A to E KINGDOM  –  CAMPAIGN  MEDALS  &  MILITARY  SERVICE  (18th  May  2014)  

A Kingdom, A: #2099, Private, 2nd Line Glamorgan Yeomanry & #202417, Private, 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Territorial Force), 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: This is Arthur Harding Dorney (later known as Arthur Harding Dorney-Kingdom) born on 30.06.1893 in Aberkenfig, Glamorgan the son of George Kingdom, an Innkeeper b.1859 in Brendon, Devon & Susannah Harding, b.1859 in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales who married in 1882 in Bridgend, Glamorgan; (His Mother’s Harding family were Pub Owners; Susan Harding & George Kingdom both worked at the Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum in 1881); In the 1901 Census Arthur H D Kingdom is aged 7 years & living with his parents in the Public House ‘Shipsaground’ in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, Wales; In the 1911 Census for Wales, Arthur Kingdom, aged 17 & working as a Clerk is living with his Mother & Stepfather, Morrris Morris & Susannah Morris, Publicans of the ‘Star Hotel’ in Abekenfig, Higher Newcastle, Glamorgan; (It would appear that his Mother had remarried in 1905 in Bridgend, Glamorgan after the death of her 1st husband George Kingdom in 1903 at the age of 43); Arthur Kingdom enlisted in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales on 12.04.1915 at the age of 21 years & 10

months, for 4 years UK service with the Territorial Force, he was a Clerk & gave his Mother, Susanah Kingdon Morris, as hie NOK, address 128, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig & he first served with the Glamorgan Yeomanry until 22.06.1916; He was transferred to the 4th Reserve Welsh Regiment as a Private in 28.01.1917 & again transferred to Class NT Reserve at H.M. Factory in Pembroke on 06.03.1917; According to his records this soldier never served overseas; He was finally Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) due to sickness & being no longer physically fit for War Service on 03.08.1917 in Shrewsbury, having served 2 years & 114 days with the Territorial Forces all in the Home Station; He gave his retirement address as #1, Dynevor Place, Swansea; It appears that he had suffered a fall from a lorry which gave him a thigh problem in 1915 whilst serving in Dorchester; His Chelsea Pension number was #105010H commencing from 21.03.1917; Arthur Dorney Kingdom Married Jane Leyshon, b.09.07.1896 in Gower, on 27.09.1919 in Coychurch, Glamorgan; I understand that they had at least 3 children; I believe that his wife, Jane Dorney-Kingdom Died in Ogwr in 1977 Aged 86 & that Arthur Harding Dorney-Kingdom Died in Ogwr, Glamorgan, Wales in 1982 Aged 89; Awarded Silver War Badge #231023; No Medals Card on file;

Kingdom, A: #4764, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; WO 100/174 & WO 100/322, Boer War;

Notes: I have failed to identify Private A. Kingdom of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, however, his military number of #4764 would suggest that he enlisted between 29.07.1896 & 04.12.1897; His QSA medal would suggest that he served in South Africa between 11.10.1899 & 31.05.1902; His KSA medal would suggest that he served in South Africa on or after 01.01.1902 & had completed 18 months service prior to 01.06.1902 & that he had fought in 1902; The issue of the QSA Belfast Clasp indicates a fighting date of 21st to 27th August 1900 at the Battle of Bergendal; By the 08.04.1903 A Kingdom was serving with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment; Awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal & the King’s South Africa Medal, plus Clasps for Elandslaagte (1899), the Defence of Ladysmith, King’s South Africa 2 & the Belfast Battle Clasp; Insufficient information to enable identification; Kingdom, Aaron: #TS/3765, Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve; ADM 171/122 & BT 377/7/122096, WW1; Notes: This is Aaron Kingdom born 31.03.1882 & baptised on 07.06.1882 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1845 in Tenby & Emily Creese, b.1852 Tenby, who Married in 1870 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census Aaron Kingdom lived with his parents in Bridge Street, Tenby; In the 1901 Census Aaron Kingdom was a Fisherman & lodging at #18, Queen Street, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke; Aaron Kingdom Married Ethel Sarah Ann Smith, born 21.12.1883 in Pembroke, marrried in Tenby in 1907 & in the 1911 Census they lived at #24, Trafalgar Road, Tenby, Aaron was a Fisherman; The ADM 171/122 records have Aaron Kingdom serving in the WW1 Royal Navy Reserve in the Trawler Section & he appears to have served for the duration of the War; Aaron Kingdom part owned the Brixham Cutter BM211 (DH69) Reg. No. 90952 ‘Providence’ with his Brother Louis Kingdom in 1902 but she was totally wrecked on 30.05.1913 in Carmarthen Bay; Aaron Kingdom lived at #10, Culver Park, Tenby on 19.08.1918 when he owned & Skippered the wooden sailing smack vessel ‘Rose M31’, trawling out of Milford but landing in Tenby, but she ceased fishing on 27.11.1918 & was sold for breaking up; Aaron Kingdom died on 02.05.1959 & is buried in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, he was aged 77; Awarded the 1914-1918 Star, the Victory & the British War Medals; (The Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve, #D2519, & #B2005, & #C3530, WW1); (Brother of Kingdom, William: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve, #29607 & Merchant Seaman; Died in Brazil 1892);

Kingdom, Albert: #3/7024, Private, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11/167767 – Died in WW1; Private Albert Kingdom #7024, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment who was Killed in Action & Regarded Dead on 10 March 1915 in Flanders; Remembered with Honour at Le Touret Memorial in France on Panels 8 & 9;

Notes: A Regimental number of #7024 would indicate probable enlistment between 10.03.1902 & 12.01.1903; The 3/ prefix was common for Special Reserve & Extra Reserve recruits but in WW1 many service battalions used it to identify the particular battalion that a man served with; This is Albert Kingdom who was born in 1876 in Rackenford, Devon, he is the son of Robert Kingdon, a Road Repair Contractor b.1839 in Rackenford & Caroline Were who were married in 1858 in Tiverton, Devon; (This family had a total of 16 children of which only 8 were still living in 1911); In 1881 Albert Kingdom lives with his parents in Holmeade Cottages, Tiverton, Devon; In the 1891 Census Albert Kingdom lived & worked as a Farm Labourer at Combehead Farm, Tiverton; I cannot find him in 1901 or 1911 Census, I therefore wonder if he was already in the Army or not? I believe that he first served in WW1 in France on 17.12.1914; Medals Card on file for award of the 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of Henry Kingdom #5218, #3/18991 & #229435, Private, Devonshire Regiment & later #P11758, Corporal, Royal Military Foot Police who also served in WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Frank: #384, Private, Devonshire Regiment, & #1187, Corporal, Military Foot Police, who Died in Service); Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, WW1; Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Albert Frederick Kingdom born 23.06.1899 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia; This man enlisted on 01.10.1916 & joined the 13th Battalion, Armidale Depot on 13.04.1918 & 06.05.1918 at the age of 18 years & 10 months, he was a Labourer & his Mother was, Mary Anne Jane Doyle (then Kingdom & later Oram), of Niagara Street, West Armidale, New South Wales who he gave as his next of kin; I understand that his Father was Henry Kingdom b.05.03.1859 in Gostwyck, New South Wales who was Married in Uralla in 1888 & Died on 17.08.1906; At the time of enlisting, Albert Kingdom had already served for 2 years & 6 months with the 13th Battalion S.C; However, on 07.08.1918 Albert Kingdom was Discharged, having been found medically unfit for further service but the reasons are unreadable on the record sheet; Albert Frederick Kingdom Married Maud May Geneve Cosgrove in 1922 in Armidale & Died on 07.12.1943 in Mayfield; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force); (He was a Cousin of Kingdom, Charles: Private, #1618A, 33rd Battalion & 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force); (For my family records – this is the Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;

Kingdom, Albert: #27412, Private, 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, WW1; Kingdom, Albert: #38821, Private, 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, WW1; I believe that this is the same man? All of his vital statistics match up plus his signature looks the same; It is fairly obvious that he tried to enlist twice & was discharged as being unfit for service on both occasions! Notes: This is Albert Kingdom born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales in 1875 or 1883 depending on which Enlistment Record you use; He could easily be the son of Richard Kingdom, a General Painter, b.1846 in Bristol & Mary Davies? from Cardiff who probably married in Cardiff in 1872; (This family had 12 children); In 1891 Census Albert Kingdom may be aged 17 & living with his parents at #22, Littleton Road in Canton, Cardiff; I failed to find this family in 1901? In 1911 Albert Kingdon aged 38 is a Labourer & living with his parents at #27, Milton Street in Cardiff, there is a Sister called Minnie; Case 1: This man was examined on 01.02.1915 in Cardiff aged 31 years & 11 months (born 1883) & enlisted in The Welch Regiment as Private #27412; On 12.03.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient soldier & unfit for service, having served only 40 days and was suffering from bad ankles & arthritis; At enlistment he gave his sister Miss M Kingdon of #5, Humphreys Street, Cardiff as his next of kin, (this could be Minnie Kingdom born 1890 in Cardiff, & declared this as his home address; Case 2: This man tried to enlist for a second time in 1915 at the Recruiting Office, Labour Exchange in Cardiff & was again examined on 05.08.1915 aged 40 years, (born 1875), & recommended for Home Defence Service at the 3rd Welch Depot; At enlistment he admitted previous service of 40 days with 3rd attalion, Welch Regiment; On 09.09.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient soldier & unfit for service, having served only 36 days and was suffering from bad ankles & varicose veins; He was a single man & did not know the whereabouts of his next of kin but gave his address as #5, Humphreys Street, Cardiff; There are no Medals Cards on file; Not followed any further; Kingdom, Albert: #213501, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This is Albert Kingdom who served in WW1; I have no other information; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War Medal; Insufficient information to identify; Kingdom, Albert Edward Victor: #DA/22079, Rating, Deck Hand; Royal Navy Reserve Trawler Section; ADM 171/122 & BT 377/7/68505, WW1; Notes: This is probably Albert Edward Victor Kingdom born 24.05.1900 in Plymouth, Devon; He is the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary Ann Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Albert Kingdom is aged 11 months & lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census Albert Kingdom was Aged 10 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being at school; This man served later in WW1 in the Royal Navy Reserve (Trawler Section) as a Rating & Deck Hand; I understand that Albert E V Kingdom Married Elsie M Chapman in St Austell, Cornwall in 1926; Albert Edward V Kingdom Died in St Austell, Cornwall in 1989 Aged 89; For his Service in WW1 he was Awarded the British War Medal; (Son of Kingdom, 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 William James R. Kingdom who probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); Kingdom, Albert F W: #M/318298, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: The prefix M/ to his Regimental number denotes service with a Mechanical Transport Section; I believe that this may be Albert Frederick William Kingdom born in 2nd Q 1888 in Marylebone, London, 26.03.1888 from his school records, (Baptised on 03.06.1888 in St Marks, Marylebone), the son of Albert John Kingdon, a Groom/Coachman, b.1862 in Redland, Bristol & Alice Sweet from Fishponds, Clifton, Gloucestershire who married in 1887 in Islington, London; In 1891 Census the family lives in Cochrane Street, Marylebone, London, however, there are London School Records for ‘Fred’ Kingdom, aged 5 years, attending St Mark’s School in Westminster from 29.08.1893 & living at #7, Waverley Place, City of Westminster; ‘Fred’ Kingdom aged 7 is also recorded at Comber Grove School (St Mark’s School) on 26.03.1895; In 1901 Census ‘Fred’ Kingdom lives with his parents in #7, Waverley Place Stables, Marylebone; In 1911 Census Fred’s parents live at #14, Sale Street, Paddington, London but I failed to find their son; I believe that Albert Frederick W Kingdom dies in Harrow in 1964 Aged 76; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; I did not follow this soldier’s record any further;

Kingdom, Albert William John: #R/8/63287, #274572 & #311673, Lance Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, Acting Lance Corporal, 635th H.S. Employment Company Labour Corps, 1914-1920, WW1; Notes: This soldier also served as #274572 with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA), but there is a lot of correspondence in his service records from Army Units to Regiments trying to decide on what his real number was? This is Albert William John Kingdom who was born in 1898 in Rackenford (South Molton, Devon) the son of John Flew Kingdon b.1870 in Rackenford & Leah Alford from Templeton (Tiverton) who married in 1893 in Rackenford; In 1901 Albert Kingdom lives with his parents in Queen Square, Halberton, Tiverton, he is aged 3 years, his Father is a Prudential Assurance Agent; In 1911 Census his Father & Mother are still Assurance Agents but now are also Dairy Farming at Furbeers in Halberton, Devon & Albert Kingdom is aged 12 & still at school; I understand that in 1916 Albert W J Kingdom may have been serving with the 635 Training Reserve Battalion; Albert William John Kingdom then enlisted in the Regular Army on 13.06.1917 in Tiverton at the age of 17 years & 300 days, he stated that his occupation was a Tailor & gives his address as #5, Seymour Terrace, St John, Tiverton, Devon; This address was later changed to his Next of Kin’s address, Bell Farm, Rackenford, Devon, his parents address; At some stage in his service he was medically downgraded with ear trouble; Being in the Labour Corps & serving as an Orderly in 14 Reserve Brigade, RFA at Durrington Camp, Larkhill on 31.12.1917; Since 25.06.1919, he appears to have been transferred to various units throughout his service; Prior to dispersal on 17.09.1919 he was transferred to “B” Instructional Battery, RH & RFA on 14.05.1919 & was finally discharged on 15.10.1919; There is no Medals Card on file; I researched no further but this soldier’s record could benefit from further research; Kingdom, Alfred: #7880, Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11- Died in WW1: Sergeant Alfred Abraham Kingdom Died on 17th September 1914 Aged 26 years, Remembered with Honour in the Vailly British Cemetery in Aisne, France, Grave Reference is I.A.11;

Notes: A Regimental number of #7880 indicates probable enlistment between 24.01.1904 & 09.03.1905; This is Alfred Abraham Kingdom born in 3rd Q 1888 Tiverton 5b.418; He is the son of Robert Kingdom, a Police Constable & Agricultural Labourer b.1863 in Uplowman, Devon & Mary Ann Kent b.1866 in Rackenford, Devon who married in Rackenford, South Molton, Devon in 1886; In the 1891 Census Alfred Kingdom lived with his parents in Barrington Street, Tiverton, his Father was a Police Constable; Alfred Abraham Kingdom was aged 12 & worked as an Agricultural Labourer at East Mogfords Farm in Rackenford in the 1901 Census. In the 1911 Census Corporal Alfred Kingdom was a single soldier & serving in Malta with the 2nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment; I believe that he may have first gone to serve in WW1 in France on 22.08.1914; Sergeant Alfred Kingdon’s address at time of his death was given as Ramsterland, Stoodleigh, near Tiverton, Devon which was his parents address; His Will Probate confirmed his death in France with the British Expeditionary Force & was read on 08.12.1914 in Exeter, leaving his estate to his brother Robert Kingdom; Medals Card on file for the award of the Victory, British War Medals & the 1914 Star; (He was the Brother of Robert Kent Kingdom, #20889, Private, Somerset Light Infantry & #33681 & 346064, Private, Devonshire Regiment and who also Died in WW1 but not until 1917);

Kingdom, Alfred Blake: #2023, Sergeant, Army Ordnance Corps, WO 100/233; 2nd Boer War; Notes: This is Alfred Blake Kingdom born in 1863 in Woolwich, Kent; He was the son of Alfred Thomas Kingdom, a Carpenter & Greengrocer baptised on 30.06.1837 in Shoreditch St Leonard & Rosa Isabella Meillear from Woolwich, who Married in 1857 in St George Southwark; In the 1871 Census Alfred B Kingdom lives with his parents at #48, Eleanor Road, Woolwich, Kent; In the 1881 Census Alfred Kingdom is aged 15, working as a General Labourer & living with his Mother at #14A, Church Street, Woolwich; (I have not proven this but I believe that his parents may have lived apart from early 1881 as his Father Alfred T Kingdom & 2 of his younger brothers, Henry Ernest & 7 months old Percival W, were boarding at #16, West Street, West Ham, working as a Carpenter; Similarly his Mother Rosa Kingdom appears to have moved back to Woolwich as she is Boarding with a Painter, Henry Gardner, at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich Dockyard in 1891 Census, she is still recorded as being married; Then in the 1901 Census she is recorded as being a widow & is now the Housekeeper at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich; I believe that Rosa Isabella Kingdom Died in Woolwich in 1905 Aged 67); I have no idea when this soldier enlisted in the Army but I did not find him in the 1891 Census, however, he was more than likely already in the Army because in the 1899 Voters List for Woolwich East District, he was living at #17, Brookhill Road, Woolwich in the Military Staff Sergeant’s Housing; I understand that #2023 Sergeant A.B. Kingdom was posted to Natal, South Africa on 07.10.1899 but was later taken Sick at Durban, sent to Wynburg Hospital & then Invalided back to England on 28.02.1900; Again, I have no idea of his illness, but he must have recovered sufficiently for him to be posted to St Helena in the Cape Colony on 05.02.1901, where he was still serving with a Detachment of the Army Ordnance Corps on 31.07.1901; Alfred Blake Kingdom Married Helen Hannah Maunder, b.15.05.1880 in Lexdon, Essex, in 1910 in Dartford, by which time I believe that Alfred had left the Army; In the 1911 Census he was working as a Civilian Storekeeper at the Military Mechanical Stores in Aldershot & living with his wife at #1, Brighton Villas, Canning Road, Aldershot, Hampshire; From then on I understand that they moved back to Woolwich in Kent & lived at #3, Belford Grove, at least from 1918, until Alfred Blake Kingdom’s Death on 13.01.1937 in St Nicholas’s Hospital in Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent; He died at the age of 72 but his wife lived until 1969, dying in Woolwich aged 89; (It is worthwhile noting here that Alfred Blake & Helen Hannah Kingdom had a son named Ronald Blake Kingdom & that the house at #3, Belford Grove, Woolwich was bombed during WW2 & Ronald Blake Kingdom was a Civilian Death victim); He was awarded the South Africa Medal & the Natal Clasp for his service in South Africa; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Percival William John: #190952, Seaman, General Service, Royal Navy; ADM 188/326/152); (He was the Father of WW2 Civilian War Dead, Ronald Blake Kingdom); Kingdom, Alfred William: Royal Air Force, AIR 79/2546/292192; post WW1; Notes: The Air Ministry, Airmen’s Records, AIR 79 has reference to a Alfred William Kingdom, serving with the Royal Air Force in the date range 01.01.1918 to 31.12.1928, however, there are no other records; There are a number of Alfred William Kingdoms born in years which would indicate RAF service in this period but I did not follow these up; (The RAF came into being on 1 April 1918 when the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were amalgamated; Personnel from both Services transferred to the newly formed RAF and others joined the RAF directly after 1 April 1918); Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdom, Archibald: #T/35197, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, 1914-1920, WO 372/11; – Died in WW1; Driver Archibald Abram Kingdom #T/35197, 42nd Div. Train, Army Service Corps who died aged 24 on 29 September 1915; Son of John and Emily Harriet Kingdom, of 20, Station Terrace, Treherbert (Rhondda), Glamorgan, Wales; Born at Cardiff; Remembered with honour in Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, (used for burials from the Royal Victoria Military Hospital); His Grave Reference is C.E. 1732;

Notes: The prefix T/ to his Regimental number indicates that he served with Horse Transport Units in the Royal Army Service Corps; This is Archibald Abram Kingdom born in 1891 in Cardiff, the son of John Kingdom b. 29.12.1863 Llantrissent, a Retired Railway Engineer & Engine Driver & Emily Harriet Richards from Monmouth, who married in Cardiff in 1888; In 1901 Census they live in Central Cardiff; In 1911 Census the family lives at #20, Station Terrace, Treherbert, Rhondda, Glamorgan, his Father John is a Rail Engine Driver & Archibald Abram Kingdom is aged 19 & a Coal Miner & Hewer; I believe that he enlisted in Pentre, near Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley & served in Gallipoli & The Dardanelles from 27.04.1915; His burial in Netley would indicate that he probably died in the Royal Victoria Military Hospital; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Ernest C: #8321, Private, Army Cyclist Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Kingdom, Arthur: #SE/21190, Corporal, Army Veterinary Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to Kingdon files; Notes: This is actually Arthur Kingdon born in 1883 in Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of William Kingdon b.1846 Bishops Nympton & Elizabeth Westcott from North Molton, Devon, who Married in 1867; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals; (He was the Brother of Ernest Kingdon #17643, Devonshire Regiment who Died in WW1 on 13.11.1915); Kingdom, Arthur: #3122, Private, Gloucestershire Regiment & #235385, Lance Corporal, Worcestershire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: Arthur Kingdom also served with the Worcestershire Regiment as #235385 & was a Lance Corporal, which could indicate service with the 7th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment or more likely, his service with the 4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, (there is another number #265784 written on his MIC also which I believe could indicate service with the 8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment); This soldier served in France from 31.03.1915; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; There is insufficient information to identify this person further;

Kingdom, Arthur: #6214, Private, Army Cyclist Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Soldier first served in France from 06.09.1915 & was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 17.02.1919; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; There is insufficient information to identify this person further; Kingdom, Arthur: Able Seaman, Royal Navy, ADM 171/8 & ADM 171/2; Napoleonic Wars 1793 to 1840; Notes: Records for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving on ‘HMS Colossus’ at the Battle of Groix on the 23.06.1795 during the Invasion of France, part of the War of the First Coalition; There is a Medals Nominal Roll of surviving officers & men entitled to clasps of the Naval General Service Medal for actions between 1793 & 1827 in the ADM/171 records; In addition, ADM 171/2, date range 01.01.1793 to 31.12.1815 & headed “Hothams Action”, also records Medal Claims for actions in which First Lieutenants or Commanders were promoted & contains particular claims for the Algiers, Navarino & Acre Clasps for the NGSM & has reference to Arthur Kingdom ‘HMS Colossus & Fyne’; A second roll has Arthur Kingdom, ‘HMS Colossus’ being involved in Lord Bridports Action of 23.06.1795 ;

The ADM/171 records also have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving on ‘HMS Impregnable’ as part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet during the Bombardment of Algiers around the 27.08.1816; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has 2 references to an Arthur Kingdom, Able Seaman, in 1848 having served in the Napoleonic Wars; He was Awarded the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) for his service & the Clasp for ‘HMS Colossus’ was issued on 23.06.1795 P/960 & a Clasp for Algiers K/34 for service on ‘HMS Impregnable’; No other information to enable identification, but obviously a career Navy man;

Kingdom, Arthur: #10353, Private, West Yorkshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Private Arthur Kingdom, #10353, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) who died on 09 August 1915 in Gallipoli in the Balkans; Remembered with honour at the Helles Memorial in Turkey on Panel 47 to 51;

Notes: This is Arthur Kingdom born in Leeds according to records? His number #10353 would indicate enlistment in late 1914; The 9th (Service) Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment was only formed in York 0n 25.08.1914 & on 03.07.1915 they sailed from Liverpool to Gallipoli via Mudros & their first action was at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 06.08.1915 so Arthur Kingdom died in the very early days of the War; He first served in the Balkans on 11.07.1915; Arthur Kingdom was probably born in 1893 in Leeds, the son of Robert Kingdom b.1862 Bermondsey & Martha A ?? from Leeds who’s marriage I cannot find; In the 1901 Census the family lived in Clifford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, however, I failed to locate any of this family in the 1911 Census but consider that they still lived in or around Leeds, Yorkshire; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; His Death was reported in the Craven Herald; Needs more research; Kingdom, Arthur G: #355507, Private, Hampshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the Kingdon List: Notes: I wonder if this is not Arthur Gerald Whitfield Kingdon born 13,02.1897 in Medstead, near Alton, Hampshire, the son of Arthur Kingdon b.1868 in Basingstoke & Mabel Whitfield from Birmingham who married in King’s Norton, Birmingham, Worcestershire in 1895; (His Grandfather was Thomas Maton Kingdon b.1835 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, an Ironmonger & wealthy businessman); Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the brother of Kingdon, Cecil C W: Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, 1920’s); Kingdom, Arthur George: #6886, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the Kingdon List: Kingdon, Arthur G: #T6886, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Notes: This is probably Arthur George Kingdon born in Dawlish, Devon in 1885; Awarded Silver War Badge #63712; Records & Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick R; #286416, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in WW1); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Charles: #172009, Driver, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); I did not research further;

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Kingdom, Benjamin: Marine, Private; ADM 27/2/291; (1800 period); Notes: The ADM 27 Records for Mariners Allotments of Wages has reference to a Marine, Private Benjamin Kingdom, Pay Book #ML 116 & serving onboard the Prison Ship, ‘HMS Sampson’, at Plymouth, making an Allotment to his wife, Elizabeth Kingdom in 1800; The record also indicates that this Marine was Discharged on 17.09.1800 to Plymouth Quarters; Note: There is a Burial record for a Benjamin Kingdom on 19.07.1802 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex; Insufficient information to identify;

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Kingdom, Cecil: #L/7854, Private, East Kent Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Lance Corporal Cecil Kingdom #L/7854, 1st Battalion, ‘The Buffs’ (East Kent Regiment) who was Killed in Action & died on 15th September 1916; Remembered with honour in Thiepval Memorial; Thiepval Cemetery is generally for Soldiers who died on the Somme who have no known grave, there are 538 names on the panel 5D for “The Buffs”, Cecil’s age is marked as ‘unknown’;

Notes: This is probably Cecil Kingdom born on 10.09.1887 in Holloway, Middlesex & living in Lambeth in Surrey; He was the son of Albert Kingdom, a Tailor, b.1865 in Devon & Jessie Constance Morris from Kentish Town, who married in Islington in 1884; In 1891 Census Cecil lives with his parents in Upper Holloway, Islington; I believe that Cecil Kingdom Aged 6 was admitted to Yerbury Road School, Islington on 20.11.1893 & was living at #143, Junction Road; He maybe only stayed at that school for 7 days until 27.11.1893 when he seems to have been transferred to Whittington; His Mother was living with Cecil’s sister in Hornsey & working as a Music Teacher in 1901, (she appears to have not lived with her husband in 1901 or 1911?); Cecil Kingdom’s name is recorded in the Militia Service Records lists from 1806 to 1915; It would appear that Cecil Kingdom enlisted in Chatham, Kent as a young man; The L/ prefix to his Regimental number clearly marks him as a Regular Soldier & his enlistment between 09.09.1903 & 12.09.1904; In the 1911 Census Private Cecil Kingdom was serving with ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion The Buffs in Singapore; I believe that he first went to France on 20.09.1914 & served with the 1st Battalion ‘The Buffs’ until his death in 1916; Medals Card on file for award of the 14 Star, the Victory & British War Medals:

Kingdom, Cecil: Merchant Navy, Plymouth, WW1; BT 351/1/601; Probably served in WW2 also; Notes: This is probably Cecil Kingdom born in 1886 in Plymouth, the son of William Kingdom, a Railway Guard, b.1862 in Morebath, Devon & Elizabeth Ann Bond from Calstock, Cornwall who Married in 1882 in Plymouth; In the 1891 Census I have Cecil Kingdon living with his parents at #29, Frederick Street, Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Cecil Kingdon is aged 14 years & still living with his parents at #29, Frederick Street in Plymouth; Cecil Kingdon Married (Emily) Emelene Victoria Ryles (b.1888, East Stonehouse, Devon) in 1909 in East Stonehouse, Devon & in the 1911 Census they live at #1, Adelaide Street, East Stonehouse, Devon; In this 1911 Census he records himself as Cecil Kingdon & is a Ship’s Stoker with the Naval Ordnance Department; Cecil Kingdom served in WW1 with the Merchant Navy; I understand that Cecil Kingdom may have also worked for the Admiralty in the Second World War; TheLondon Gazette Supplement, page 2502, dated 04.06.1943, records that Cecil Kingdom was a 2nd Class Master, Naval Armament Vessels, however, the record is not specific enough to enable 100% identification or for WW2 Military Service; In 1943 Cecil & Emily Kingdom lived in St Budeaux, Plymouth; I believe that Cecil Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1957 Aged 72; His wife, Emmilene V Kingdom, a widow living at #19, Lauder Close, Northolt, Middlesex, Died at Hillingdon Hospital, Middlesex on 11.12.1962 Aged 75; BT 351/1/601 Card confirms Medals Awarded – WW1 Mercantile Marine Medal & British War Medal; (Brother of Kingdom, Frederick: #134456, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery); (Brother of Kingdom, William Wilfred: #209300, Gunner, Royal Navy, ADM 188/365: - Died in WW1 – “HMS Good Hope" on 01.11.1914); (He was the Father of Kingdom, Cecil George William: #PO/X104944, Marine, Royal Marines, who Died of Illness in Egypt 27.05.1943, See below); Kingdom, Cecil George William: #PO/X104944, Marine, Royal Marines, – Died of Illness in WW2; Marine Cecil George William Kingdom, Royal Marines Group, Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation II (M.N.B.D.O.) Died of Illness on 27.05.1943 in Egypt, Aged 33; He is Remembered with Honour in the Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Al Qahirah, Cairo, Egypt at Plot 4.L.3; (During the Second World War, Tel el Kebir was a hospital centre and a great ordnance depot was also established there, with many workshops for the repair of armoured cars and other weapons of war);

Notes: This is Cecil George William Kingdom, also recorded as Cecil William George Kingdom & Kingdon; This Royal Marine was born in East Stonehouse, Devon in 1910 & was the son of Cecil Kingdom, born in Plymouth in 1886, & Married to (Emily) Emelene Victoria Ryles (b.1888, Stonehouse, Devon) in 1909 in East Stonehouse, Devon; In the 1911 Census he lives with his parents at #1, Adelaide Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, his Father is a Ships Stoker with the Naval Ordnance Department; In this 1911 Census Cecil George William Kingdom is recorded as Cecil William George Kingdon; Cecil W G Kingdom Married Ellen Jeffery in 1939 in Plymouth, Devon; During WW2 Cecil George William Kingdom served with the Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines & was posted to the Royal Marine Group of the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation II in Egypt; (The MNBDO 2 was formed in January 1941 from elements of MNBDO I in UK. They were actively involved in air Home Defence until 1943 when this unit was drafted to the Middle East, where units were detached to serve with 8th Army; MNBDO 2 returned to UK in 1944 & was disbanded); Unfortunately Cecil George William Kingdom contracted an illness whilst in Egypt & subsequently died there at the age of 33; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & 1939-45 War Medals; (He was the Son of Kingdom, Cecil: Merchant Navy, Plymouth, WW1; BT 351/1/601 – See above);

Kingdom, Cecil James: #778612, Sapper, 127th Battalion Canadian Infantry No: 778612 Rank: Sapper: Canada Records 439424a & 439424b, WW1; Notes: This Soldier may well have also been called James Cecil Kingdom, Canadian records appear to mix the two versions; Cecil James Kingdom previously served in Canada with the 12th Regiment, York Rangers, a Militia unit, as noted on his Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers dated 01.02.1916 in Toronto, Ontario; I understand that the 127th Battalion (12th York Rangers) Overseas Battalion, CEF was his first posting; At enlistment Cecil James Kingdom was single & aged 18 years & 10 months, declaring his date of birth as 28.03.1897 in York, Ontario, Canada, & gives his trade as a Dairyman & his address as R.R. No.1, Todmorden; His NOK was his Father, James Kingdom; There is a Dispersal Record for Sapper Cecil J Kingdom being transferred to CEF Canada & returning from Europe on 19.03.1919 on board the ‘Minnekahda’; I believe this man to be Cecil James (James Cecil) Kingdom born 28.03.1897 in York, Toronto, the son of James George Kingdom, a Furnace Fireman b.07.09.1869 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England & Amelia Elizabeth Flewelling, b.20.12.1874 in Ontario, who Married on 29.08.1894 in Wentworth, Ontario; I believe that his Father Emigrated to Canada in 1880; In 1901 Canada Census James C Kingdom is aged 4 & lives with his parents in District 118, Toronto; In 1911 Census James Cecil Kingdom is aged 14 & living with his parents in #376, Don Mills Road, East York, York South, Ontario, his Father was now a Dairyman; I believe that James Cecil Kingdom, Aged 22 & a Farmer, Married Barbara Scott, Aged 16 & born in Scotland (31.03.1903), on 29.11.1919 in York, Toronto; I understand that her family emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1906; I have a Border Crossing Record for James Cecil Kingdom, a 28 year old Mechanic, visiting USA via Niagara Falls on 29.12.1920 in which Mrs. Barbara Kingdom is recorded as his wife, living at #38, Chilton Road, Toronto; In the 1921 Canadian Census Cecil James & Barbara Kingdom live with her parents, John & Margaret Scott, in Scarboro Township, York East, Ontario; Cecil James Kingdom is aged 26 & working as a Dairy Labourer; I understand that Barbara Kingdom, his wife, Died in East York General Hospital , Ontario on 21.03.1929 of anaesthetic shock after a 7 hour operation; At the time of her death they were living at #3085, Darnforth Avenue, East York; She is Buried in St John’s Cemetery; I did not research further; Kingdom, Charles: #66994, Private, Machine Gun Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This soldier probably enlisted in September 1916? (Another Machine Gun Corps soldier, #66944 enlisted on 10.09.1916); Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals: There is insufficient information to identify this person further; Kingdom, Charles: Private, #1618A, 33rd Battalion, 50th & 53rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, WW1; Notes: There are more Records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Charles Kingdom born in 1896 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia; He is the son of William Edmund Kingdom b.16.07.1863 in Gostwyck & Sarah Ann Quinell, who Married in 1884 in Armidale, & lived in Happy Valley, Armidale, New South Wales; This soldier lived at North View & enlisted in Armidale on 27.10.1915 at the age of 21 years & stated that he was a Farmer; Charles Kingdom was sent to ‘A’ Company, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements, 9th Infantry Brigade as a Private on 14.02.1916 & was sent to serve in France on 26.04.1916, sailing from Sydney on 04.05.1916 on board ‘HMAT Marathon’ with the 9th Infantry Brigade, 1st Reinforcements; On 03.12.1916 he was suffering from Trench Foot & was hospitalised before being transferred back to France on 16.01.1917; He seems to have suffered with bronchitis throughout 1917 & was shipped back to England for treatment; During this time Charles Kingdom found himself in disciplinary trouble & found guilty at a District Court Martial in UK for striking another soldier & breaking out of camp & was reduced to the ranks from Corporal to Private; By 05.12.1917 he was sent back to France, Wounded in Action on 02.09.1918 with a Gun Shot Wound to the wrist & invalided to UK wounded & also suffering from severe pneumonia; On 02.03.1919 Charles Kingdom was repatriated to Australia on board the Troopship ‘Derbyshire’ & finally discharged from the Army on 09.06.1919 in consequence of medical unfitness; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British war & Victory Medals; (He was the Cousin of Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force); (He was the Cousin of Kingdom, Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force); (For my family records – this is a Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;

Kingdom, Charles: #13172, Private, Welsh Regiment & #407374, Private, Labour Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: Based on similar Welsh Regiment soldiers numbering, I would suggest that Charles Kingdom probably enlisted in late August or early September 1914; This soldier first served in France from 12.05.1915 & at the end of the War was transferred to the Z Reserve on 19.03.1919; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; His Victory Medal was Returned on 14.06.1929; There is insufficient information to identify this person further; Kingdom, Charles: #172009, Driver, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the Kingdon List; Notes: (I believe that this is more likely to be Charles Kingdon when I researched looking for suitable candidates); This is probably Charles William Kingdon b.1883 in Dawlish, Devon; Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick R: #286416, Sapper, Royal Engineers 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Arthur G: #T6886, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Needs more research; Kingdom, Charles A: #124824, Gunner, 239th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Charles Alfred Kingdom who died aged 29 on 29 August 1918; Son of Alfred and Marian Kingdom, of 5, Lower Park Road, Hastings. Remembered with honour Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines in France, Grave reference II. B. 39;

Notes: This is Charles Alfred Kingdom born in 1889 in Hastings, Sussex, the son of Alfred Kingdon, a Gents Outfitter, b.1859 in the London Borough & Marian Ford who Married in 1880 in Hastings; In the 1891 Census Charles A Kingdon lived with his parents at #25, Brooke Street, St. Andrew, Hastings, East Sussex; In the 1901 Census Charles A Kingdon lived with his parents in Holy Trinity, Hastings; In the 1911 Census Charles Alfred Kingdon was aged 22, working as a Shop Assistant for a Hosier & Outfitter, & living with his parents at #5, Lower Park Road, Hastings, Sussex; He was an Outfitters Assistant when he enlisted on 11.12.1915 in Hastings & gave his Mother as his NOK; Charles Alfred Kingdom joined at Dover in UK from 09.10.1916 to 22.03.1917; He was sent to join the British expeditionary Force in France on 23.03.1917 & served there until 19.10.1917; He appears to have been wounded & poisoned by a Gas Shell in Boulogne on 17.10.1917, sent back to England to Norfolk War General Hospital in Norwich & remained back in England from until 10.02.1918 before being sent back to France on 11.02.1918; Charles Alfred Kingdom was Killed in Action on 29.08.1918, following which, his effects were returned to his Mother on 22.01.1919 in Hastings; At the time of his death his Father was deceased, his Mother & his brothers Arthur S. aged 28, John W aged 21 lived in Hastings, & his sisters Elizabeth A. aged 39 & married lived in Bristol, Ethel G aged 35, Hettie aged 34, Dorothy aged 23 & Bessie aged 17 lived in Hastings; He had a Will which went to Probate on 21.05.1919 leaving his money (190 pounds) to his widowed Mother Marian Kingdon; In 1920 his Mother requested a photo of his grave; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals;

Kingdom, Charles A: #M2/099092, Private, Royal Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: The prefix M2/ to his Regimental number denotes that he was an Electrician; He first served in France from 04.09.1915 & at the end of the War he was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 09.07.1919; Whilst researching London School Records for another Kingdom, possibly a brother, indicated that this is more than likely Charles Augustus Kingdom born 17.05.1894 in Hammersmith the son of Edward Charles Kingdom, a Scaffolder/Labourer, born 07.02.1864 in Bristol & Eliza Ann Chappell from Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland, who married on 14.06.1886 in Kensington, London; In the 1901 Census the family were living at #59, Latimer Road in Hammersmith & the family name is recorded as Kingdon; In the 1911 Census Charles Kingdom was aged 16 years, working as a Carpenter’s Apprentice & living with his parents at #30, Wharf Road, Notting Hill, London; I believe that Charles Augustus Kingdom Married Cissie Oaks, born 1903 in Acton Green, on 03.08.1924 in Brentford, Middlesex; (She was the sister of his elder Brother’s wife, Louisa Hetty Kingdom, nee Oaks); I believe that Charles Augustus Kingdom Died on 27.09.1975 in Runnymead, Surrey Aged 81; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, E T (Edward Thomas): #M2/121366, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Kingdom, Charles G: #14226, Private, West Riding Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Regiment was also known as the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment & is part of the West Yorkshire Regiment; Having researched other soldiers in this Regiment with similar numbers, I would guess that Charles G Kingdom enlisted sometime in March or April 1915; This soldier could be Charles Godfrey Kingdom born on 11.07.1895 in Huddersfield, (baptised Charles Godfrey Kingdom on 01.09.1895 in Rashcliffe, St. Stephen), the son of John James Kingdom, a Worsted Spinner, b.07.10.1870 in Horton, Bradford & Edith Mary Cleasby from Kirkburton, Yorkshire who married in 1895 in Huddersfield; (His Grandfather was John Kingdom a Brewer from Kidderminster, Worcestershire I believe); In the 1901 Census Charles Godfrey Kingdom lived with his parents in the Bottoms, Upperthong, Yorkshire; In the 1911 Census Charles Godfrey Kingdom is aged 15, working as an oiler on a worsted spinning machine & lives with his parents in #75, Bottoms, Holmfirth, Huddersfield; I believe that Charles G Kingdom Married Margaret Hudson, born 08.08.1895, in 1923 in Huddersfield; I also believe that Charles G Kingdom Died in 1966 Aged 71 in Durham & that his wife Margaret Kingdom died in 1971 in Hartlepool Aged 76; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medal; This information is correct for Charles Godfrey Kingdom but could be researched further?

Kingdom, Charles H: #10/998, Private, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own), 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Private Charles Herbert Kingdom, #10/998, 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 22nd July 1916; Remembered with honour Rue De Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, in France, on panel I.K.5;

Notes: This is Charles Herbert Kingdom born in 1st Q 1894 in Hull, the son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1854 in Hull & Priscilla Hewitt Page from Hull who married in 1875 in Hull; In the 1901 Census Charles H Kingdom, aged 7, lived with his parents at #4, Brunswick Square, in Hessle, Sculcoates, Yorkshire; According to the East Yorkshire Regiment’s Deceased Army Form for this soldier dated 14.04.1919, his Father had not lived with his family since 1905; In the 1911 Census ‘Herbert’ Kingdom is aged 17 & lives with his Mother at #20, Rosamund Street, Hull, Yorkshire & he was a Carriage Cleaner for a Railway Company; Charles Herbert Kingdom enlisted for WW1 on 14.09.1914 in Hull, he was an Assistant Grocer & served in England until 07.12.1915; On 08.12.1915 he was posted overseas to the Middle East Forces Region, disembarking in Port Said, Egypt on 22.12.1915; On 29.02.1916 he embarked in Port Said & disembarked with the British European Force at Marseilles on 07.03.1916; Private Charles Herbert Kingdom was posted to the front in WW1 France, suffered bouts of influenza between 01.05.1916 & 07.05.1916, whilst in the Field, at 93 Field Ambulance & then he was killed in action in the Pas de Palais locale in France on 22.07.1916, following only 1 year & 313 days service; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1914/15 Star, British War &Victory Medals, & his medals were sent to his mother between 1919 & 1923; (He was the Brother of Wilfred Thomas Kingdom; Deck Hand of the Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull), Mercantile Marine who died at sea, aged 24 on 08th January 1915 in WW1 action); (He was the Brother of Richard Ernest Kingdom, #SA78, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for WW1 services); (He was the Son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, #610/E Royal Naval Reserve; BT 164/10);

Kingdom, Charles Michael: #272243, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy; (Became an Officer); ADM 188/437 & ADM 171/107; (From 1905, WW1 & WW2 to 1947 Service); Notes: This is Charles Michael Steer Kingdom born 21.02.1891 in Wembury, Devon, (registered in Plympton); I had initially failed to identify his parents, but further research would indicate that he is probably the son of Albert Richard Kingdom, a shipwright & boat builder, b.1859 in Plymouth, & Jeannie Akerman Steer b.1860 in Plymouth, who Married in Plymouth in 1879; (This family belongs to the Kingdom/Hockings line which I was having great problems with as some records have simply Hocking); In the 1891 Census young Charles is aged 1 month & living with his parents in the Fish Curing Houses, Wembury, Devon, however, one should note that the family surname is recorded as K. Hockings; In the 1901 Census, C.K. Hockings is aged 10 & living with his parents at #18, Lambhay Hill in Plymouth; This Sailor’s official Naval Number would indicate enlistment sometime between 01.01.1905 & 31.12.1905; (Some records have him as Charles Michael Steer Kingdon); In the 1911 Census Charles Kingdom aged 20 & born in Plymouth, is boarding at the London Hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, he is with friends & serving in the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer; Charles M.S. Kingdom Married Flossie May Hamley (b.1891 in Cornwall) in Plymouth in 1914; On 06.08.1917 Charles M.S. Kingdom was recorded as being promoted to the rank of Engineering Mate; In 1919 Charles M.S. Kingdom was an Engineering Mate serving onboard the Battleship ‘HMS Colossus’; He was made an Acting Lieutenant on 06.08.1919; In July 1920 he is serving as an Acting Engineering Lieutenant onboard ‘HMS Revenge’; In 1923 he is serving onboard the Cruiser ‘HMS Glorious’ as the Engineering Lieutenant, his promotion is dated 03.01.1922; In 1924 he is an Engineering Lieutenant Commander (promoted 10.06.1924), onboard the Torpedo Boat Destroyer ‘HMS Volunteer’; In 1925 he is serving onboard the Cruiser ‘HMS Weymouth’; In 1926 I believe that C.M.S. Kingdom was an Engineering Lieutenant serving onboard ‘HMS Valorous’; On 17.12.1926 this Officer was promoted to a full Engineering Lieutenant Commander & was serving onboard the Destroyer ‘HMS Wishart’ in 1927 & 1928; In 1929 Eng. Lieut. Cmdr. C.M.S. Kingdom is assigned to the Destroyer ‘HMS Anthony’, under construction, & is also assigned for duty with Captain Superintendent of Contract-built Ships, Building at Messrs. Scott’s Shipbuilders in Greenock, Scotland; ‘HMS Anthony’ was commissioned at Chatham on 11.03.1930 & in 1931 C.M.S. Kingdom is the Eng. Lieut. Cmdr. on board whist this vessel is serving in the Mediterranean 3rd Flotilla; (I have a record of Mrs. Flossie M Kingdom, Aged 38 & a Daughter Miss Emily Betty Jeane Kingdom Aged 11 arriving on the ‘SS Viceroy of India’, from Gibraltar to Tilbury on 24.10.1930, her address is given as #11, Napier Terrace, Plymouth, Devon; Did this mean that she visited her husband who was serving in Gibraltar?); In 1933 he is serving onboard the newly re-commissioned ‘HMS Montrose’ in the Reserve Fleet; In 1934 he is the Eng. Lieut. Cmdr. onboard the Depot Ship ‘HMS Ambrose’, used as an Accommodation Ship in Rosyth, in Maintenance Reserve; In 1935 he is back onboard ‘HMS Montrose’; This Naval Engineering Officer then retired from the Royal Navy in 1936/37; However, I understand that he was re-employed with the RNVR as in 1941, as a Retired Engineering Lieutenant Commander, he was serving onboard ‘HMS Spartiate’; From 1942 to 1947 he was the Base Engineering Officer at ‘HMS Trelawney’; I believe that Charles M.S. Kingdom Died on 17.09.1953 at #2, Cuffe Road, Milehouse in Plymouth Aged 62 & his wife Flossie May Kingdom Died in 1963 in Plymouth Aged 71; Awarded Medals in the Officer’s Roll for WW1, 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals for his Service time as a Mate; Not properly identified for certain; (Probably related to Kingdon, Percival Hocking: #290562, 7th Battalion Devonshire Regiment & #R2564 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy, ADM 339/1);

Kingdom, Christopher; #15870, Seaman Continuous Service, Royal Navy; ADM 139/159; (1850-1870 period); Notes: According to the records Christopher Kingdom volunteered for Continuous Service with the Royal Navy & I would assume from this man’s official Naval Continuous Service Number that he was allocated #15870 on 30.09.1854, however, he may well have already been serving in the Royal Navy prior to this date; His Naval records have his Birth Date as 19.11.1815 in Devonport, Devon, there are however, additional Royal Navy records for a Christopher Kingdom, born 19.11.1815 in Devonport, which indicate his service dates as 27.08.1855 to 05.04.1860; This is probably Christopher Kingdom baptised in Stoke Damerel on 10.05.1818, the son of Christopher Kingdom a Stonemason, b.1779 in Molland, Devon & Sarah Hambleton from Somerset who Married pre 1801; In the 1841 Census Christopher Kingdom aged 20 lives with his parents in William Street, Tamar District, Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1848 in Stoke Damerel Christopher Kingdom Married Ann Tamlin, b.1820 in Devonport, Devon; In the 1851 Census Ann Kingdom is recorded as a Seaman’s Wife, lodging at #28, Queen Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon but I failed to locate Christopher Kingdom as he was in the Royal Navy & probably at sea, (there are too many choices to carry out a full search)? Naval Medal Records indicate that Christopher Kingdom was serving on board ‘HMS Spartan’ in the Rangoon River in the Second Anglo-Burmese War between 29.12.1852 & 03.01.1853 & that he was later serving with ‘HMS Colossus’ ca. 22.04.1856; In the 1861 Census Christopher Kingdom is still a Serving Seaman in the Royal Navy & living with his wife Ann in the Tenements in Princess Street in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In the 1871 Census Christopher Kingdom is now aged 50 & a Greenwich Pensioner, boarding with his wife at #6, Williamson Street in Southcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; In the 1881 Census Chas & Ann Kingdom are living at #23, Seward Street in Southcoates, Christopher Kingdom is a Naval Pensioner; I believe that Christopher Kingdom Died in 1887 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire Aged 70; I did not find his Widow in 1891 but in the 1901 Census Ann Kingdom is living alone at #2, Reckwell Court, Little Albion Street, West Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Ann Kingdom probably Died in 1908 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, Aged 89; Awarded the India Medal 1854 & Naval Personnel Clasp ‘PEGU’ (1852-1853); Kingdom, Claude Carne: #178198, Private, Machine Gun Corps, WW1; Transferred to Kingdon List: Notes: This is actually Claude Carne Kingdon born in Cornwall in 4th Q 1890; No Medals Card on file; (He is the elder Brother of William John Yendall Kingdon (Kingdom W) #PO/1887(S), Private, Royal Marines 2nd Battalion. RN Division, Marine Light Infantry & died of Dysentery in France in 1918 in WW1); Kingdom, Colin M: #318, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Also Recorded as: Kingdom, C M: #452031, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/24, WW1; Notes: This soldier may have enlisted as early as between 08.04.1896 & 08.01.1897 when the new number series was initiated for Royal Engineers in 1896, but this is unlikely; There is however, the better possibility that he had been serving with a Territorial Force Royal Engineers Unit as #318 & in the 1917 renumbering, was allocated the new #452031 number; From records, it is reasonably safe to assume that #452001 to #454000 batch was allocated to soldiers serving with the Welsh Division Signals Company; I believe that they were based in Cardiff, Wales; This Sapper served in Egypt from 27.07.1915 but I failed to pin down his unit, although there were Welsh RE’s in Egypt at that time; The RE Museum holds War Diary summaries for the 3/1 Welsh Division Signal company from 13.04.1915 to ?, and they were probably part of the 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Signal Company; This soldier was disembodied on 04.05.1919; MIC card has C M Kingdom, record has Colm M Kingdom, MIC Card has been amended to read Colin M Kingdom? Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; I can find no other records for a Colin M Kingdom or Kingdon so no further research on this soldier;

Kingdom, Cornelius Lawrence: #M12042, Engine Room Artificer Class 3, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1042/42, WW1; Notes: This is Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom born 09.04.1887 in Hull, baptised on 03.06.1887 in Hull, he was the son of John William Kingdom, a Trawler Fisherman, b.1858 in Hull & Elizabeth Ann Fisher from Brixham who Married in 1881 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; In the 1891 Census Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom lives with his parents at #148, Somerset Street, Newington, Hull; Cornelius’s Father Died in 1895 at the age of 37 & in the 1901 Census Cornelius L. Kingdom, aged 13, lives with his Widowed Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West Sculcoates, Hull; In the 1911 Census Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom is an Engineering Blacksmith & still living with his Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West Sculcoates; Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom Marries Martha Jekyll, a Milliner born 1889 in Hull, in 1913 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Naval Records would indicate that this sailor enlisted sometime between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915 & show that Cornelius L Kingdom, Engine Room Artificer Class 3, #M.12042 served on ‘HMS Assistance’, a Repair Ship in WW1 at the time his medals were being issued; His wife Martha Kingdom, living at #2, Mere View Avenue, Hornsea, Yorkshire, Died on 23.12.1947 Aged 58 at the Raywell Sanitorium, Skidby in Yorkshire, her Probate Record indicates that she was the wife of Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom, Sergeant in the Air Ministry Constabulary; I believe that Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom Died at the Western General Hospital, Anlaby Road, Kingston-upon-Hull on 27.05.1949, he was Aged 62 & lived at #73, Graham Avenue, Kingston-upon-Hull at that time; It would appear that they had no children; His Medal Records indicate that he received the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals & ADM 171/131 records the issue of the British War Medal for Mercantile Marine Reserve service as a Leading Deck Hand on the Auxiliary Patrol Shore Base at Grimsby ‘HMS Pekin’; (He is the Brother of John William Kingdom, #709, Private, Northumberland Fusiliers & #54392, Private, 4th (Hull) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment & #139275, Private, 19th Company, RAMC);

E KINGDOM  –  CAMPAIGN  MEDALS  &  MILITARY  SERVICE

Kingdom, E: #17643, Private, Devonshire Regiment 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; - Died in WW1; Private Ernest Kingdon, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was Killed in Action on 13.11.1915, & is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Ridge, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France; Transferred to the Kingdon List: Notes: This is Ernest Kingdon b.1880 in Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of William Kingdon b.1846 Bishops Nympton & Elizabeth Westcott; There is also a Medal Card for him as #17643 as Ernest Kingdon in the Devonshire Regiment? Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Arthur: #SE/21190, Corporal, Army Veterinary Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;); Kingdom, E A: #1590, Private, 1st/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-20 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: Enlistment dates for the number #1590 are between 03.02.1886 & 05.07.1887; Enlistment for WW1 was 10.11.1914 & date of Discharge in Exeter for Sickness under King’s Regulations, Para 302 (xvi) was 20.07.1915; Served with the 1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment but never served overseas; (This Battalion in August 1914 was in Exeter, unallotted to a higher formation; They had moved to Seaton Carew on North East coastal defences by 1916 was at Bawdsey in Suffolk; In early 1918 they moved to Canterbury and came under orders of 11th Cyclist Brigade in the Cyclist Division); This could be Ernest Albert Kingdom born on 31.01.1894 in Exeter, St Thomas; ; In the 1901 Census Albert E Kingdom lived with his Mother, a Laundress, at #13, Beaufort Road, St Thomas, Exeter, I did not find a Father; His Mother Jane Kingdom Married John Scanes in St Thomas Exeter in early 1910; In the 1901 In the 1911 Census he may be calling himself Albert Kingdom, working as a 17 year old Mason’s Labourer and living with his Stepfather & his Mother, John & Jane Scanes in #1, Rattenburys Place, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon; Ernest Albert Kingdom died in 1969 in Exeter Aged 75. Awarded Silver War Badge #227834; Records Card on file; Insufficient information to identify this soldier with certainty; Kingdom, E C H: #126946, (Commissioned Officer), Royal Horse Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Soldier was Commissioned on 07.07.1916; Medals Card on file but no medal information; I failed to find anything on this man or to identify him; Kingdom, E H: New Zealand, 9th Contingent; Boer War; Notes: This Soldier is recorded as having served with the 9th New Zealand Contingent in the Boer War in 1902; He would have sailed from New Zealand to South Africa on 12.03.1902 & probably saw action until peace was declared on 01.06.1902; I believe that the 9th Contingent sailed home in July 1902; I failed to find anything else on this man or to identify him;

Kingdom, E. T: #M2/121366, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: The prefix M2/ to his Regimental number denotes that he was an Electrician; There are Service & Pension records for this soldier on file; This is Edward Thomas (Teddie) Kingdom born 23.08.1890 in Kensington, the son of Edward Charles Kingdom, a Scaffolder/Labourer, b.07.02.1864 in Bristol & Eliza Ann Chappell from Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland, who married on 14.06.1886 in Kensington; (I believe that his parents had an earlier son also named Edward Thomas who was baptised on 20.06.1887 in St Clements Church, Notting Hill, they were living at #128, Latimer Road then, but he died Aged 0 – see 2nd Q 1887 Fulham 1a.159 records); In the 1891 Census Edward Thomas Kingdom is aged 7 months & lived with his parents in #59, Latimer Road, Hammersmith, London; There are London School Records for Edward Kingdom giving an admission date of 10.01.1898 to St Clement’s Road School, Kensington & Chelsea at the age of 7 years; In the 1901 Census the family were still living at #59, Latimer Road in Hammersmith, Edward Thomas, aged 10, was called ‘Teddie’ & the family name recorded as Kingdon; In the 1911 Census Edward Kingdom was aged 20 years, working as a Book Porter & living with his parents at #30, Wharf Road, Notting Hill, London; I believe that Edward Thomas Kingdom enlisted as a 25 year old Motor Driver on 21.09.1915 in London in the Mechanical Transport Branch of the Army Service Corps & first went to France on 03.10.1915 with 568 Company ASC; He gave his address & that of his NOK (his Father), as #227, Latimer Road, North Kensington, London; Whilst on Active Service, Private Edward Thomas Kingdom Married Louisa Hetty Oaks, born 1892 in Kensington, on 16.12.1917 in St Alban’s Church, St Alban, Acton Green, Midlesex; (His younger brother Charles Augustus Kingdom will marry her sister, Cissy Oaks in 1924 in Brentford); Whilst serving with the Army in France Edward T Kingdom was accidentally burnt quite badly on 24.11.1918 in a primus stove explosion, hospitalised & then invalided back to England for treatment; I believe that he was transferred to the Reserve on 03.04.1919 because of the burns accident damage; His Claim for a Disability Pension in November 1919 was Rejected; I believe that Edward Thomas Kingdom died in Fulham on 08.11.1967 Aged 77; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Charles A: #M2/099092, Private, Royal Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1); Kingdom, Edgar: #73969, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the Kingdon List: Notes: Some Records have Edgar Kingdone, some have Kingdon & others Kingdom? This is Edgar Kingdon born in 1891 in Chert, Frensham, Surrey, the son of Henry Kingdom, a Brewer’s Drayman, b.1865 in Wibley, Surrey & Fanny Smith from Frensham who married in 1889 in Farnham; Medals Card on file for award of the victory & British War Medals; (He was the Son of Kingdon, H: #1901, Private, 11th Hussars, Light Camel Regiment, Egypt & Sudan, (1884 period); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Henry: #M2/034115, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John: #8503, Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, South Africa & WW1; Kingdon, John: #Q50587 & #Q123713 & #143274, Private, Australian Army; WW2); Kingdom, Edward: #13930, Private, Somerset Light Infantry & #13685, Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This is Edward Thomas Kingdom born in St John’s, Bristol on 05.09.1871; He is the son of John Henry Kingdom b.1839 in Bristol & Sarah Sophia Greenham from Bristol, who married on 25.02.1866 in Bristol; His Father was a Boot maker; In 1881 & 1891 Census he lived with his parents in Towers Lane, St. John Baptist, Bristol, Gloucestershire; In 1901 Edward T Kingdom is a Boot finisher, boarding in St Paul district, Bristol; He enlisted in Bath on 05.09.1914 Aged 34 years & 7 months stating that he had previously served a 3 years engagement as a 2nd Engineer (Royal Navy or Merchant Marine?) but I cannot locate these records & I believe that his age may also be wrong & that he was older than declared; He was in the Boot Trade and this fits with my research for Edward T. Kingdom born in 1871 in Bristol; He gave his address as #40, Westrey Terrace, St George’s, Bristol? He was initially enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry before being posted to the 10th Battalion, Devon Regiment on 26.09.1914 but subsequently discharged in Exeter as not likely to become an efficient soldier & medically unfit on 22.11.1914, having served a total of 79 days only; Edward Thomas Kingdom gave his next of kin as his Mother, Sarah Sophia Kingdom (a Widow) living at #27, Coosham Road, St George, Bristol; He then made a claim for a Silver War Badge which was approved & issued on 11.03.1919; I believe that Edward Thomas Kingdom died in 1937 in Bristol Aged 65; Awarded Silver War Badge #B/136513 in November 1914;

Kingdom, Edward: Adjutant of His Majesty’s 94th Regiment of Foot (Scotch Brigade) in India in 1804;

Notes: There is an 1804 Muster Roll found on the ‘Families in British India Society Database’ for the 94th Regiment of Foot (‘Scotch Brigade’) for 25.06.1804 to 24.12.1804, recorded when the regiment was in camp near Futtypore (Fatehpur) in India which shows a Lieutenant Edward Kingdom as the Adjutant; I also found an alphabetical list of the Officers of the Ninety Fourth Regiment (Scotch Brigade) from 1800 to 1869 in which there is – Edward Kingdom – ‘From Sergeant Major in the 33rd Regiment of Foot (The Duke of

Wellington’s Regiment)’; This record indicates that he was present at the Storming of Seringapatam, probably the 1799 event & not the 1792 event but I cannot be certain? This record also indicates that he served in the Peninsular War, 1808 to 1814, as he was present at the Storming of Badajoz in Spain on 06.04.1812 with Wellington’s Army; Another record has reference to Kingdom, Edward, Sergeant, 94th Foot, 19.02.1802, Captain 19.04.1810; It also has ‘Pa’ from February 1812 to April 1814 & that he also served Seringapatam & that he Retired on 26.11.1818 when I believe the Regiment was disbanded; Insufficient information to identify him further; Kingdom, Edward G: #2282, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Regimental number may well indicate an enlistment date of between May & June 1915; Medals Card on file for the award of the Victory & British War Medals; Insufficient information to identify; Kingdom, Edward P: #24594, Private, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) who died on 17 July 1916; Remembered with honour Thiepval Memorial; Transferred to the Kingdon list. Notes: This is actually Edward Pratt Kingdon born in 4th Q 1883 in Methwold, Thetford, Norfolk, son of James Kingdom, an Inland Revenue Officer b.1853 in Thetford & Jessie Pratt from Norfolk who married in 1878 in Thetford; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (He was the Brother of Henry Capp Kingdon: probably #7108, Sergeant, Lincolnshire Regiment); (He was the brother of George Frederick Samuel Kingdon: #4570, Private, North Staffordshire Regiment); (He was a Cousin of Albert Arthur Kingdon: #5633 RSM, Norfolk Regiment); (He was a Cousin of Edward Kingdon: #1445, WOII of the Coldstream Guards & the Military Provost Corps); (Note: There is another Cousin also named Henry Capp Kingdon, b.1888 in Yarmouth, although it is possible that I have the two Henry Capp Kingdons service records mixed up; In any case they are probably all related in the Norfolk Kingdon line); Kingdom, Edward William Clemisham: Doctor of Medicine, Assistant Surgeon, Royal Canadian Rifles; Canada, 1850’s; Notes: The Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment (usually abbreviated as "RCRR") was a regular unit of the British Army raised in 1840 and disbanded in 1870. It served exclusively in Canada, and had two very unusual features. Firstly, it was a veterans' battalion. All non-commissioned members were veterans of fixed periods of service in other regiments of the British Army. Secondly, it was a rifle regiment rather than a normal infantry regiment; It would appear from the records that E.W.C. Kingdom served for at least 10 years as a Doctor with this Regiment in Canada, but I have no other information on his origin? On 03.09.1851 in St Johns Church, Montreal, Edward William Clemisham Kingdon Married Mary Elizabeth Walmsley; Their Daughter, Mary Elizabeth Catherine Jessie Kingdon was born in St Johns Parish, Montreal on 29.01.1857 & Baptised on 08.06.1857; I did find an 1871 UK Census record for a Mary E. Kingdon, born in 1830 in Canada, who was a Widow living off her own income in #44, Greenhill Street, Chorlton On Medlock, Manchester in Lancashire; She has children living with her who were born in Canada aged between 14 & 18 years, including a Mary E.C.J Kingdon (Mary Elizabeth Catherine Jessie?) & one daughter Jessie B.C. Kingdon born in Great Yarmouth in 1860; (He was the Grandfather of Kingdom, Sinclair St George Sutherland: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Lt. 1914-1920 WO 372/11): Needs more research;

Kingdom, Edwin: #RME/897/S, Private, Royal Marine Engineers; ADM 313, WW1; Notes: There is a Record for an Edwin Kingdom serving with the Royal Marine Engineers but no other personal information is available; The prefix ‘RME’, followed by a number of three or four figures and the suffix ‘S’ indicates a rank of the Royal Marine Engineers entered for Short Service during WW1. This should not be confused with the Royal Marine Divisional Engineers, who were allocated numbers with a “D” prefix; (RME companies were raised early 1918 to work on projects and constructions in out of the way places such as Scapa Flow. The Royal Marine Engineers were organised roughly along Division lines with Col C H Willis RMLI carrying out the duties of Colonel Commandant. At the time of the Armistice the number approached 10000. The men of the RME were mainly recruited from the Inland Water Transport Section of the RE, recruits of categories "B" & "C" together with some conscientious objectors. They received some military training and were paid st the same rates as the Royal Engineers; HQ was at Chatham. The Depot was first at Chatham but then moved to Bedmenham. Some mobile HQs were formed for the charge of more important works. One of the most important of these Mobile HQs was at Southwick near Brighton where a camp was laid out for 5000 men. Here they constructed "Mystery Towers". The reason they were constructed has never been revealed and only 2 were completed; one replacing the Nab Lightship off the Isle of Wight and the other destroyed! The other important HQ was established at Bedmenham, between Gosport and Fareham for the units employed on Admiralty Works at Portsmouth. From the 2 main camps, detachments were sent out to carry out any works in other districts, among them were the aerodrome at Scapa Flow and the laying of the oil pipe from the Clyde to the Forth under the guidance of skilled American engineers. Here they lived on barges until the work was completed. After the Armistice a party worked at Ostend supervising 2000 Belgian workmen in repairing war damage and clearing obstructions in the harbour and canal. This post armistice visit seems to be the only time any RME served abroad); Awarded the British War Medal for WW1, ADM 171/169; Insufficient information to identify accurately; Kingdom, Elias: #3553, Private, 75th Foot, Stirlingshire Regiment, Indian Mutiny 1857/1858; WO 100/38 & WO 100/405; Died in the Relief of Delhi on 29th June 1857;

Cashmeri Gate, Delhi

Notes: This soldier was entitled to Receive Prize Money from the Delhi Recapture Campaign & probably served with the No. 5 Company of Her Majesty’s 75th Regiment; He did not serve at Lucknow as he had already died at Delhi on 29.06.1857; This is probably Elias Kingdom/Kingdon baptised 01.05.1825 in Knowstone, Devon; He was the son of John Kingdon, b.1808 Knowstone & Elizabeth Harris who Married on 05.06.1825 in Knowstone; In 1841 I have Elias Kingdom Aged 15 working as an Agricultural Labourer’s Assistant to his Uncle William Kingdom at Shapcott Barton Farm in Knowstone; I failed to find this man in the 1851 Census; Awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1858;

Kingdom, Ernest: #2568, Private, Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry, & #345240, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: #2568 is for service with Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry & I would guess that the number #345240 for the Devonshire Regiment refers to service with 16th Battalion (Territorial Force renumbering in 1917); (Notes on the 1/1st Royal Devonshire Yeomanry - August 1914: Formed in Exeter. Part of the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade; October 1915: Dismounted and moved to Gallipoli. Withdrew back to Egypt in December 1915; February 1916: Brigade was absorbed into 2nd Dismounted Brigade; 4 January 1917: merged with 1/1st North Devon Yeomanry to form the 16th (Royal 1st Devon and North Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment and came under orders of 229th Brigade in 74th (Yeomanry) Division; Moved to France, landing at Marseilles 7 May 1918); It would appear that Ernest Kingdom first entered the war on 23.09.1915 & served in Gallipoli; Medals Card on file for award of 1915 Star, British War & Victory medals; No other information found, could be any one of a number of Ernest Kingdom/Kingdon boys from Devon? Kingdom, Ernest: #107269, Gunner, 321 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, & #448046, Lance Corporal, 69 Company, Labour Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This is Ernest Kingdom born in 4th Q 1879 in Birmingham, the son of Charles Kingdom, a Watch Maker, b.1847 in Coventry, & Maria Watts who married in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1867; In the 1881 Census he lived with his parents at #22, Lower Hurst Street, Birmingham; In the 1891 Census Ernest Kingdom was aged 11, at school & living with his parents at #102, Pershore Street, Birmingham; In the 1901 & 1911 Censuses he was working as a Barman but still living with his parents in Pershore Street, Birmingham; He was Called Up & Enlisted on 20.07.1916 Aged 37 years & 10 Months; He was a Licensed Victualler living at #84, Cambridge Street, Birmingham at the time & already married, his wife’s name was Fanny Shotton, b.1878 in Birmingham, I believe that they married on 18.07.1915 in Birmingham; He first served in the Citadel, Plymouth until 05.09.1916 when he was posted to 3 Depot in Malta; He served in England again in 1917 & then in France, he may have been wounded in May 1917 & medically downgraded & posted to the Labour Corps; He was Discharged to the ‘Z’ Reserve in 1919; I believe that Ernest Kingdom Died in Birmingham on 27.02.1945 aged 65 & that his wife died on 18.09.1949, both at #2, Union Row, Handsworth, Birmingham, aged 71; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; Kingdom, Ernest: Rank Tr., #TS/3949, Royal Naval Reserve, WW1; BT 377/7/122279, WW1; Notes: The Registry of Shipping & Seamen, Royal Naval Reserve Ratings & the WW1 Medals Roll has reference to this Merchant Seaman who I believe was a Navy Trawlerman during WW1; This is Ernest Kingdom born 07.02.1896 in Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; He comes from a Trawler Fishing family & was the son of John William Kingdon, a Fisherman baptised 02.01.1861 in Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, & Ann Elizabeth Leng, who married in 1882 in Sculcoates, Hull; In the 1901 Census Ernest Kingdom was aged 5 & lived with his Mother in, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, I believe that his Father was probably fishing at sea on the day of the census; In the 1911 Census Ernest Kingdom is aged 15 & living with his parents at #60, Scarborough Street, Hessle Road, Sculcoates, Hull; I understand that Ernest probably served on board WW1 Navy Trawlers out of Hull in WW1 & believe that he Died in 1916 in Sculcoates at the age of 20; There are no military death records other than a note in the Remarks Column of the RNR Medal Roll which states “I.C.1295/1920”; Medals awarded 1914-15 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (The son of John William Kingdom Merchant Seaman, #DE.370; Royal Naval Reserve, Navy Trawlers; BT 377/7/71054); (He was the Brother of James Arthur Kingdom #4170 Royal Naval Reserve); Needs more research; Kingdom, Ernest: #4068, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/67; Notes: This is Ernest Kingdom born 12.09.1869 according to the RMLI records, no birthplace given); The records state that he Enlisted in the RMLI, Plymouth Division on 12.05.1887, there is no other information; There is an Ernest Kingdom born in Crediton, Devon in 1869 who possibly fits this Marine’s profile; His parents were probably George Kingdon, a Shepherd b.1837 in Rackenford & Harriett Fewings from Witheridge, who Married in ca.1854 in Devon; In 1871 Census Ernest Kingdom lives with his parents at Higher Rew Cottage in Shobrooke, Devon, his Father is a Farm Labourer; In 1881 this family & their son Ernest Kingdom, Aged 11, lived at #107 Exeter Road, Newton St Cyres; I believe that Ernest’s Mother Died in 1886 just before he enlisted with the Royal Marines, his Father remarried to a Catherine ?? from North Tawton soon after & they lived in Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire, his father was now a Dairyman; I did not research any further;

Kingdom, Ernest: #14427, Private, Wiltshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Soldier probably enlisted in mid 1915 & served in France from 21.09.1915; He was transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve but I have no dates for this event; Medals Card on file for award of the 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable accurate identification; Kingdom, Ernest C: #8321, Private, Army Cyclist Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Soldier served in France from 03.12.1915 & at the end of the War was Transferred to the Z Reserve on 04.03.1919; A search of the records would indicate that this is probably Ernest Clifford Kingdom born in 1894 in Cardiff, the son of John Kingdom, b.29.12.1863 in Llantrissent, a Retired Railway Engineer & Engine Driver & Emily Harriet Richards from Monmouth, who married in Cardiff in 1888; In 1901 Census they live in Central Cardiff; In 1911 Census the family lives at #20, Station Terrace, Treherbert, Rhondda, Glamorgan, his Father John is a Rail Engine Driver & Ernest Clifford Kingdom is aged 16 & a Coal Miner & Hewer; I believe that Ernest C Kingdom Married Mary Ann Johnson, born 25.08.1896, in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales in 1922; Ernest C Kingdom Died in 1961 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, Aged 66; His Wife Mary Ann Kingdom Died in 1987 in Pontypridd Aged 91 I believe; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Archibald: #T/35197, Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, 1914-1920, WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on 29.09.1915); (He was the Father of Sub Lieutenant (A) Harold Kingdom, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, ‘HMS Saker’ who Died in WW2 & is buried in Pensecola, Warrington (Barrancas) National Cemetery in Florida, USA); Kingdom, Ernest M: #289920 & #WR/274953, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This Soldier also served with Waterways & Railways Unit of the Royal Engineers as #WR/274953; There would appear to be only one possible Kingdom candidate for this person so I am presuming the following; This is probably Ernest Milton Kingdom born 1891 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of John Kingdom, a Flour Haulier, b.1853 in Molland, Devon & Elizabeth Roach from Margam, Glamorgan who Married in 1882 in Swansea; In the 1901 Census Ernest M Kingdom lives with his parents at #39, Argyll Street, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales; In the 1911 Census Ernest Kingdom still lives with his parents at #21, Argyll Street, Swansea, he is aged 19, is single & a Grocery Store Warehouseman; I understand that Ernest M Kingdom Married Caroline Drew in 1921 in Swansea; I believe that Ernest Milton Kingdom Died in 1950 in Swansea Aged 59; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; I have not researched this man further; Kingdom, Evan J: #28161, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: This soldier served in France from 29.07.1915; I believe that this is probably Evan John Kingdom born 25.09.1896 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales; He is the son of William Kingdom, a Coal Miner, b.1877 in Glamorgan, Wales & Cecilia Thomas who Married in 1895 in Bridgend; In 1901 Census Evan J Kingdon lives with his parents in Glyncorrwg, Glamorgan; In 1911 Census I found Evan John Kingdom living with his Rees Cousin, a Sub Postmaster, in Emporium Penclawdd, Llanrhidian Higher, Glamorgan, he is aged 14 & an Apprentice in the Grocery Trade; Note that there are 2 Evan J Kingdom marriages in Neath, one in 1921 to May Hampton, born 07.05.1898 in Briton Ferry, & another in 1948 to Violet Mabel Goddard which I have not followed up, but I believe that May Kingdom died on 25.02.1947 in Briton Ferry, Neath at the age of 48, so he may well have remarried in 1948; I understand that Evan John Kingdom Died on 31.07.1974 in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales Aged 78; Medals Card on file for award of the 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals; 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