Menheniot, Cornwall, who Married in Liskeard, Cornwall on 24.12.1889; In the 1901 Census Willie Kingdon lives with his Mother Eva J. Kingdon in Menheniot in Cornwall; (I am assuming that his Father was away from home)? In the 1911 Census William Kingdon is aged 14 & living with his Mother Eva Kingdon in Higher Lux Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, & working as a Bakehouse Boy in a Bakery; (I am assuming that his Father was away from home)? (William Kingdon’s Father must have died or abandoned the family, post 1900 & pre 1911, as his Mother remarried in 1917 in Liskeard, Cornwall to Cornelius Hocker, a widower & granite polisher, & lived in Cornwall, I understand that she died on 15.02.1931 in Cornwall; An internet Family Tree suggests that the Father Thomas Kingdon went off to Western Australia, married in Freemantle in 1910 & died there on 27.06.1951; There is a Thomas Kingdon, a Blacksmith, living in Nairn Street, Freemantle, Western Australia in 1903 & 1906; In 1916 Thomas Kingdon appears to be married to Wilhemina Kingdon & lives at #10, Davis Street, South Fremantle, he is a Blacksmith; This couple live in Thomas Road East, Rockingham in 1936, 1937 & 1943; In 1949 he is a Pensioner living in Jandakot, Murray, Canning, Western Australia); ADM 171/169 records that he was awarded the Victory & British War Medals; (He was the younger brother of Kingdom, Claude Carne: Machine Gun Corps, #178198, Private, WW1);

Kingdon, W: #3158, Private, 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, Boer War;Notes: The 1st Battalion South Staffords served in South Africa from 1900 & were mostly involved in minor skirmishes with the Boers, returning to England in 1904; There are Medal Rolls for Private W. Kingdon for service in South Africa in the Boer War; One is dated 30.06.1903 & the other dated 14.09.1903 in Harrismith O.R.C; Medals awarded were: King’s South Africa; Queen’s South Africa; Clasps South Africa 1901 & 1902; Clasps Transvaal; Insufficient information to identify this soldier;

Kingdom, W: #19131, Private, Devonshire Regiment & #P13292, Private, Military Foot Police, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom list;Notes: This soldier appears to have suffered from Myalgia etc. in France and transferred as #P13292 to the Military Foot Police from 1917; He had originally enlisted on 26.07.1915 & was eventually discharged on 28.04.1920; He claimed a Pension for his Myalgia & Rheumatism, claiming to have suffered from having wet feet & legs in the trenches since 13.12.1916; William Kingdon lived in West Street, Morchard Bishop, Witheridge, Devon on discharge; This is probably William Kingdon born 4th Q 1877 in Bishops Nympton, son of John Kingdon b.1852 Romansleigh & Mary Ann Lock who married in 1873 in Bishops Nympton; In 1881 William lived with his parents in Bishops Nympton; In 1891 he was a Servant at Combsland Farm Bishops Nympton; In 1901 he was a Seed Merchant’s Carter living back with his parents in Bishops Nympton; William Kingdon Married Bessie (Gibbs) ?? on 02.05.1906? in South Molton?; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (He is the elder brother of Charles Kingdon, #28483, Private, Grenadier Guards, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (I believe that another Brother, John Kingdon born 1880/82 in Bishops Nympton served in the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at the Battle of Colenso in the Boer War); (Probably also the Brother of Kingdon, Bertram: #4/122407, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, W A: Soldiers Christian Association 1914-1920 WO 372/23; WW1 period;Notes: This is the Military Auxiliary of the YMCA; This is Winifred Adams Kingdon whose name appears on the Absent Voters List for #21, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire for 1918 & again in 1919; Her credentials are indicated as A.I.B.D. which probably stands for Australian Infantry Base Depot which was situated in Rouelles, near Le Havre, France; She is recorded as being an absent voter with a Elizabeth Frances Kingdon of the same address; Winifred Adams Kingdon obviously came from a wealthy family as in the 1911 Census she is aged 36 & living with her Widowed Mother & 3 other spinster sisters, all on ‘Private Means’, at The Croft, St Annes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; (This family originates from the Cory Kingdon, Holsworthy, Devon line); Winifred Adams Kingdon was born in Spondon, Derbyshire in 1874, she is the daughter of Godfrey Kingdon, a Clergyman b.1838 in Poughill, Cornwall & Frances Adams, b.1833 in Nottingham, 1863 in Radford, Nottinghamshire; In the 1881 Census Winifred A Kingdon is aged 6 & lives with her parents, who were absent on the census date, at the St Mary’s Church Vicarage, Spondon, Derbyshire; In the 1891 Census her Father was the Vicar of Taunton St James in Somerset & Winifred A Kingdon lived with her parents at Salisbury House, Taunton St Mary Magdalene Within, Somerset; In the 1901 Census she is living with her parents at Witherley Rectory in Leicestershire; In 1935 & in 1939 Winifred Adams Kingdon lived with her spinster sisters at #13, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire; Winifred Adams Kingdon Died a Spinster Aged 75 on 01.03.1950 at Penlee, Landscore Road, Teignmouth, Devon; There is no MIC Card but this name appears in the UK Medals & Awards Archives for WW1, WO 372/23/23532; (She was the Sister of Kingdon, Elizabeth Frances: Soldiers Christian Association 1914 -1920, WO 372/23);

Kingdon, W J: #4420, Private, 1st Battalion Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry, India 1890’s; WO 100/86;Notes: I have a Medals roll record for the issue of the 1895 India Medal & Clasps dated 16.09.1898 in Kuldanna for the 1st Battalion, The Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry, for a Private W. J. Kingdon #4420, however, the W has been crossed out but unfortunately the replacement letter is not clear? This Soldier probably enlisted between 18.03.1895 & 09.06.1896 according to his Regimental number of #4420; Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry served in India from 1893 to 1908 & then in England from 1908 to 1914; Awarded the 1885 India Medal & the 1897-1898 Punjab Clasp for service with the Punjab Command; Insufficient information to identify further;Further Notes: It is possible that this Soldier may very well be John Kingdon, a Private in the 1st Battalion, Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry, who at the age of 24, (born 1776), Died & was Buried in Murree Gallies on 28.05.1900 in Bengal, (see British Library India Office Ref. N/1/283 f.129);

Kingdon, W J: #5613994, Acting Sergeant, Palestine Force Signals; WO 100/502; Palestine 1936-1939;Notes: There is a Medals Roll Issue for Acting Sergeant, W J Kingdon having served in Palestine with the Palestine Force Signals Regiment, which was issed in Jerusalem on 06.03.1940; I have no other information on this soldier; Awarded the General Service Medal & Palestine Clasp; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, W J: Temprorary Major, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Tank Regiment; WW2;Notes: There is a notice for the Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Tank Regiment for Regular Army Emergency commissions during WW2 that records W J Kingdon as a 2nd Lieutenant on 20.04.1940, a W.S./Captain on 04.11.1942 & a Temporary Major on 04.11.1942; There is no other ofnormation; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, W L: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the Kingdom List: Kingdom, William L: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO372/11, WW1;Notes: This is William Llewellyn Kingdom born 4th Q 1892 Oakford/Tiverton; 2x Medals Cards on file for the award of the 1914 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (Brother of Percy Arthur Kingdon: #R/32668, Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11b.1899; & also a Royal Air Force Officer in late WW1; AIR 76/277/105); (Brother of Kingdom, Horace D: #30429, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1); (All 3 Brothers are recorded on the Bampton, Devon Memorial Roll);

Kingdon, W. M: #2939, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force; - Died in WW1 on 26.09.1917 CWGC records - Private W M Kingdon #2939, 51st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force who died on 26th September 1917; Remembered with honour Oostaverne Wood Cemetery in Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium;

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is #2939 Private William Matthew Kingdom who was the subject of the Australian Red Cross Society Wounded & Missing Enquiry Bureau for the 1914-18 War; There are numerous enquiry correspondences which would indicate that ‘Billy’ Kingdon was wounded in the leg at Polygon Wood in September 1917 & whilst being carried on a stretcher from the front line was killed by a shell & that he was buried where he fell between Polygon Wood & Zonnebeke;Detailed Military Records have this man as William Matthew Kingdom born 1896 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia; This soldier enlisted on 13.06.1916, aged 21 years & 2 months & joined for duty on 11.07.1916 in Perth, Australia; He gave his next of kin as his Father, Richard Kingdon & Agnes Clara Byrnes of Woodbridge Terrace, Midland Junction, Western Australia, stating that he had served earlier with the Citizen Force, 88 th

Infantry Unit at home in Perth as #2087 & that his occupation was a Packer; The unit he was assigned to embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on board HMAT A8 ‘Argylshire’ on 09.11.1916, arriving in Devonport, Plymouth, England on 10.01.1917, with the 7th Reinforcements, 51st Infantry Battalion; William Matthew Kingdom then proceeded to France from Folkestone on 10.04.1917, he was taken on unit strength on 01.05.1917 & was Killed in Action on 26.09.1917; This soldier’s family were awarded a pension of 40 Australian Shillings per fortnight as compensation for the loss of their son; William Matthew Kingdon’s body was exhumed from his original battle burial location in 1928 & interred in Oosttaverne Wood Military Cemetery in Belgium, his grave reference is VIII.D.17; Medals awarded, 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals sent to his Father in 1922; (He was the Brother of Richard Vincent Kingdon, #16357, Australian Army Service Corps);

Kingdon, Wallace David: Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve & Sea Cadet Corps; (1960’s);Notes: The Royal Naval Reserve Lists have reference to Wallace David Kingdon as a Temporary Sub Lieutenant & later a Lieutenant, for Duty with the (SCC) Sea Cadet Corps in 1961, 1962, 1968 & 1970; His Lieutenant seniority is dated from 16.02.1963; There are no other naval records; This is Wallace David Kingdon who was born in Lewisham in 1924, however, he may well have been the illegitmiate son of a girl called Nanktelow, this name is shown in the records, plus there is the same 1924 birth reference in Lewisham for a Wallace David Nanktelow also; Wallace David Kingdon Married Florence Amy Smith in 1946 in Lewisham; They lived at #66, Geraint Road, Lewisham in 1946; They lived at #8, Scarlet Road, Lewisham in 1952 & they lived at #94, Capstone Road, Lewisham in 1963; I did not research further;

Kingdon, Walter & Alice: Civilians, WW2; Died in WW2 during the Bombing of Torquay in 1944; Both are remembered in Torquay, Devon memorials & in the Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour in St George’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London;

Notes: This is Walter Edwin Kingdon & his Wife, Alice Kingdon (nee Clarke); Walter Edwin Kingdon was born in Ottery St Mary, Devon in 1865, the son of Edwin Kingdon, a Machine Maker from Bradnich, Devon, & Sarah Kingdon; In 1871 Census Walter Edwin Kingdon lived with his parents at Coombe Lake, ottery St Mary, Devon; In 1881 Census he still lived with his parents but now at Teleford in Ottery St Mary; Walter Kingdon Married Alice Clarke from Torquay in 1889 in Tormoham, Devon & in the 1891 Census he was a Gardener & they lived at #31, Hoxton Road, Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; In the 1901 Census they lived at Slade Cottage in Buckland tout Saints, Devon, Walter Kingdon was a Domestic Gardener working at Slade House; In the 1911 Census Walter Edwin & Alice Kingdon lived in Fernhill, Upton Road, Torquay, Devon, they had been married for 20 years but have no children; Alice Clarke was born in Torquay in 1867, the daughter of Elon & Jemima Clarke; In both 1871 & 1881 Census Alice lived with her parents in Tormoham, Torquay, Devon; During WW2 the town of Torquay was bombed by German air raids a number of times, but on the night of 09.05.1944 a bomb landed on Henbury Lodge, Bronshill Road, Torquay, following which, Alice Kingdon aged 77 at the time died on 29.05.1944 at Henbury Lodge; Walter Kingdon was injured at the same time on the night of 09.05.1944 but did not die until 04.06.1944 whilst he was in Exminster Emergency Hospital, he was aged 78 at the time;

Kingdon, Walter: Somerset Light Infantry No: 11358 Rank: Private & Labur Corps No: 246703 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry since 1912 & this soldier probably enlisted in early 1915 & probably served in the 1st Battalion; Walter Kingdon also served with the Labour Corps as #246703; Served in France from 02.05.1915; Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 27.03.1919; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1915 Star, the British War & Victory Medals; (Insufficient information to identify properly);

Kingdon, Walter: Sergeant, Royal Horse Artillery, India; (1880-1890’s period);Notes: This is Walter Kingdon born in 1852 in West Monkton, Somerset, he is the son of John Kingdon b.1827, a Railway Labourer, in North Petherton, Somerset & Sarah Rice? from Cheriton Fitzpaine who married in 1850 in Taunton; In 1861 Walter Kingdon is aged 9 years & lives with his parents at Heathfield Leach Cottages in West Monkton; I seem to have lost this man until I discovered a Marriage record for Bengal, India in 1881; Subsequently, it would appear that Walter Kingdon joined the Royal Horse Artillery pre 1881 & was posted to India; Walter Kingdon Married Sarah A. Gardiner from Canterbury, Kent in 1881 in Bengal, India, volume 175, folio 138 in the Bengal Marriage Index; His wife may well have been a Widow as her name is recorded as Bull nee Gardiner in the records; Further research of WO 69/72/215 supports this marriage data with a record indicating Walter Kingdon of ‘C’ Brigade, Royal horse Artillery, Married Sarah Ann Bull on 16.02.1881 at Peshawar, Archdeaconry of Lahore, India; In 1891 Census this family were living in the District Grand Depot Barracks in Woolwich Arsenal; This soldier probably had a Chelsea Pension awarded before he died; I believe that Walter Kingdon Died in Lambeth in 1896 Aged 44; His widow then lived in #23, Tenison Street, Lambeth as a Charwoman in 1901 Census; In 1911 She lived with 2 of her sons & a daughter at #27, New Street, Kennington, London & was a Cleaner at the House of Commons (the records indicate that she had had 8 children but only 3 of them were still living at that time although this may well not be totally correct because I believe that she had another son Walter George Kingdon born 1890 in Woolwich who was serving in the Army since 1907); (Sergeant Walter Kingdon was the Father of Kingdon, Walter G: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 See also Kingdom, W G: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Also the Father of #464504 Private Harry Kingdon, ‘C’ Company, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, #439435a & 439435b);

Kingdon, Walter F: London Regiment No: 555062 Rank: Rifleman 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: I would suggest that this is very likely Walter Harold Kingdon born 29.12.1897 in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London; I believe that the 16th Battalion was generally made up of Lewisham men & there does not appear to be any other suitable Kingdon or Kingdom candidate born in that period with the name Walter F Kingdon? He was the son of George Kingdon, a Butcher b.1861 Silverton & Emily Harriett Norris from Forest Hill, London, who married on 14.06.1886 in Silverton, Devon; In the 1901 Census Harold Walter Kingdon lives with his parents at #25, Dalmain Road, Lewisham, London, he is aged 3; In the 1911 Census Walter Kingdon is aged 13 & is a Schoolboy, living with his parents at #40, Dalmain Road in Lewisham; The Medals MIC Records card has Walter F. Kingdon serving with the 16 th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), his number denotes that he enlisted between 04.12.1916 & 01.01.1917; This was a Territorial Force; Further research records that he Enlisted on 07.06.1916 & served overseas at some point in his service, therefore his Regimental Number would have been issued when renumbering occurred in 1917, but I have no idea whether he served with the 1/16 th or the 2/16th? The 1/16th

Battalion served in the Somme in 1916, in Arras in 1917 & again in the Somme in 1918; The 2/16 th Battalion served in Ireland & Salonika in 1916 & then in Egypt from July 1917; This unit left Egypt for France in June 1918; I believe that Rifleman Walter F Kingdon probably served with the 1/16 th Battalion; There is also the issue of a Silver War Badge 3476969 being issued for this soldier, indicated that he was Discharged on 22.04.1919 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) for Sickness at the age of 20; I believe that Walter Harold Kingdon Married Edith Maud Batchelor, (b.20.09.1899 Greenwich) on 19.04.1924 in St Pauls, Greenwich, Kent; I understand that Walter Harold Kingdon died in Bath in Somerset in 1986 Aged 88; Awarded the Silver War Badge #476969; No Medals issued but Card on file; May be the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick George: - Died in WW1- #22491, 16th Waikato Coy. 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; Needs more research to be certain of identity;

Kingdom, W G: #47379, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom List: Kingdon, Walter G: #47379, Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is Walter George Kingdon born in 4th Q 1890 in Woolwich, Greater London, Kent, son of Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset & Sarah A. Gardiner from Canterbury, Kent; They Married in 1881 in Bengal, India, volume 175 folio 138 – she must have been a Widow because her name is recorded as Bull nee Gardiner in the Bengal Marriage Index; He gives his next of kin as his Widowed Mother Sarah Kingdon #23, Tennison Street, Lambeth, Brothers Francis Henry & John Albert Kingdon, who he lived with in 1901 Census; His Father was Sergeant Walter Kingdon of the Royal Horse Artillery serving at the District Grand Depot Barracks in Woolwich Arsenal in 1891 with his family, including Walter George Kingdon aged 6 months; A recently provided London Schools Record reveals that Walter Kingdon was born on 18.09.1890 & attended St John & All Saints School in Lambeth on 07.01.1895 aged 4; His address is recorded as #23, Tennison Street, Lambeth; Walter Kingdon left this school on 20.12.1897 & was transferred to the Boys School; His Father died in 1896 in Lambeth; (His Mother & Brother John Albert were Cleaners in the House of Commons in 1911 Census); Driver W.G. Kingdom, served with 29th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, probably enlisted for WW1 on 23.08.1914; Sergeant Walter G Kingdon, served with the Royal Field Artillery; There are two Medals Card Records on file for award of the 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals;Service Records & Pension Records for Walter George Kingdon – had already been serving with 7th

Battalion Rifle Brigade Militia at time of enlistment, he was 18 years old and a Porter by trade; He enlisted into the Army on 04.07.1907 in London, he is recorded as having a number of tattoos; He contracted Gonorrhea in 1910 & spent 89 days in hospital; His first transfer to the Reserve was from 181 st Battery Royal Field Artillery on the expiration of his period of Army Service on 03.07.1913 having served for 6 years; His conduct was very good & he was accustomed to the care of horses; He is noted as having been a Carter previously; He gave his intended address as #27, New Street, Kennington, London; In one record sheet there is reference to a W.G. Kingdon #45379 & not #47379? At some stage he suffered from Trench Nephritis on his face & loins in 1915 & spent 81 days in hospital in Bagthorpe, Nottingham; I believe that he re-signed between 12.09.1913 & 03.07.1914 for further Reserve/War service; He was promoted to Sergeant in 1917; He appears to have been demobilised on 24.02.1919 having served a total of 11 Years & 235 Days; I believe that Walter George Kingdon died in Elham, Kent in 1936 Aged 45; (His Father served with the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1890’s, Sergeant Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset); (Also the Brother of #464504 Private Harry Kingdon, ‘C’ Company, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, #439435a & 439435b);

Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/911, WW1 to 1936 Service;Notes: Royal Navy Records have Walter Henry Kingdon, #K22413, born 25.01.1896 in Bexley Heath, Kent, serving in WW1; At the end of the War he was probably serving on ‘HMS Gibraltar’ which was a Destroyer Depot Ship at that time I believe; This is probably Walter Henry Kingdon, who was actually born on 25.01.1899 in Bexley Heath, the son of Benjamin George Kingdon, a Laundry Owner b.1857 in West Monkton, Taunton, Somerset (died in 1901), & Elizabeth Turner from Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, who Married in late 1884 in Taunton, Somerset; In 1901 Census Walter H Kingdon lives with his parents in Lion Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; In 1911 Census Walter Henry Kingdon Aged 12 living with his Widowed Mother Elizabeth Kingdon, a Laundress, in #61, Lion Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; This Sailor’s official number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914 & the prefix ‘K’ would confirm that he was a Stoker; I believe that Walter H Kingdon Married Ether Ivy Bowers (b.11.12.1904) in Yeovil, Somerset in 1924; This Stoker made a career out of the Royal Navy & was still serving on board the Submarine Depot Ship ‘HMS Titania’ in the 1930’s & was issued with his Long Service Medal at Pembroke in April 1936; I understand that Walter Henry Kingdon may have died in Yeovil, Somerset in 1958 Aged 59; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal; ADM records indicate that he received his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in 1936; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdom, F: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – see also Kingdon, Frederick G T: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is probably also the Brother of Ernest John Kingdon #220465 Royal Navy); I did not research any further;

Kingdon, Wilfred: Royal Army Medical Corps Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: In the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 21.05.1917, page 4927 the record states that Wilfred Kingdon, M.B. was promoted to the rank of temporary Lieutenant on 01.05.1917 with the Army Medical Services; This Officer served in France from 15.04.1918; Promoted to Captain; This could be Wilfred Robert Kingdon born in 1872 in Colyton, Devon, the son of Frederick William Washington Kingdon, a Gentleman & Paper Maker b.1834 in Colyton & Amelia Ann Maunder from Exeter who Married in 1858 in Exeter; In 1881 Census Wilfred Rob Kingdon lived with his parents in London Road, Colyton, Devon, & in 1891 Census at Wescotts, South Square, Colyton when Wilfred is 19 years old & a Student of Medicine; Wilfred Robert Kingdon earned his M.B. at Edinburgh on 28.05.1895 & his Bac. Surg. In 1897 at University of Durham; I believe that Wilfred Robert Kingdon, now a Bachelor of Medicine, Married Florence Elizabeth Matilda Meadows from Hammersmith on 12.08.1899 in St Gabriel’s Church, Willesden, Middlesex; In 1901 Wilfred R & Florence E Kingdon were Boarders at #14, Maitland Street Villas in Kentish Town, St Pancras, London, Wilfred was a Physician; I understand from the Divorce proceedings that Wilfred Robert Kingdon violently assaulted his new wife as early as April 1900, threatening to murder her & assaulting her further through 1902 & up until 1904 when he abandoned her; A Divorce Petition was filed 18.07.1905, Divorce Hearing for Wilfred Robert Kingdon’s alleged Adultery & Cruelty was 08.09.1905, Decree Nisi was 19.12.1905 & the Final Decree was issued on 09.07.1906; His ex wife then filed for Maintenance in 1906 but there were no children; In 1911 Census there is a Doctor Wilfred Kingdon living with his Cook at #160, Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, London but the record says that he is unmarried, I take this to indicate that he was Divorced? The London Gazette Supplement dated 04.01.1921 has Temporary Captain Wilfred Kingdon, M.B. of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Medical Services, relinquishing his Commission on 08.12.1920 but retaining the rank of Captain; I understand that Wilfred Kingdon Married Elsie Boucher Elgar in 1925 in Kensington; She was born 02.01.1883 in Lambeth & baptised in Stockwell Green on 26.01.1883; In 1938 Captain Wilfred Kingdon lives at #22, Trebovir Road, London SW5; Wilfred Kingdon appears to have Died on 24.03.1942 in Berkshire at the age of 68, he was living at Wayside, Mossy Vale, Maidenhead, Berkshire at that time; His wife, Elsie Boucher Kingdon Died on 16.06.1962 at the Homeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, Holborn, London, she was living at #71, Warwick Road, Kensington, London at the time & Aged 81; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals, (Medals applied for on 27.01.1922 & sent out on 16.02.1922 to addresses (Crossed out - #48, Penywern Road, Earls Court, London SW5) & c/o Holt Residence, #3, Whitehall Place, London SW1);

Kingdon, Wilfred G: Machine Gun Corps No: 117646 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: I believe that this is Wilfred George Kingdon born in 1890 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of George Henry Kingdon, a French Polisher, b.1867 in Cardiff & Sarah Ann Connett from Cardiff who married in Cardiff in late 1889; In the 1891 Census Wilfred G Kingdon lives with his parents at #44, Treharris Street, Roath in Cardiff; In 1901 Wilfred G Kingdon lives with his parents in #52, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff; In 1911 Wilfred George Kingdon is aged 20 & is an Upholsterer for a Furniture Dealer, living with his parents at #52, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff, his Father is still a French Polisher working for a Pianoforte Dealer; I understand that this family had a lifelong connection with the Roath Road Church; I think that Wilfred George Kingdon Married Elsie Elizabeth A Sendell, b.16.03.1892 Bridgewater, Somerset, in 1913 in Cardiff; I believe that Wilfred George Kingdon Died in Cardiff in 1967 Aged 76, his wife died in Cardiff Aged 88 in 1980; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (I believe that he was probably the Brother of Sgt. “Archie” Archibald Kingdon of the Electric Light Company, 2/4th Devonshire, Royal Engineers);

Kingdon, William: No Military Records found but recorded in the Chelsea Pensioner lists;Notes: The Chelsea Pensioners List has reference to a William Kingdon born 1873 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, however, the only male Kingdon born in that period in Wolverhampton is William Kingdon born in 1st Q 1871, but he may well have been named William Alexander Kingdon; This is the son of George Kingdon, a Japanner b.1846 in Norfolk, & Emily Brant from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, who Married in 1870 in Wolverhampton; In the 1871 Census William is aged 1 month & living with his parents in Alma Street, Wolverhampton; In 1881 Census William Kingdom aged 10 is boarding with a William & Eliza Howell (a Japanner by trade) at #6, Shepherd Street, Wolverhampton; In the 1891 Census William Kingdon is a Groom, working in Wolverhampton; I believe that William Alexander Kingdon Married Frances Maud Wilkinson, b.1879, in Wolverhampton in 1899; In the 1901 Census I failed to find William Kingdon but his wife, Frances (Fanny), was visiting with her remarried Mother (Mary Wooley) in Wright Street, Wolverhampton; In the 1911 Census I found William & Frances Kingdon, now working as a Carter for a Railway Company & living at #31, Albion Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; I understand that William A. Kingdon died in Wolverhampton in 1926 Aged 52;

Kingdon, William: Corporal #127185, 302nd Company, Labour Corps, (WW1 Home);Notes: This Soldier also served with the Royal West Surreys #G/19190 & the Depot Company Royal Fusiliers #G/53428; The G/ prefix indicates a WW1 General Service Enlistment & was also found on various Home Counties’ Regiments’ Service Battalions in WW1; His records indicate that he Enlisted on 10.12.1915 in Walthamstow, London & was placed on the Reserve; He was medically examined at Stratford on 31.05.1916 at the age of 36 years & is an Insurance Clerk living at #6, ?? Park Road, Walthamstow; This is William Kingdon born 1880 in St Luke’s Parish, Islington in London, the son of William Kingdon b.1836 in North Molton & Eliza ?? from Hoxton, London who married in ?? in ??; In 1901 Census William Kingdon is aged 21, a Clerk & is living with his parents in Islington; William Kingdon’s records show that on 11.12.1917, after 2 years & 2 days service, he was considered No Longer Physically Fit for War Service & that he was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi); I believe that this was due to his having Defective Vision as he was in Edmonton Hospital in October 1917 & I also believe that he may well have been given a pension; His records give his next of kin as Alice Kingdon (Wife) living at #6, ?? Park Road, Walthamstow; Further research indicates that William Kingdon Married Alice Maud Kimpton, from Cawsand, Devon/Cornwall, daughter of a Police Constable, in St Mark’s Church, Islington on 18.06.1902; In 1911 Census William & Alice Kingdon & their family, plus his Widowed Mother Eliza Kingdon all live at #27, Cottenham Road, Walthamstow (Note: Both filled out Census Records for the same address); William & Alice Kingdon have 4 daughters by 1913 – Alice b.18.11.1903 Islington, Ivy b.11.02.1906, Maud b.06.11.1910 & Violet b.11.01.1913; There is no Medals card on file as he served in England only; Needs more research for William pre 1901;

Kingdon, William: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803;Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a William Kingdon, Surgeon, who served earlier in the Militia but in 1803 was ‘Deleted – Discharged’; No other information;

Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64; (1880’s period); Transferred to Kingdom files:Notes: This is probably William Kingdom born in 1861 in Plymouth, the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Master Boatman & Boat Proprietor, b.1827 in Plymouth, & Emma Menhinnich from Cornwall who Married in 1853 in Plymouth; (He was the Father of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Father of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve); (His other son William James R. Kingdom probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); This family may need further investigation & research;

Kingdon, William: Militia Service, Plymouth Division; (Early 1905); Transferred to Kingdom files;Notes: The Militia Service Records for 1806 to 1905 has a William Kingdon born in 1889 in Plymouth on the list; I believe that this is probably William James R. Kingdom, born in 1888 in Plymouth: (Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve);

Kingdon, William: Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Serving in 1871;Notes: This is William Kingdon born ca.1836 in Barnstaple, Devon, according to the 1871 Census but this could just be a reference to the area in which he was born as Barnstaple was the local registration centre; The 1871 Census for Royal Navy Vessels, has records for ‘HMS Cadmus’, at sea with a Private William Kingdon, serving in the RMLI onboard; William Kingdon is recorded as being Married & Aged 35 years, there is no other information; Insufficient information to enable proper identification;Follow Up Notes: There is a Marriage Record in The Asplin Military History Resources taken from the Plymouth Division Royal Marine Marriage Register (ADM 184/52) which records a Marriage for Private William Kingdon of the 75th Company to a Charlotte Chubb on the 22.12.1867; The only record I can find that matches this data is a Marriage for William Kingdon & Charlotte Chubb in 4 th Q 1867 Stoke Damerel 5b.639; It is possible that Charlotte Kingdon (nee Chubb) was born in 1841 in Plympton St Mary, Devon but there is no way of knowing for sure; I failed to find any other information to support this theory?Further Research:The ADM 157/240/293 Folios 293-301 has reference to a William Kingdom, born in Devon, having been Attested for service in the Royal Marines at Plymouth in 1860 at the age of 24 (born 1836); This record also indicates that this Marine was discharged in 1874 as an Invalid; Despite this new information I still failed to locate this person in any other census than 1871; I would suggest that this William Kingdon/Kingdom is the same Royal Marine?

Kingdon, William: #8420, 1st Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, WW1;Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military files; This is William Kingdon born on 20.11.1893 in Naracoorte, South Australia, the son of Thomas Augustus Kingdon & Jane (Jennie) Fowler of Port Lincoln, South Australia; William Kingdon enlisted on 01.10.1915 in Adelaide at the age of 22 years, he was a Fireman by trade; he embarked from Australia on 22.11.1915 onboard the ‘HMAT Persic’ from Melbourne, as a Driver with the 18th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade; He served in the Middle East in Tel-el-Kebir in 1916, Transferred to 21st Battery in Ismalia on 09.03.1916 & Embarked for France on 17.03.1916; On 27.01.1917 he was transferred to France & Wounded in Action with a shrapnel wound to the neck & a wound to his foot on 05.10.1917; He was again Wounded in Action by a Gun Shot Wound, again in his foot on 22.07.1918, remained at duty but did spend some time in hospital in Ypres; William Kingdon was Returned to Australia on 27.04.1919 & Discharged on 01.08.1919; I believe that William Kingdon Married Olga Barry in Port Lincoln on 03.09.1921; Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & The Victory Medal; Could be researched further;

Kingdon, William: The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) No: TF/241338 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Regimental number prefix TF/ denotes Territorial Force & the number block would indicate service with the 5th Battalion following the renumbering system in January 1917 & that he remained in England for the duration of the War; Private William Kingdon’s name appears on the Roll for soldiers who served with the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment); Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; (Insufficient information to identify any further);

Kingdon, William: Private, #3063, 2nd European Light Infantry, East India Company Army; (1859-1863 period);Notes: There are Bombay Soldiers Records on file from 1858-1860 which refer to #3063 Private William Kingdon serving with the 2nd Battalion of the European Light Infantry in the East India Company’s Army in Bombay; Records indicate that he entered the service in 1859, was a Painter by trade from Taunton in Somerset & enlisted in Cardiff; He was attested on 26.07.1859 & enlisted for a 10 year term; He arrived in Bombay on board the ship “Speedy” on 19.08.1859; I believe that William Kingdon was invalided & embarked for England on 26.01.1863; File references are L/MIL/12/115;Further Notes: Following contact in August 2012 with a possible descendant of this family, I would now suggest that this is William Kingdon, a Painter, born in Taunton, Somerset, England on 14.06.1840, (records at St Mary’s Church); I was given a copy of his Birth Certificate which confirms this information; He was born at an address in Taunton High Street & was the son of Richard Kingdon, b.1811, a Carver & Gilder & Maria Fry from Somerset, b.1816, who Married pre 1833 in Somerset; (Research would indicate that William’s Father Richard Kingdon probably died in Lambeth, Surrey around 1865 & that his mother Maria remarried to a Richard Gowen, a 51 year old Widowed Bricklayer in 1867 in Battersea; Please refer to the information above for the period 1840 to 1863; We have now located records for this William Kingdon in the 1841 Census living with his parents in Mary Street, St Mary Magdalene Parish, Taunton Hundred, Somerset; Unfortunately we have not yet found this family in the 1851 Census records; However, in the 1861 Census William’s Parents were living at #3, Bulls Head Court, Newington, Lambeth, Surrey, (William had already enlisted in 1859); I believe that William Kingdon Married Mary Ann Rose, who was probably b.14.06.1854 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, on 06.10.1870 in St Saviours, Southwark, London, England; I failed to locate this family in 1871 Censuses; In 1881 Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada’ I could not find the Passenger List details for either a ca.1874 trip to Canada, or a ca.1881/2 return to UK trip, but they certainly resided in Canada between 1876 & 1881 as they have children born in Ontario; They also have a son born in Battersea, London in 1882; The remainder of their children were born in Cardiff, Wales; In 1891 Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon had returned to UK & were living at #4, Crofts Street, Roath, Cardiff, Wales, & they were also at this same address in the 1901 Census; I understand that William Kingdon then took his whole family back to Canada in December 1905 on board the ‘SS Virginian’, some of his children following later in 1906 & some remaining in Wales & England; William Kingdon then sailed back to England alone from Montreal on 27.08.1906 on the ‘SS Dominion’; Then I found William Kingdon traveling back to Saint John, New Brunswick on the ‘SS Empress of Britain’ in December 1906 with his son Sidney Walter Kingdon, both were working as painters & both marked as Returning Canadians; I have no idea why Sidney Walter & his Father William Kingdon should both travel separately to England in 1906 & then return to Canada together in December but wonder if it was for work or perhaps a family bereavement; In 1911 Canada Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; I understand that William Kingdon Died on 11.08.1934 & is buried in Prospect Cemetery, his wife Mary Ann Kingdon (nee Rose) Died 21.12.1927 & is also buried in Prospect Cemetery; (He was the Father of Kingdon, Sidney Walter: #8147, Manchester Regiment); (He was the Father of Kingdon, Ernest: Royal Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was also the Father of Gordon William Kingdon, born in 1875 in Toronto, Canada & who seems to have served at some time in UK because there is a Chelsea Pensioner of that name & with the correct birth place on records, who I am also following up); This Family may still need a little more research although a descendant contact has been very helpful in updating this record;

Kingdon (or Kingdom), William: Chelsea Pensioner, (No other details); (1841-1851 period);Notes: In 1841 Census there are records for a William Kingdon aged 64 (born 1777), an Army Pensioner, & wife Catherine ?? aged 55 (born 1786 in Ireland), alongwith a daughter Margaret Kingdon aged 22 (born 1819 in Middlesex), living at Woods Building Gardens in St Luke’s, Chelsea, South District; I have since found a Death record for a Catherine Kingdon in Chelsea in 1851 & have assumed this is the wife of William Kingdon; In the 1851 Census for the Woods Building in St Jude, Chelsea, there is a record for a William Kingdom aged 79 (born 1772 in Devonshire) as a Chelsea Pensioner; In my Chelsea Pensioner’s List of records there are 3 possible William Kingdom soldiers from Devon who could be the same person; I found no other records;

Kingdon, William: Royal Navy, Master At Arms, #200821; ADM 188/348/321; (Pre war & WW1 service period);Notes: The ADM 188 records have reference to William Kingdon, born 27.10.1881 in Eastbourne, Sussex, serving as #200821; This official Royal Navy number would indicate enlistment in 1898 as a Seaman; This is William Kingdon born in 1881 in Eastbourne, Sussex, the son of William Hamlin Kingdon, a Carpenter b.1850 in South Molton, Devon & Emily Elizabeth Mears from Shinfield, Berkshire, who Married in 1876 in Strand, London; His Father died in mid 1881 & in the 1891 Census William Kingdon was aged 9 & lived with his widowed Mother, she was a Laundress, at #437 Sea Side Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; I failed to locate William Kingdon in the 1901 Census but believe that he was already serving in the Royal Navy; In 1905 in Portsmouth William Kingdon married an Irish girl from Cork, named Winifred Doris Constance Middleton, probably born in 1884; The ADM 171/62 record has #200821 Ships Carpenter, W. Kingdon serving in the Persian Gulf between 1909 & 1914 on board ‘HMS Odin’; In the 1911 Census William Kingdon is a Ships Corporal serving at ‘Fort Blockhouse’ in Alverstoke, Hampshire, & is recorded as being Married; (This is the same station that Alfred Moule Martin was serving at in 1911); In the 1911 Census Winifred Kingdon & 3 children are recorded incorrectly as ‘Ringdon’, living at #48, Fifth Street, Buckland, Portsmouth; (2 children were born 1906 & 1908 in Selsey bill, Sussex & a third b.1911 in Portsmouth, Hampshire; Selsey bill is a headland on the Sussex/Hampshire border, 2 kids were registered in Westhampnett, Sussex which covered that area); I believe that William Kingdon & Winifred Doris C Middleton were either separated or divorced between 1911 & 1914; William Kingdon was serving onboard ‘HMS Glory in 30.11.1915 as his Persian Gulf Medal clasp was forwarded to him there;Winifred Doris C Middleton then appears to have run off to Australia & married a Royal Navy Boatswain, Alfred Moule Martin in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia in 1914; This British Sailor, previously served in the London Depot from 01.06.1913 until 26.06.1913 & was on loan to the Australian Navy for WW1, serving with them in Sydney from 27.06.1913 until 29.08.1917, before returning to England to serve out of the London Depot; Alfred Moule Martin was born in 1884 in Southwark, London & lived with his parents in Camberwell in 1891 Census; In the 1901 Census Alfred Moule Martin was a 17 year old 1 st Class Boy serving on board the shore based Gunnery Ship ‘HMS Cambridge’ in Devonport; In 1911 Alfred Martin is serving at ‘HMS Excellent’ Gunnery School on Whale Island, Portsmouth as a Seaman, Petty Officer & is recorded as being Single; (This is the same station that William Kingdon was serving at in 1911); However, I can find no records for Winifred Doris Constance Kingdon travelling or sailing to Australia, but I have found a returning English passenger on board the ‘SS Berrima’ sailing from Australia to England for Mrs. Winifred Martin Aged 31 (b.1889?) & a 2 year old daughter Stella Margaret Martin in February 1920, which may be her; I believe that Alfred M Martin Died in Devon in 1943 Aged 59, & that Winifred D C Martin Died in Kent in 1963 Aged 82; Alfred Moule Martin was awarded the WW1 Star, Victory & British War Medals & also paid a Bonus for having served in WW1 with Australian Forces;I believe that William Kingdon lived at #80, Broadway, Sandown in the Isle of Wight & Married his 2 nd Wife, Ethel Kate Gilchrist in 1925 on the Isle of Wight, she was b.1896 in Newport, Isle of Wight; William Kingdon Died on 18.09.1939 at the County Mental Hospital, Whitecroft, Newcroft on the Isle of Wight Aged 58; His wife Ethel Kate Kingdon Died aged 62 in Sandown, IOW in 1959; William Kingdon was awarded the WW1 Star, Victory & British War Medals; He was also awarded the Naval General Service Medal & Persian Gulf clasp for service 1909-1914;

Kingdon, William: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803;Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a William Kingdon, Ironmonger, who served in the Militia; The record indicates that he was aged 21 years & was s single man, ‘ Willing to Serve as a Volunteer’; This would appear to be William Kingdon born 25.03.1782 & baptised on 02.04.1782 in Bow/Mint/George’s Meeting House, the son of “Iron Sam’ Kingdon & Jane Kent; (The Kingdon Book ‘A Second Look’ published in 1974 has detailed reference to this family); (He is probably the Brother of Kingdon, Thomas: Lieutenant, 25th Regiment Light Dragoons – Died near Madras, India on 25.04.1817 Aged 26);

Kingdon, William: Private, Royal Marine; (1891 Census records);Notes: There is an 1891 Census Record for the Royal Marines Barracks, East Stonehouse, Devon, which has William Kingdon, born 1864 in Exeter, serving asa Private soldier in the Royal Marines; Despite in depth searches, I have failed to identify this man; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, William: Royal Navy, Warrant Officer, Carpenter, #411 & #415; ADM 196/29 & ADM 196/75; (1823-1854 period);Notes: There are numerous records for this Sailor, which indicate that he held the rank of Carpenter & was aged 21 years old when he first entered the Service. William Kingdon served from 24.05.1823 to 31.12.1854; His date of birth is not shown in the records but the ADM 196/75 listing has his rank as Carpenter, Serving from 25.11.1840 & ADM 196/29 records his rank as Carpenter 1st Class serving since 01.01.1855; There is a Medal roll for the 1834 -1853 South Africa Medal which records Carpenter William Kingdon serving on HMS Castor during the Kaffir Wars, probably in Simons Bay during 1850 to 1853; This is probably William Kingdon born in 1802 or 1803 in Stoke Damerel, the son of Peter Kingdon, b.1765 in St Neot, Cornwall & Mary Williams from Stoke Damerel, who Married in 1791; William Kingdon Married Elizabeth Pengelley b.1809 in Devonport, in Stoke Damerel on 02.06.1830; I find William Kingdon in the 1841 Census with his wife & family, serving with the Royal Navy at that time & living in Temple Street, Portsea Town, Portsmouth, Hampshire; In the 1851 Census William is recorded as being a Warrant Officer at Sea (serving on HMS Castor) & his wife & family live at #12, Ross Street, Stoke Damerel; In 1861 Census William & his wife & family live at #4 Market Street in Stoke Damerel, William is still a Carpenter in the Royal Navy; In 1871 William Kingdon is aged 67 & a Pensioned Warrant Officer Royal Navy, living in Herbert Place, Stoke Damerel; In 1881 William & Elizabeth Kingdon live at #18, Ross Street, Stoke Damerel; William Kingdon dies in Stoke Damerel in 1888 Aged 84 & his Wife Elizabeth the following year in 1889 at the age of 80; Awarded the South Africa Medal for 1850 -1853; Further Notes: Having continued with my Kingdon & Kingdom families’ military service researches I have concluded that the following record also refers to this same Royal Navy Sailor; (This Naval Carpenter may have been awarded a Superannuated Carpenter’s Pension of 25 pounds per year on 28.12.1884);Kingdom, William: Royal Navy, Carpenter’s Crew, 1793-1840;Notes: I originally had very little information on this Royal Navy man but he was serving onboard ‘HMS Asia’ at the Battle of Navarino in the Ionian Sea on 20.10.1827, as a Carpenter’s Crew; Unfortunately there was no other information against his name? I now believe that this is William Kingdon b.1802/03 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, who served as Warrant Officer, Carpenter, #411 & #415 Royal Navy; I understand that he also served as ships #3 Carpenter Crew with ‘HMS Monarch’ in the Baltic & that his medals were issued to him via ‘HMS Royal William’ on 18.03.1857; He was awarded the Naval General Service Medal for service on HMS Asia, Navarino U/1257; Awarded the Baltic Medal; (He was the Father of Kingdon, Edwin Peter Pengelley: Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A & Royal Navy #63488; & Grandfather of Kingdon, Albert Edwin: #69593, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920: WW1;

Kingden, William: Mariner, Royal Navy; 1790 era;Notes: This could be a William Kingdon also? This Mariner was born in 1772 or thereabouts & was serving on ‘HMS Perseverance’ in 1793; There is a Bishop of Winchester’s Marriage Licence record for William Kingden, aged 21 & Sarah Fry of Alverstoke, Hampshire, also aged 21, being married at Portsea on 02.07.1793 in Hampshire; I can find no other records;

Kingdon, William: Private, Royal Marine, 15th Company, Royal Marine Brigade; 1850 to 1880 in China;Notes: The ADM 171/30 Records have a Medal Clasp issue for the Capture of Canton in 1857 in the First Chinese Opium War for Private Wm. Kingdon of the 15th Company, Royal Marine Brigade; There is no other information other than a note that his medals were delivered to him in China in 1883, (probably in Hong Kong) where he was possibly still serving as a Marine? Awarded the China War Medal & Canton Clasp; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, William: 4th & 15th Batttalions, Devonshire Regiment No: 4655, Rank: Private; 4th Reserve Battalion & 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment No: 203121 & 203059, Rank: Private; 448th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps No: 662682, Rank: Private, & finally transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps, No: 136461, Rank: Private; 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is William ‘Willie’ Kingdon born & baptised South Molton 05.03.1881, the son of Thomas Kingdon b.1847 South Molton & Anne Heriford from Meshaw who Married on 29.04.1873 in South Molton; In the 1881 Census William Kingdon is aged 1 month & living with his parents at #89, East street, South Molton, Devon; Willie Kingdon continued to live in East Street, South Molton at #82 with his parents in 1891 & 1901; Willie was a Coach Builder & Journeyman Wheelwright; He married Emily Adelaide Thorne on 22.12.1902 in South Molton & lived at #22, North Street, South Molton in 1911 Census; William Kingdon enlisted on a Short Service basis for the duration of the War on 09.12.1915 aged 35 years & 9 months but may not have been called up until 15.06.1916 as he was placed on the Army Reserve list before being posted to the 4th Battalion & then the 15th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment; He served at Home from 15.06.1916 until 25.06.1917 & was then sent to France until 11.10.1917, transferred to the 4 th Reserve Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment & then posted to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, serving with them in France before returning home on 18.12.1917; He also appears to have been attested with them as #203059; He suffered with some mild disability, (general weakness & weight loss) as he was hospitalised from 12.10.1917 to 07.12.1917 & was eventually transferred to the RAMC on 08.02.1918 but there is some confusion with his military & pension records here? He was transferred to the Labour Corps on 09.10.1918 with the 448 th Agricultural Company; He is recorded on the 1919 Absent Voters List for South Molton at reference 4666 but there are no service details given; I believe that he was demobilised on 19.04.1919; Willie Kingdon Died 08.01.1964 in South Molton; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Fred: Devonshire Regiment No: 23938 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, William: Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force No: 5215 Rank: Private, & 6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, No: 268191 Rank: Private, 1914-1920 WO 372/11,WW1;Notes: Enlistment dates for a soldier with this Territorial Force regimental number #5215 were between 05.01.1896 & 04.01.1899; As he was awarded the TFM (Territorial Force Medal), this would indicate that he had volunteered for service overseas on or before 30.09.1914, and served overseas as per the other requirements of this award; His regular army number #268191 with the Devonshire Regiment would have been issued as a result of the renumbering of the Territorial Force infantry in 1917; Further research of Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment reveals that this soldier served with ‘A’ Company; Further research of the Absent Voters List for 1919 reveals that this is probably William D. Kingdon, a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment who were serving in Mesopotamia & did not return home until August 1919; The address given in 1919 was #62, Westbridge Cottages, Tavistock, Devon, which has helped identify him; This is William Daniel K. Kingdon born in 1893 in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Edward Andrews Kingdon, an Iron Moulder, b.1867 in Tavistock & Elizabeth Jane Lucas b.1870 in St Ives, Cornwall who married in 1889 in Tavistock; In the 1901 Census William is aged 8 & lives with his parents at #5, Madge Hill, Tavistock; In the 1911 Census William Kingdon is aged 18 & is a Domestic Gardener living with his parents at #62, West Bridge Cottages, Tavistock, Devon; I believe that William D Kingdon Married Henrietta Woolway in Tavistock in 1921; Medals Card on file for the award of the Territorial Force War Medal #1421, the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Sydney C: Devonshire Regiment No: 1420 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); I did not research further;

Kingdon, William: Private, #9532 West Riding Regiment; (1908-1909);Notes: This is William Kingdon born 1888 in Enfield, London, Middlesex, the son of Alfred Kingdon b.?? in ?? & ?? from ?? who Married in ?? in ??; William Kingdon (Kingdom) was aged 19 years & 8 months when he first Attested for the 3rd West Riding Regiment Special Reserve in Bradford on 19.09.1908 for 6 years service, he was recorded as #9206; He served with the Special Reserve for a total of 93 days until 20.12.1908; William Kingdon then Enlisted in the Regular Army for a Short Service career, 7 years with the Colours & 5 years Reserve, with the West Riding Regiment/Corps on 20th December 1908 in Halifax; He was aged 19 years & 11 months old, a Groom by trade, having worked for a Horse Trader in Leeds for 3 years, & declared that he was already serving in the Reserve in 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment; His next of kin was his Father Alfred Kingdon of #3, Warwick Place, Leeds, Yorkshire & his brother, Ernest Kingdon who was serving on HMS Victory’ at the time; In January 1909, whilst serving with the 2 nd Battalion, he went Absent in Tidworth & was placed in detention prior to his District Court Martial on 21.01.1909; He was sent to detention for 14 days on 27.01.1909 & returned to duty on 10.02.1909, however he had tried to cut his throat on 02.02.1909 whilst in detention; By the 1st of April 1909 he was found to be medically unfit for further service due to ‘Delusional Insanity’ & subsequently Discharged after only a further 102 days service; At discharge he gave an address in St Albans, Middlesex but this is unreadable on his file; I believe that he tried to cut his throat on 02.02.1909 although the wound was rather superficial & that a Court of Inquiry was held on 25.02.1909 at Victoria Barracks, Portsmouth; (He was the Brother of Ernest Kingdon who served on ‘HMS Victory’ in 1908/09?); For some reason I cannot locate any of this man’s family? Needs more research?

Kingdon, William Arthur & Family: Civilian Deaths for WW2; Died in WW2 Bombing;Kingdon family are Remembered in the Roll of Honour in St George’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London;

Notes: WW2 Civilian Deaths record that William Arthur Kingdon, aged 48, his wife, Annie Elizabeth Kingdon (nee Bingley), aged 46 & their 17 year old son David James Kingdon, all died at #27, Royston Avenue, Chingford in Essex on 30.09.1940 during a German Air Raid; William Arthur Kingdon was born 09.03.1892 in Hackney & was the the the son of Henry James Kingdon, a Brass Finisher, b.1851 in Cardiff, Wales? (some records have him born in Clerkenwell, London) & Elizabeth Green Lowe from Hackney who married on 04.11.1871 in St James, Shoreditch, Hackney; In 1901 William A Kingdon lived with his Widowed Father at #35, Sidney Road, Hackney; I have a London Schools Record for William Arthur Kingdon attending Sidney Road School from 18.10.1898; In 1911 Census William Arthur Kingdon was aged 19, working as a Parcel clerk for the Globe delivery Company & Boarding at #54, Roding Road, Clapton, London; In 1916 William Arthur Kingdon Married Annie Elizabeth Bingley in Hackney; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Herbert James: #143716, Royal Army Medical Corps, Rank: Private, who served in England in WW1); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick S: Rifle Brigade No: B/200829 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1);

Kingdon, William Charles: Merchant Shipping & Mercantile Medals for WW1; BT 351/1/77264;Notes: This is recorded as William Charles Kingdon born in 1894 in Cardiff, Glamorgan Wales; I have failed to find any other records other than his birth in 1894 in Cardiff? Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, William E: Royal Engineers Regiment No: T1005 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Transferred from Kingdom List: Kingdom, W E: Royal Engineers No: 514302 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/24, WW1;Notes: The number prefix T/ denotes Territorial Force; This man also served as #514302 with 616 th Company (Electric Light Company), Devon Fortress, in Gibraltar; This is William Edgar Kingdon born on 13.02.1893 in Devonport, the son of Joseph John/William Kingdon, an ex Royal Navy Able Seaman & later a Government Labourer in Devonport, b.1858 Devonport & Elizabeth Jane Bickford from Millbrook, Cornwall who married in 1883 in Stoke Damerel, (however there was initially some confusion here as marriage records have Joseph John & not Joseph William or Joseph John/William Kingdon?); In the 1901 Census William Kingdon is aged 8 & living with his parents at #48, Duke Street, Devonport; In the 1911 Census William Kingdon is aged 18, working as an Apprentice Blacksmith & still living with his parents at #48, Duke Street, Devonport; William Edgar Kingdon enlisted in Plymouth Aged 17 years & 10 months on 21.12.1910 & was subsequently assigned to the Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers Territorial Force (No’s 1, 2 # Works Companies, No’s 4 & 5 Electric Light Companies), for 4 years; On 04.07.1911 in Plymouth Sapper W E Kingdon, #1005 agreed to join the Special Service Section of the Territorial Force for Service in the South Western Coast Defences; On 09.09.1915 he was serving in Gibraltar where the records indicate that Sapper W Kingdon #1005 re-engaged for the period of the 1st World War & was paid his Bounty under Army Order 209 on 30.10.1916; He had previously served in Plymouth from 04.08.1914 until 09.04.1915 & then served the rest of his Army time in Gibraltar; William Edgar Kingdon was promoted to Lance Corporal in November 1916 with 1/4 th Company; William Kingdon suffered from Cow Pox (Vaccinia) in Gibraltar in April 1918; On 29.11.1918 in Gibraltar he Reverted to the Rank of Sapper at his own request; On 07.01.1919 in Gibraltar, Sapper William Kingdon was medically examined for Discharge & found to be A1 fit & returned to the UK on 21.02.1919; I believe that William Edgar Kingdon Married Lilian Johnson in Plymouth in early 1920; On 29.05.1920 William Edgar Kingdon & his wife Lilian sailed from Southampton on the ‘SS Scandinavian’ to Quebec, Canada at the age of 27 (he was a Fitter Engineer) to seek work & settle down in Canada & having decided to emigrate to Chatham, Ontario, Canada after demobilisation; His elder Brother Frederick Joseph J. Kingdon already lived in Ontario at #230, Nelson Street, having emigrated from UK in 1905; In 1922 William Kingdon was living at #188, Forest Street, Chatham, Ontario, Canada; I believe that William Edgar & wife Lilian Kingdon, now a Merchant, returned to Plymouth, England on 14.01.1931 on board the ‘SS Ausonia’ & that William Edgar Kingdon eventually died in 1975 in Liskeard, Cornwall Aged 82; He received the Territorial Force War Medal on 16.10.1922 for service with the Devon Fortress Regiment; WW1 Medals Card on file; (He was the son of #81288, Able Seaman, Joseph John Kingdon, Royal Navy); (He was the Grandson of Kingdon, George Frederick: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in Devonport); (He was the Nephew of Kingdon, John: #82600, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 188/76/189);

Kingdon, William Edward: Royal Army Medical Corps Rank: Captain 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This Medical Officer served in France from 09.02.1917; William Edward Kingdon was educated at Trent College and University College Hospital, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1913 and graduating in 1915; His name also appears on the WW1 Roll for University of London; After graduating in 1915 he took up a House Appointment at Sheffield & then served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1; William Edward Kingdon MB, BS, was promoted to Lieutenant on 05.05.1915 with the North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance of the Army Medical Services; This officer was again promoted to Captain on the 15.11.1915 with the same unit of the Royal Army Medical Corps; Throughout his life he was a careful Doctor, Clinician & Surgeon in UK & also whilst working in Jerusalem & Egypt on medical mission works; This is William Edward Kingdon born on 27.01.1888 in Sheffield, the son of William Edward Kingdon, a Tobacconist, b.1861 in Worcester & Annie Lock from West Buckland in Devon, who married in Barnstaple in 1st Q 1886, later of Bemerton, Buxton, Derby; In the 1891 Census William E Kingdon lived with his parents at #187 Granville Road, Sheffield Park, Sheffield, Yorkshire; The family lived in Sheffield in the 1901 Census at #81, Fitzwalter Road, but William Kingdon aged 13 was a Pupil at Trent College, Long Eaton, Derbyshire alongwith another of his brothers (John Kingdon); In the 1911 Census William Edward Kingdon is aged 23, an inmate medical student at the University College Hospital, Gower Street, St Pancras, London WC; William E Kingdon Married Anne Purdon in Erpingham, Norfolk in 1916; Captain W.E. Kingdon MB, BS, of the RAMC, resigned his commission on 08.04.1921 but retained the rank of Captain; He then became a school medical officer in Yorkshire, but eventually undertook medical mission work as surgeon to the English Mission Hospital at Jerusalem, afterwards for the Egypt General Mission. On return he went into general practice at Leominster, with some surgery in the hospital there, for over 20 years. Retiring from this, he did general practice locum work over several years, living first at Minehead in Somerset and finally in a Norfolk village in the area of a rural practice in which he had done a number of locums. (The British Medical Journal, 02.04.1977 – “A careful clinician and surgeon, unfailingly cheerful and kindly in manner and with a great sense of humour, he endeared himself to his colleagues and patients. Special interests were soccer in his younger days, when he played for United Hospitals, and in latter years railways and ornithology. An outstanding memory of him was his profound evangelical Christian faith”.); His wife died in 1963 & William Edward Kingdon Died on 06.02.1977 in Norfolk Aged 89; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; His Medals were issued on 09.02.1923, & sent to the address “Floriston” Bridge Road, Torquay, Devon; (Brother of Captain Arthur Francis Kingdon, 6th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment, who died on 09 October 1917 on the Somme); (Brother of Kingdon, George Herbert: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, Captain 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1);

Kingdon, William Ernest: #SS10518, Short Service, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1104/515; Late WW1 to pre WW2;Notes: This Sailor’s official naval number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1918 & 31.12.1918, the prefix ‘SS’ indicates a Short service enlistment of 5 to 7 years; The ADM gives his birth date as 20.05.1903 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; This is William Ernest Kingdon born 20.05.1903 in Clifton, Bristol, England, the son of Thomas Henry Kingdon, a British Soldier, b.1868 in Bristol & Blanche Mary Vear from Bedminster, Gloucestershire, who married in Bristol on 11.04.1898; His Father served in the South African Boer War & in WW1 & was a bit of a drunkard who was discharged from the British Army as unfit in 1916 & died of heart failure in 1917; ; His sister was Nellie May Kingdon born 09.10.1898 in Clifton, Bristol; His Brother was Thomas Charles Henry Kingdon born 25.06.1900 in Clifton, Bristol, who was probably forcibly emigrated to Ontario in January of 1913 as a “Home Child” aboard the ‘SS Hesperian’; His Father had obviously abandoned his family, but where was his Mother? Did his mother die or abandon her children? I checked the 1911 UK Census & found a female Kingdon lodging at #37, Ambre Vale East in Clifton, Bristol, which could be her; In the 1911 Census there is a record for a William Kingdom, aged 7 (b.1904 Bristol) as a School boy under a Foster Mother at a Bristol Board of Guardians, Poor Law Service School & Children’s Home at #6, Beechwood Bank, Charlton road, Fishponds, Bristol, Gloucestershire; The ADM 171/160 & ADM 171/162 records indicate that William Ernest Kingdon served for a much longer period than the initial short service enlistment with the Royal Navy & I believe that he served in the Devonport Division & claimed his Long Service Medal on 10.07.1942 under his Official Naval Number of #20735; He was issued the Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; (His Father was Kingdon, Thomas Henry: Rifle Brigade No: S1075 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served as #9082 in the Rifle Brigade); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Thomas Charles: 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force No: #3327602, Rank: Private); I did not research further;

Kingdon, William Every: #M23060, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1064, WW1;;Notes: This Sailor’s Official Naval Number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1916 & 31.12.1916 & the ‘M’ prefix would suggest that he was an Artificer or an Artisan; In the ADM records this is William Every Kingdon born 23.12.1901 in Mile End, London (registered 1902 in Mile End Old Town); I failed to find him in the 1911 Census; (I do have a possible death for a William E. Kingdon Aged 21 in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1923, but this needs further research); Insufficient information to initially identify;Follow up Notes: I now believe that William Every Kingdon is probably related to, (likely a Grandson of), George Pengelley Kingdon, a Tailor born in Stoke Damerel, Devon in 1842, who Married Ellen Every from Hastings, Sussex in 1864 & lived in East Stonehouse in 1871 & then in Portsea, Landport, Hampshire in 1881 & 1891 until his death in 1895 at the age of 53; This still needs further investigation?

Kingdon, William Fletcher: New Zealand, 2nd Division Reservist, 1917, WW1;Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1, but he is recorded as a Reservist in the 2 nd

Division Roll in 1917 & is designated as Class D, a Reservist who has 3 children; His address is given as a Farmer in Gore, Southland, New Zealand; This is William Fletcher Kingdon born in Kirwee, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand in 1871, the son of Nehemiah Stephens Kingdon & Mary Grose Webber who Married in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1862 & who sailed from London, England on 30.09.1865 to New Zealand arriving in Lyttelton on 01.01.1866 on board the ‘Mermaid’; In 1896 William Fletcher Kingdon is recorded as a Farm Assistant in Gore, Mataura, Southland; I believe that William Fletcher Kingdon Married Jean McKenzie in 1896; From 1900 to 1919 William Fletcher & Jane Kingdon are recorded in Gore, he is a Farm Assistant; His wife Jean Kingdon was not recorded after the 1919 Electoral Roll for Gore yet I cannot find any death records for her? In 1928 only William Fletcher Kingdon is registered in the electoral lists, he is a Farmer in Gore; In 1935 & 1938 he is recorded as a Farmer in Waimumu, Mataura, & in 1946 a Farmer in Mandeville, Wallace, Southland; From 1949, 1954 & 1957 William Fletcher Kingdon is recorded as being Retired, living in Mandeville, Wallace; William Fletcher Kingdon Died in 1958 Aged 87; (See his family ancestry in the ‘Kingdon Book – A Second Look’, published in 1974); (He was the Brother of John Wesley Kingdon, 1st

Division, Reservist, New Zealand, 1916, WW1);

Kingdon, William Fortescue: Royal Air Force, AIR 79/2653/305488; WW1;Notes: The National Archives at Kew (AIR 79) have Airman’s Records for William Fortescue Kingdon in the date range 01.01.1918 to 31.12.1928; I believe that this is William Fortescue Kingdon, born in Marylebone, London in 1873, the son of Paul Augustine Kingdon, a Barrister, b.10.03.1820 in Bridgerule, Devon (Son of Thomas Hocking Kingdon, Vicar of Bridgerule) & Elizabeth Fortescue Foulkes (daughter of the Vicar of Shebbear, Devon) who married in 1854; In the 1881 & 1891 Censuses William F Kingdon is living with his parents at #29, Marlborough Hill, Marylebone, London; In the 1901 Census William F Kingdon is aged 27 & working as a professional Organist/Musician & living with his parents at #29, Marlborough Hill, Marylebone; In the 1908 Voters Register, William Fortescue Kingdon is recorded as lodging in his Father’s house in 1 room, 2nd floor front jointly, at #29, Marlborough Hill, Marylebone, Westminster, London; In the 1911 Census William Fortescue Kingdon is aged 37, still single, an Organist & living with his widowed father at the Marlborough Hill, Marylebone, house; I do not believe that this man ever married; His RAF records need further research as he probably worked at the Air Ministry during WW1? William Fortescue Kingdon Died on 27.02.1958 whilst living at # 6, Pennsylvania Park, Exeter, Devon; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Henry Foulkes: Hon. Major in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, pre WW1);

Kingdon, William G H: Royal Engineers No: 107851 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals. These medals appear to have been reissued on 09.06.1950; Insufficient information to identify correctly;

Kingdon, William George: Petty Officer 1st Class, #155575, Royal Navy; ADM 188/226; (1890 to WW1);Notes: This is William George Kingdon born 1874 in Portsea, Portsmouth, the son of James George Kingdon, a Royal Navy Seaman, b.1837 in Portsmouth & his 1st Wife Elizabeth Elms b.1852 from Portsmouth who married in 1868 in Portsmouth; I believe that his Mother Died in 1875 in Portsea Aged 39 & his Father Married Elizabeth Male, b.1852 Portsmouth, in Portsea in 1877; In 1881 Census William Kingdon lives with his parents at Eagle Cottage, Cottage Lane, in Portsea, Hampshire; This Petty Officer’s Official Naval number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1890 & 31.12.1890; In 1891 Willm. G. Kingdon is a Royal Navy Crew member aged 17 on board the Boy’s Training Ship ‘HMS St Vincent’ in Portsmouth Harbour; In 1901 Census William Geo. Kingdom is a Petty Officer 1st Class serving on board the Battleship ‘HMS Ramillies’ stationed in Valetta Grand Harbour, Malta; In 1905 William George Kingdon Married Jane Moul, b.28.11.1885 (registered 1st Q 1886) in Portsmouth, in Portsmouth; William Kingdon was eventually promoted to Chief Petty Officer, & in the 1911 Census was still serving in the Royal Navy & he living with his wife & young family at #9, Wimpole Street, Landport, Portsmouth; Naval & Marine Personnel Medal records for 2nd

Commissions, indicate also that Petty Officer W.G. Kingdon #155575 served onboard ‘HMS Philomel’ in Somaliland between 1908 & 1910; In 1912 I believe that he was serving on ‘HMS Sentinel’ in Portsmouth; I understand that William G. Kingdon may have died in Surrey in 1963 Aged 89; I believe that he had brothers all serving in the Royal Navy, James John, Harry & Edward Arthur Kingdon & another brother serving in the Army, Charles Walter Kingdon, all born in Portsea; WO 171/107 Medals Record Roll on File for award of the Victory & British War Medals; Awarded the Africa General Service Medal with the Somaliland Clasp on 16.05.1912, WO 171/56; Awarded the Naval General Service Medal with Clasp for the Persian Gulf 1909-1914, WO 171/62, which was issued to him on 29.10.1915 whilst he was serving onboard ‘HMS Victory’; (He is the Brother of James John Kingdon, a Coast Guard Petty Officer #PO/128972 who Died in WW1 aboard ‘HMS India’ on 08.08.1915 off Norway); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Edward Arthur: #220316 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy who served in WW1); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Charles Walter: Royal Field Artillery No: 47983 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who served in the Royal Navy as a boy & then in the Army in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Harry: #208949 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy); (He was the Son of #40040 James George Kingdon, Royal Navy);

Kingdon, William George: Royal Sussex Regiment, Rank: 2nd Lieutenant, & Royal Flying Corps No: 66431 Rank: Air Mechanic 3rd Class & 2nd Lieutenant, 1914-20 WO372/11 & AIR 79/612/66431, WW1;Notes: I have a William George Kingdon on a list of Royal Air Force Officers showing a date of 06.01.1899 (which is probably his birth date?) in the UK files AIR 76/277/107; The MIC card for this man shows that he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant & also served with The Royal Sussex Regiment as #66431; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to 2Lt. William George Kingdon, RFC, att/35 1034, (#213006) & is marked that he was a demobilised officer; The WO 374/39798 records have reference to Lieutenant W G Kingdon; On 23.03.1918 Temporary 2nd Lieutenant W.G. Kingdon (Royal Air Force) was noted to be a temporary 2nd

Lieutenant with the Royal Sussex Regiment; The London Gazette Supplement dated 16.04.1919 records under the Royal Sussex Regiment that Temporary 2nd Lieutenant W G Kingdon (RAF) is to be Temporary 2nd

Lieutenant from 23.03.1918; The London Gazette Supplement dated 18.10.1920 also has an entry for temporary 2nd Lieutenant W.G. Kingdon of the Royal Sussex Regiment, relinquishing his commission on completion of service, 26.01.1919 but retains the rank of 2nd Lieutenant; This is William George Kingdon born 06.01.1899 in Harrow, Middlesex, baptised on 19.02.1899 in Greenhill Parish, the son of Frank Kingdon, a Butcher b.1873 in Silverton, Devon & Ellen Stock from Farnham, Surrey, who Married in 1898 in Farnham; In 1901 Census William George Kingdon lives with his parents in Harrow on the Hill; In the 1911 Census this family are incorrectly recorded as Kingston & not Kingdon, William George Kingdon is aged 12 & living with his parents at #29, West Street, Harrow, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex; I believe that he was still single in 1928 & living with his parents in Crown Street, Harrow, Middlesex; Records indicate that William George Kingdon Died on 01.09.1970 in St Albans Aged 71; Medals Card on file, & I believe that he was awarded the British War & Victory Medals; Medals applied for on 07.04.1923 & issued on 21.04.1923 to address, #1, Crown Street, Harrow, Middlesex;

Kingdon, William H: Army Service Corps No: SS/6080 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: The prefix SS/ in the Regimental number denotes Supply Special (Butcher, Baker, Clerk, etc.); Also served with the Royal Engineers as #WR/267615 (prefix denotes Waterways & Railways) & again recorded with the Royal Engineers as #250381; Served in France from 10.01.1915; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1915 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (Insufficient information to identify accurately);

Kingdon, William H: Hampshire Regiment No: 28802 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; (Insufficient information to identify accurately);

Kingdon, William H: ‘C’ Company, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No: 2705 & #266045 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Enlistment for this #2705 regimental number indicates a Territorial Force number which was renumbered to #266054 in 1917; Colonel Flick’s 6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment records have Private W. H Kingdon, #266045 serving with ‘C’ Company, posted to Salonika on 09.12.1918, the unit his brother was already serving with; [The Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for South Molton, Devon Division, Parish of Queens Nympton has reference to a George Kingdon of Cheyney, no service details were given, but I now know that they were Brothers]; This is William Henry Kingdon born in 1888 (there are some queries on this date ie. Should it be 22.01.1886?), in George Nympton, Devon; He was the son of William Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer, b.30.03.1863 in Kings Nympton & Elizabeth Jane Webber from Chulmleigh who Married in 1884 in South Molton, Devon; In the 1891 Census William H Kingdon lives with his parents in George Nympton Village; In the 1901 Census William H Kingdon is a Cattle Boy aged 14, working on the Sampson Farm in Kings Nympton, Devon, his parents live in one of the farm cottages; In the 1911 Census William Henry Kingdon lives with his parents at Cheyney Cottage in Queens Nympton, Devon, he is a 23 year old Farm Labourer; William Henry Kingdon volunteered for overseas service on 14.09.1914 aged 26 at a pay rate of sixpence a day & sixpence family allowance; He was recorded as being a Farmer & at that time he was single & living in Queens Nympton, he gave his date of birth as 22.01.1886? He appears to have been taken on Devonshire Regimental strength on 14.09.1916; He served with ‘C’ Company of 1st/6th Battalion Devonshires, & recorded on the rolls, from 01.05.1917; He served in India as his records have him embarking on leave on 30.04.1918 & disembarking on 25.07.1918; He was Drafted to Salonika at some point & finally struck off strength on 09.12.1918; William Henry Kingdon Married Mary Jane Bosson from North Molton, Devon in 1920; I believe that William Henry Kingdon Died aged 73 years on 24.12.1960, & his wife died 14.05.1966 aged 76, both are buried in Mariansleigh, Devon; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Also awarded the Territorial Force War Medal for service with the Devons Teritorial Force prior to 1914; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, George: Devonshire Regiment No: 1424 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 - Also Recorded as: Kingdon, G: Devonshire Regiment No: 265174 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/24);

Kingdon, William H D: Royal Engineers No: 278909 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes; I believe that this is William Henry Daniel Kingdon, born in 1877 in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Daniel Kingdon, a Shoemaker & Cordwainer born in Tavistock in 1832 & Frances (Fanny) Rich, who married in Tavistock, Devon in 1862; In the 1881 & 1891 Censuses William Kingdon lived with his parents at #20, Barley Market Street, Tavistock; In the 1901 Census William H Kingdon is a 22 year old Printer Compositor living with his widowed Mother at #8, Pym Street, Tavistock, Devon; William Henry D Kingdon Married Ellen Setter, born 1878 in Whitchurch, Devon, in Tiverton, Devon in 1904; In the 1911 Census William Henry Daniel & Ellen Kingdon lived at #2, Dolvin Road, Tavistock; There are no military records, other than his MIC, that I can find; William Henry Kingdon of #20, Dolvin Road, Tavistock Died on 16.09.1959 at # 10, Mount Tavy Road, Tavistock Aged 82; His wife died on 28.11.1960 in Tavistock Aged 81: Medals Card on file for the issue of the British War Medal only;

Kingdon, William Henry: #5495, #50818, #T/54683, #185478, 6th Sherwood Foresters, Durham Light Infantry & Labour Corps, WW1;Notes: This is William Henry Kingdon born 15.12.1880 in Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, the Son of John Kingdon, a Carpenter b.1851 in South Molton & his 1st wife Elizabeth Ann Piller from Drewsteignton, Devon; In 1891 Census William Kingdon lives with his parents at #123 Mayall Road, Lambeth, his Father is a Carpenter; Unfortunately his Mother appears to have Died in 1892 in Lambeth; In the 1901 Census William Henry Kingdon is now 20 years old & also a Carpenter, living with his Father & Step Mother, (Mary Cecilia Coomber from Hastings, who married his Father in 1894 in Lambeth), in Mayall Road, Lambeth; In the 1911 Census William Henry Kingdon is aged 30 & a Carpenter living with his Father & Step Mother at #72 Mayall Road, Herne Hill; This Soldier’s Army Records have many references to numerous units he was posted to throughout his service; William Henry Kingdon was aged 36 years & 7 Months when he enlisted on 03.07.1916 in Camberwell for service as #5498 &/or #54683 In the Reserve Unit 6 th Sherwood Foresters Territorial Battalion of the Nottingham & Derbyshire Regiment, he was single & living with his Father in Herne Hill; I believe that he was transferred from the Reserves on 23.11.1916; (His Step Mother died 19.08.1918, aged 49, whilst living in Rattray Road, Lambeth where it appears William Henry Kingdon continued to live after his discharge from the Army); William Henry also served as #185478 with the 356 th

(HS) Works Company of the Labour Corps in 1917; He also served as #6253 with the 37 th Works Company, Durham Light Infantry; Obviously his Carpenter & Joiner skills kept him on the move throughout his service; I believe that he was discharged on 03.02.1919; There is no Medals card on file; (Brother of Kingdon, Abraham John: Private, #11852, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division; ADM 159/181); (Brother of Kingdon, George Charles: #11322, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division, who served in WW1 & died during WW2);

Kingdon, William Henry: #922649 Sapper, 200th Battalion, Canadian Engineers Regimental Battalion, WW1;Notes: There are enlistment papers for William Henry Kingdon in Camp Hughes, Manitoba, Canada dated 08.07.1916; I believe that this is William Henry (Harry) Kingdon born 05.07.1898 in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada, the son of Henry (Harry) John Kingdon, a Shoemaker, b.01.04.1867 in Wales who emigrated to Canada in 1888 & Minnie ?? b. 02.09.1868 in England who emigrated to Canada in 1890, who were probably Married in Canada in ca.1891/92? In the 1901 Census William Henry Kingdon is recorded as Henry Kingdon aged 2 & living with his parents in Minnedosa, Manitoba; In the 1906 Census William Kingdom is aged 7 & living with his parents in Marquette, Manitoba; At the age of 11 years William Kingdon is living with his parents in Minnedosa; In 1916 Census William Kingdon is recorded as being aged 18, with no occupation, living with his parents in Russell, Manitoba; William Henry Kingdon was aged 18 years when he enlisted in Camp Hughes on 08.07.1916; He was drafted into the 200th Battalion, Canadian Engineers Regiment, Overseas Expeditionary Force; He gave his birth date as 05.07.1898 in Minnedosa & his Father Harry Kingdon as his NOK living in Clanwilliam, Manitoba; He also gave his own address & occupation as a Butcher living in Russell, Manitoba; There are records for #922649, Sapper W.H. Kingdon returning to Canada on the ‘SS Olympic’ in late 1919 for transfer to the Canadian Engineer Railway Battalion (CERB) which gives his residence address as Clanwilliam & his Mother as his NOK; (Researchers should note & read up on the problems returning Canadian Soldiers faced when trying to find work in Manitoba & the resulting riots); (He is the Brother of #3345970 Private Ernest Arthur Kingdon who served with the Canadian Army in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Albert Kingdon who served with the Canadian Forces); (He is also the Brother of Alfred Henry Kingdon who served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in WW1); I did not research further;

Kingdon, William Henry: Service with the Militia at some point in time, between ca.1890 & 1915;Notes: There is a Militia Service Record List for 1806-1915, which includes a William Henry Kingdon born 1878 in Swansea, Glamorganshire; This is probably William Henry Kingdon b.1879 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales, the son of Richard Kingdon b.1854 in Bratton Fleming, Devon & Mary Rees from Swansea who married in 1876 in Swansea, Wales; (William Henry Kingdon is the Grandson of John Kingdon b.1817 Bratton Fleming & Grace Bale b.1815 in Parracombe); In 1881 Census Wm. Henry Kingdon is aged 1 year & living with his parents at #8, Park Terrace, Swansea, his Father is a Police Constable; In 1891 Census William Henry Kingdon lives with his family in St Thomas, Swansea, his Father is a Police Constable; In 1901 Census I did not find this William Henry Kingdon; In the 1911 Census, William H. Kingdon is aged 31, still Single & living with his Retired ex Police Sergeant Pensioners parents in Ystodwen Villas, Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, he is a Prudential Assurance Agent; He may well have been in receipt of a Chelsea Pension as a William Kingdon b.1878 in Swansea is listed there; (His Father’s Death Probate in 1926 indicates that William Henry Kingdon was working as a Colliery Store Clerk); (I believe that he was the Brother of Alfred James Kingdon: Army Service Corps No: TS/742 Acting Farrier Sergeant, who served Regular Army & in WW1); (I believe that he was also the Brother of Richard John Kingdon #2096 Acting Corporal #4480, Private, &1st Battalion, the Welsh Regiment who served 18 years & then re-enlisted in 1914 for WW1);

Kingdon, William J: #4023001, Private, Canadian Expeditionary Force: Canada Records 439451a, WW1;Notes: There records for a William J Kingdon Called up under the Canadian Military Service Act of 1917 in Ottawa, Ontario on 28.11.1917, category B2, Temporary in #3 Signal Training Depot, & signed by the Officer Commanding 1st Depot Battalion, E.O. Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force; There are no other WW1 Military Records for this soldier that I can find; I believe that this is William James Kingdon, UK Birth Record 1st Q 1894 St George, Hanover Square, London; The enlistment record has William J. Kingdon Aged 22 years & 10 months, Born 09.12.1893 in Pimlico, London England; His address is recorded as living at #214, Main St, Ottawa, East Ontario, his trade is noted as a Fireman, & his Nok given as his Mother, Elizabeth Kingdon, address unknown; He Lived at #214, Main St, Ottawa, East Ontario & had previously served in the Active Militia but had been discharged a/c Medically Unfit; Further research reveals that in the 1901 UK Census, Wm Jas Kingdon born 1897/8 Pimlico is a Visitor with a Clayton Family, William & Sarah & Daughter May, a Bricklayer from Welshpool, Montgomeryshire; William James Kingdon aged 7 at that time may have been an orphan or a foster child or Nurse Child? This family live at #1, Myrtle Road, Walthamstow, Essex; In previous census records they also have Nurse Children living with them. I also found the following immigration record for a passenger sailing from Liverpool UK to Halifax, Nova Scotia on ‘SS Mongolian’ on 25.03.1911 – arriving Halifax 08.04.1911 – William Kingdon Aged 17, has no trade but intends to Farm in Ontario; In the 1911 Canadian Census there is a W. James Kingdon born December 1893 in England, working as a Domestic in Osgoode, Russell, Ontario; I did not research any further;

Kingdon, William J: Army Service Corps No: M2/019498 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Prefix M2/ on his Regimental number denotes that he was an Electrician in Mechanical Transport, (references from Army Service Numbers website & The Long Long Trail website); William J Kingdon served in France from 28.11.1914 with the Royal Army Service Corps; This Soldier was on the Class Z Reserve after the War but no dates are given on his MIC card; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (Insufficient information to identify accurately);

Kingdon, William John: #K48002, Stoker 2nd Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/963/2, WW1;Notes: This Sailor’s Official Royal Navy number would indicate that he enlisted between 01.01.1917 & 31.12.1917 & the prefix ‘K’, that he was a Stoker; The ADM Records have his date of birth as 25.07.1899 in Plympton, Devon, so I believe that this is William John Kingdon born in Hemerdon, near Plympton St Mary, Devon in 1899; He was the son of John James Kingdon, a Clay Worker, b.1870 in Shaugh Prior, Devon, & Alice Louisa Bawden, b.1875 in Cornwood, Devon, who Married in 1898 in Plympton St Mary, Devon; In the 1901 Census William J Kingdon lives with his parents at Hanger Farm, Plympton St Mary; In the 1911 Census William Kingdon is aged 11 & living with his parents in Hemerdon, Near Plympton, Devon; I believe that he joined the Royal Navy during WW1 in 1917; I understand that he probably served for some time as he did not Marry Emma Eveline Kelley, b.1901 Cornwood, Plympton, Devon, until 1934 in Plympton; I don’t believe that they had any children? I understand that his wife Emma E Kingdon died in the Plymouth area in 1958 Aged 57; William John Kingdon may have remarried in 1961 in Plympton but this is not confirmed; He did however, live until his death in 1990 in the Portsmouth area Aged 90; Awarded the British War & the Victory Medals for his WW1 Service;Kingdon, William John: #K4383, Royal Navy; ADM 188/875, (1909 to WW1 service);

Notes: This is William John Kingdon born 13.11.1890 in Farnborough, Hampshire; He was the son of William Kingdon, a Gardener b.1862 in Wibley, Surrey, & Lucy Wattridge from Southampton who Married in 1890 in Farnham, Hampshire; In 1891 William Jno Kingdon lived with his parents at Bifrons Lodge, Sycamore Road, Farnborough; In 1901 William John Kingdon lived with his parents at #22, Richmond Place, Alverstoke, Hampshire, his Father was a Market Gardener at that time; William John Kingdon joined the Royal Navy between 01.01.1909 & 31.12.1909 as his official navy number would indicate & was serving as a Stoker, #K4383, on board ‘HMS Jupiter’ (Gunnery Training Battleship) at Weymouth Bay, Portland, Dorset in 1911; According to the Royal Navy’s WW1 Records Stoker Petty Officer W. J. Kingdon served in the Great War; On the ADM 171/107 Medal Roll he was serving on ‘HMS King George V’ at the end of WW1; there is a UK incoming passenger record for Naval Ratings ex Malta arriving on board the vessel Moreton Bay, at Southampton on 13.12.1930, Chief Stoker William J Kingdon of the Royal Naval Barracks in Portsmouth is on this list Aged 40; Subsequently I would assume that William John Kingdon served for many years with the Royal Navy, probably more than 20 years; His Long Service Medal was issued on 24.10.1924 & sent to him on the Aircraft Carrier ‘HMS Hermes’; I believe that William John Kingdon died in Surrey in 1977 Aged 86; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal & the Victory Medal; Also awarded the Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; I did not research further;

Kingdon, William John: #183694, Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 188/308/94, (1895 period);Notes: The ADM records have this Sailor born 09.10.1878 in Antony, Cornwall; His Official Navy Number #183694 would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1895 & 31.12.1895 & that he was a Seaman; Unfortunately there are no other records; I believe that this is William John Kingdon b.1878 in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall, & that he was the son of John Joseph Kingdon, a Royal Navy Stoker, b.23.09.1853 in New Passage, Stoke Damerel, Devon & Ann Maria Deacon, b.1852 in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall, & who Married in 1877 in Cornwall; In the 1881 Census William Kingdon is Aged 2 & living with his Mother & her parents at #9, Wilcove, Antony in Cornwall, she is recorded as being a Stoker’s Wife, & I believe that young William’s Father was serving onboard ‘HMS Iron Duke’ in Hong Kong; In the 1891 Census William J Kingdon lives with his parents at #13, Morice Street, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, his Father is a Royal Navy Pensioner; William John Kingdon’s Father Died on 04.10.1891 in Stoke Damerel Aged 38; I understand from the records that William John Kingdon enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1895; I failed to find him in the 1901 Census Records & have presumed that he was probably serving in the Royal Navy at that time; Towards the end of 1901, William John Kingdon Married Louisa Clara Hoyle, (b.1881 Wilcove, Cornwall), in Devonport, Devon; Their children, of which there are 2, were born in Wilcove, Cornwall so I assume that they returned there from Devon between late 1901 & early 1903? In the 1911 Census William & Louisa Kingdon are living in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall with William’s Widower Grandfather William Deacon & his Widowed Mother Maria Kingdon, William is a Farm Labourer; (Noted that their eldest child Stanley William G Kingdon (b.31.03.1903 Wilcove) is visiting with a Hoyle family Uncle in Torpoint, Cornwall, & is recorded as an 8 year old Scholar); (He is the Son of Kingdon, John: #82600, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 188/76/189); I researched no further;

Kingdon, William L: Honourable Artillery Company No: 6825 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This Regimental Number indicates enlistment between 05.01.1916 & 17.02.1916; This is William Loosemore Kingdon b.08.02.1892 Bishops Nympton, son of Bank Manager William Sottridge Kingdon, b.05.05.1860 in South Molton, Devon & Emily Jane Willcocks Loosemore, from Charles in Devon, who Married on 21.03.1891 in Bishops Nympton, Devon; William L Kingdon lived with parents above the National Provincial Bank in Hartlepool in 1901 & in Norton Lodge, Norton, Stockton on Tees in the 1911 Census; William L Kingdon enlisted on 8th December 1915 Aged 23 years & 6 months, he was a Bank Clerk; Served in England until going to France on 18.11.1916; This soldier was a Lance Sergeant in the Honorable Artillery Company during the War & served with the 3rd Line A & B Batteries & then the 1st Battalion; On 03.03.1918 he was sent back to England for commissioning as a Cadet with #19 Officer Cadet Battalion, Gazetted for Commission to 2nd Lieutenant on 03.02.1919 with the Special Reserve of Officers; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to William Loosemore Kingdon, #285032 having a Territorial Force Commission; He was discharged on 03.02.1919 under Para 392 (xixs) King’s Regulations for the benefit of the Public service for the purpose of being appointed to a permanent commission in the Special Reserve of Officers; The London Gazette Supplement dated 27.07.1921 records that 2nd Lieutenant W.L. Kingdon of the Honourable Artillery Company Resigned his Commission on 28.07.1921 but retained his rank; In 1927 he is living at #74, Johnson Road, Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire; William Loosemore Kingdon Married Florence Mary Peppin from Dover in 1930 in Bootle; William Loosemore Kingdon died in Tavistock in 1986 Aged 94; Medals Card on file but no specific medals noted; (He was the elder Brother of Kingdon, John Sottridge: WW2 Home Guard Service, 1940 to 1945);

Kingdon, William Napier: Commander, Royal Navy; ADM 196/145 & ADM 196/55, (1905 to WW1 & WW2 period);Notes: This is William Napier Kingdon born 17.09.1892 in Dorchester, Dorset, the son of Herbert Napier Kingdon, a Schoolmaster, b.1850 Bridgerule, Devon & Janet Isabel Bannatyne from Scotland who married on 01.01.1891 in Dorchester; In 1901 Census this family lived at The Briary, Canterbury Road, Garlinge, Kent, where William’s Father ran a small boarding school for boys; I believe that he joined the Royal Navy on 15.09.1905; Midshipman William Napier Kingdon Passed Out from his Naval training on 15.05.1910; In 1911 Census Midshipman William N. Kingdon is Aged 18 & serving onboard ‘HMS Lord Nelson’ positioned at sea at that time; In August 1912 he is a Midshipman serving onboard ‘HMS Achilles’; By October 1912 he is an Acting Sub Lieutenant & promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 30.09.1913; Between April - November 1914 he is serving on ‘HMS Roxburgh’; In April 1915 he is Sub Lieutenant onboard the Torpedo Gunboat ‘HMS Leda’; He was promoted to Lieutenant on 15.07.1915; From October 1916 to August 1917, Lieutenant W.N. Kingdon served onboard the Battleship ‘HMS Temeraire’; In January 1919 he is ‘Lieutenant in Command’ of ‘HMS Holderness’; In July 1920 he is serving onboard ‘HMS Tring’, (Tender to ‘HMS Harebell); From October 1921 to January 1923 Lieutenant William N. Kingdon is serving onboard the Sloop, ‘HMS Crocus’; I believe that William N. Kingdon Married Lillie Gwen Fletcher in 1923 in Elham, Kent; I understand that he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander & served onboard the Minesweeper ‘HMS Sherborne’ between 1924 & 1926; In July 1927 Lieutenant Commander W.N. Kingdon was serving in the 5 th Cruiser Squadron in China on ‘HMS Despatch’; In February 1929 he was in Command of the Minesweeper ‘HMS Tiverton’; From July 1931 to January 1933, Lieutenant Commander W.N. Kingdon was serving onboard the Turret Drill Ship, ‘HMS Terror, Monitor’, (also the Tender to ‘HMS Excellent’), in Plymouth; In October 1935 he was serving with the Reserve Fleet in Portsmouth onboard ‘HMS Coventry’; I understand that he was promoted to Commander in 1936 & then William Napier Kingdon Retired from the Royal Navy on 14.09.1936; At some stage he was permanently resident in Hong Kong & employed as Officer Instructor, probably from before 06.01.1938; From January 1938 to August 1939 he maintained this post with the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer force headquartered on ‘HMS Cornflower’; He returned to the UK on 26.12.1939 on the ‘SS Aeneas’, traveling 1 st

Class, & was recorded as a 47 year old Naval Officer, giving his UK address as “Alstree” Halberton, Tiverton, Devon; During WW2 I understand that he continued to serve in the RNVR in ‘HMS Lucifer’ with the Hong Kong Division, & also in 1945 he was still a Retired Commander in the Miscellaneous Services Section of ‘HMS Drake’ serving with the Commander in Chief, Plymouth; William Napier Kingdon Died in 1979 in Tavistock, Devon Aged 87; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Herbert Theodore: East Lancashire Regiment Rank: Captain 1914-1920 WO 372/11, also recorded as: Kingdon, H T: East Lancashire Regiment Rank: Temporary Captain WO 372/24); (Brother of John Bannatyne Kingdon, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy); (Brother of Kingdon, Janet L (Female): Voluntary Aid Detachment 1914-1920 WO 372/23);

Kingdon, William Samuel Goodwin: #22887, Private, 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment & #189327, Private & later2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is William Samuel Goodwin Kingdon born 4th Q 1894 in Shardlow, Derbyshire, son of Alfred William Kingdon, a Railway Station Master, b.1869 in Simonsbath, Exmoor & Selina Goodwin from Little Eaton, Derbyshire who married in 1894 in Shardlow; In 1901 this family lived in the Station House, Great Glenn, Leicestershire; (William’s Mother died in Market Harborough in 1906 & his Father remarried to Jemima (Minnie) Watkins, b.1882 in Augh, Pembrokeshire, in 1906); In 1911 Census & in 1914 Army records, William’s Father was Station Master at Kibworth; This soldier first served in France from 01.06.1916; He also served with the 11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment & was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 30.10.1917; He was still serving in 1918; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to 2 nd Lieutenant. William Samuel G Kingdon, #189327 & he is marked as being a demobilised officer; After discharge from the Army following WW1, William S G Kingdon Married Nancy Stroud (b.1898 in Basford, interesting fact that her Father was a General Dealer (Shop) & 3 of her siblings were born in Moscow, Russia), in 1927 in Basford, Nottinghamshire; William S. G. Kingdon died on 29.01.1942 at #17, Queens Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire Aged 47, his Wife Nancy died in 1968 Aged 69 in Nottingham; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals, which were applied for on 23.11.1921 & sent out on 28.12.1921, to this address: #4, Clinton Street, Beeston, Nottinghamshire; (He was step brother to Kingdom, E J: #7625997, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) #258736, 1939-1945, WW2);

Kingdon, William Stephen: Served in the Royal Air Force in WW1, AIR 76/277 & AIR 79/1667/184461;Notes: This is William Stephen Kingdon born 15.02.1900 in Blackheath, Lewisham, the son of Zachary Harris Kingdon, a Civil Service Electrical Engineer b.1857 in Exeter & Florence Kate Brindley from Sheffield, Yorkshire who married on 24.07.1890 in Greenwich; In 1901 William S Kingdon lived with his parents at #6, Belmont Hill in Lee, Lewisham, London; In the 1911 Census William Stephen Kingdon is aged 11, still at school & living with his parents at #5, Grimstone Villas, Plymouth; I believe that William Stephen Kingdon Married Winifred Mary Bealey in 1925 in Exeter; William Stephen Kingdon had also become an Engineer by the time of his Father’s death in 1935 in Exeter; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John Francis: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 434077 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Roger: Royal Engineers Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of George Bodley Kingdon who served in the Royal Navy & the Royal Air Force from 1929 to 1940); (He is the Brother of Zachary Edward Kingdon, Captain, OTC, Infantry Unit, who became District Commissioner in Tanganyika); (This family originates from the Thorverton Branch of Kingdons);

Kingdon, William T: Essex Regiment No: 253060 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This soldier’s Essex Regiment number of #253060 could well indicate service with the 5 th (Territorial Force) Battalion, The Essex Regiment, when the Territorial Force was re-numbered in 1917 (eg. #251905 originally joined on 21.09.1916)? William T Kingdon also served with the Hertfordshire Regiment, part of the Bedfordshire Regiment, with the number #269426, all units formed by this regiment were of the Territorial Force & this number was allocated to the 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment in the 1917 Territorial Force re-numbering system; This soldier also served with the Royal Engineers as #359251 & the Waterways & Railways Section of the Royal Engineers as #WR/284592; After some further research has revealed his WW1 Short Service Records under the wrong name (King), I therefore now believe that this is William Thomas Kingdon, born 1878 in Stratton, Cornwall; He was the son of Thomas Kingdon, a Miner & a Police Constable & later an Insurance Agent who was baptised in Linkinhorne, Cornwall on 15.03.1845, & his 2 nd wife , (1st

wife died 1874), Eliza Hicks b.1850 in Linkinhorne who Married in Linkinhorne, Cornwall on 30.12.1875, he was recorded as a Policeman; In the 1881 Census William T Kingdon is living with his parents in North Hill, Cornwall, his father is recorded as an Insurance Agent; In the 1891 Census Wm. T. Kingdon lives with his parents in Barn Street Liskeard, Cornwall, his Father is a Storekeeper; In the 1901 Census William T Kingdon is a Storeman & living with his parents in Pond Bridge Hill, Liskeard, his Father is a Coal Storekeeper; William Thomas Kingdon Married Lily May Stanton, born in 1875 in St Cleer, Cornwall, in Liskeard on 04.11.1907; William Thos Kingdon enlisted from the Army Reserve for WW1 Short Service on 22.09.1916, he was living at #24, Trevecca, Liskard at the time & was a Store Keeper; I understand that he was originally attested on 11.12.1915 & sent to the Army Reserve on 12.12.1915; He appears to have been mobilised on 22.09.1916 from the Army Reserve & served with the Hertfordshire Regiment, the Essex Regiment, the Royal Engineers Foreway Company & the Royal Engineers Waterways & Railways until being discharged to the Reserve on the 15.02.1919; I believe that he did serve in France at some time; Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals; I researched no further;

Kingdon, William Thomas; Lance Corporal #3785, Devonshire Regiment; (Early 1900’s Period);Notes: According to a Kingdon family bible this is William Thomas Kingdon born 22.04.1880 in Twitchen, Devon, the son of Thomas Kingdon b.1853 Bishops Nympton, Devon & Elizabeth Baker from Twitchen who Married on 11.06.1878 in Bishops Nympton; In 1881 William Thomas lives with his parents in Twitchen, Devon; In 1891 Census he lives with his parents at Kingscombe Cottage, West Anstey, Devon; I have not found him in the 1901 Census so assume that he was serving with the Devonshire Regiment? The Family Bible has William Thomas Kingdon serving as #3785 with the 9 th Service Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment; He has recorded that he was at Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire with 378, 9 th Devon Regiment in 1901; However, I find this difficult to understand as the 9 th Battalion Devonshires were not formed until 15.09.1914? His regimental number & unit were therefore probably Territorial Force? On the last page of his Bible he has recorded that he was a Lance Corporal serving in Jersey in the Channel Islands; William Thomas Kingdon Married Bessie Gibbs from Halberton in Meshaw in 1906; In 1911 Census William Thomas Kingdon is a Horseman on a Farm in Witheridge, Devon, living at Bradford Moor Cottages; I believe that William Thomas Kingdon Died on 13.02.1962 in Exminster Hospital Aged 81; There is no Medals card for this soldier so I presume that he did not serve in WW1; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Arthur: Dorsetshire Regiment No: 14190 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kyngdon, William Frederick Robert: Lt Colonel, Commanding Officer, ‘D’ Company, Tank Corps, WW1;Notes: This is William Frederick Robert Kyngdon born in 1881 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Frederick Henry Kyngdon b.1852 Exeter & his 1st wife Amy J. Berry, who Married in 1879 in New South Wales, Australia; In 1911 Census he was Boarding as a young Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery at #93, Jermyn Street, St James Square, London; William F. R. Kyngdon was a long time serving Commanding officer of ’D’ Battalion, The Tank Corps during WW1 but he had also served as a 27 year old Lieutenant attached to the Gold Coast Regiment & as a Major with the Royal Garrison Artillery; He first served in France on 21.08.1914; William Frederick Robert Kyngdon Married Gertrude Wemyss Anderson in 1928 in Dorking, Surrey; William Frederick Robert Kyngdon died on 26.10.1961 in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland; Medals Card on File for award of 1915 Star, for service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery; Awarded the British War & Victory Medals for service as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Tank Corps; I believe that he was also awarded the DSO & that he was Mentioned in Despatches; (There are 2 addresses on his MIC, The Drill Hall, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, & the Junior United Services Club, Charles Street, London SW.1); (He was a Grandson of Surgeon Dr. Boughton Kyngdon of Bodmin, Cornwall); Needs in depth further research;Further Notes: Whilst researching other names I matched these 2 records, which I now believe to be the same person;Kingdon, W F R: Lieutenant British Army (Royal Garrison Artillery); (1901 to 1912 period);Notes: The UK Passenger Arrivals Records indicate a Lieutenant W F R Kingdon arriving in Liverpool on 23.07.1902 on board the ‘SS Karnia’ sailing from Sierra Leone; I also found a Lieutenant W F R Kingdon sailing from England to Sierra Leone 25.06.1906, on board the ‘Accra’ alongwith 58 Other Ranks, but some of this information has been crossed out? The same pattern is recorded on a Lieutenant W F R Kyngdon sailing from London to Sierra Leone on 07.08.1907 on board the ‘SS Falaba’; There is however, another ship’s passenger record for a Lieutenant W F R Kingdon sailing onboard the ‘Elmina’ from Liverpool to Sierra Leone on 14.08.1912; I understand that William Frederick Robert Kyngdon Married Gertrude Anderson; I have also located this soldier in the London Gazette dated 06.04.1901, promoted to be 2nd Lieutenant with the Glamorgan Artillery (Western Division) in the Militia, Royal Garrison Artillery on 04.04.1901 & would suggest that he may well be the same Lieutenant Colonel W F R Kingdon who was the ‘D’ Battalion commander of the Tank Regiment in 1917 in WW1? I also found refernce to his Military Service in WO 338 at Kew where there is some indication that he also served with the Machine Gun Corps at some time; Family Line is the Holsworthy Kingdon Branch – New Zealand & Australia, see ‘Kingdon Book - A second Look 1974’ who adopted the surname Kyngdon spelling ca.1851 upon arrival in New Zealand; Needs in depth further research;

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Kingdon, Zachary: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803;Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a Zachary Kingdon, Lacemaker who served in the Militia; This is probably Zachariah Kingdon who Died in 1829, Exeter St David, his Probate identifies him as a ‘late lace & fringe maker’;

Kingdon, Zachary Edward: Captain, Officers Training Corps, General List, Oxford University Contingent, Infantry Unit, Senior Division; 1926 to 1932 period;Notes: This is Zachary Edward (Teddy) Kingdon, born in 1902 in Billericay, Essex, a son of Zachary Harris Kingdon, a Civil Engineer, b.1856 in Exeter & Florence Kate Brindley from Sheffield, Yorkshire who married on 24.07.1890 in Greenwich, Kent; In 1911 Census Zachary Edward Kingdon was aged 8 & living with his parents at #5, Grimstone Villas, Plymouth, his Father was working as an Electrical Engineer with the Admiralty & was a Civil Servant at Devonport Dockyard in 1925; The London Gazette of 30.07.1926 recorded that Lieutenant Z E Kingdon, of the Officers Training Corps, from Royal Grammar School (Lancaster) Contingent was to be a 2nd Lieutenant at Cheltenham College Contingent, Junior Division with precedence as in the T.A. 15th July 1926; The London Gazette of 11.01.1929 recorded that 2nd Liuetenant Z E Kingdon of the OTC, Cheltenham College Contingent, Junior Division was promoted to Lieutenant on 28.11,1928; The London Gazette of 08.11.1929 recorded that Lieutenant Z E Kingdon of Cheltenham college Contingent was to be Lieutenant of Oxford University Contingent, (Infantry Unit) Senior Division on 18.10.1929; The London Gazette of 06.06.1930 recorded Lieutenant Z E Kingdon was promoted to Captain on 24.05.1930; Records show that Cadet Mr. Z.E. Kingdon, aged 23, c/o Crown Agents, Millbank, London sailed from London to Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, onboard ‘SS Llandaff Castle’ on 17.07.1930; The London Gazette of 03.05.1932 recorded that Captain Z E Kingdon had resigned his commission on 04.05.1932; By this time I understand that Zachary Edward (Teddy) Kingdon was already posted to Tanganyika & had begun his career from Cadet to District Commissioner & Colonial Administrator in the African Service; I understand that he Married a Dorothy ?? & lived on Ruanda Valley Farm, Mbeye, Tanzania; He is recorded as sailing from Southampton to Tanganyila onboard the ‘SS Winchester Castle’ at the age of 44 & working as a Colonial Administrator; His UK address at that time was Thornton Hill, Exeter, Devon (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John Francis: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 434077 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Roger: Royal Engineers Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, William Stephen: Served in the Royal Air force in WW1, AIR 76/277); (He is also the Brother of George Bodley Kingdon who served in the Royal Navy & the Royal Air Force from 1929 to 1940); (This family originates from the Thorverton, Devon line of Kingdons); Needs more research;

Kingdon, Zealey William: #14659, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/60, WW1;Notes: This is Zealey William Kingdon born 27.01.1887 in Shoreditch, Baptised on 02.03.1887 in Hoxton, St John the Baptist, Hackney; He is the son of James Kingdon, a Tailor b.1846 in North Molton, Devon & Sophia Lightfoot from Peckham who Married in Clerkenwell on 15.10.1876; In the 1891 Census Zealey Kingdon is living with his parents at #38, Bevenden Street, Shoreditch & he is also still there in 1901 but working as an Errand Boy in the Port; Zealey William Kingdon enlisted in the Royal Marines on 14.06.1904 at the age of 17, later serving in WW1; In the 1911 Census there is a Private William Kingdon, aged 26, serving in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in the Royal Marine Barracks in Chatham, Kent; This Soldier’s WW1 Medals were forwarded to him whilst serving on ‘HMS Ajax’; He was Discharged to a Pension; In 1922 & 1933 Zealey William Kingdon is recorded on the Electoral Rolls for Hoxton with his Mother Sophia, Brother George & sister Sarah Ann at #38, Bevenden Street in Hoxton; In 1939 Zealey William Kingdon is recorded as living in #76, Aske House, Shoreditch with his Brother George Howardson James Kingdon & Sister Sarah Ann Kingdon; In 1957 Zealey William Kingdon lives at #48, Aske House, Academy Buildings in Ashford Street, with his Brother George & his sister Sarah, none of them seem to have married; I believe that Zealey William Kingdon Died in Shoreditch in 1957 Aged 70; Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; ADM 171/147 records the issue of his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 14.02.1936 & ADM 171/160 records issue of the Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service Medal on 03.02.1936; (Brother of Kingdon, George: London Regiment No: 800308 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: The foregoing information has been collected from records that are freely available on the Internet but the author does not guarantee that the expansion & identification of these records is accurate, but suggests that it should be used as a tool for further more detailed research of individual cases; It is intended as an additional aid tool, helping ancestry researchers to identify individuals named Kingdon or Kingdom who are recorded as having served in the Military Forces at any time or period in history;Peter Holden, roeschlinp@gmail.com