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KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18th May 2014)
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Kingdon, H: Private #1901, 11th Hussars, Light Camel Regiment, Egypt & Sudan, (1884 period);
Notes: The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own), the Light Camel Regiment, in general remained in Korti in
1884 to guard supplies but later they did participate in operations on the Nile River as part of the “Gordon
Relief Expedition”, the 11th providing 2 Officers & 43 other ranks; This is Henry Kingdon, born at Witley,
Surrey, based on information recorded in a medal auction in December 2008; This soldier’s medals &
Discharge Papers were sold for 240 pounds sterling; I understand that Henry Kingdon enlisted for the 11th
Hussars on 13.01.1881 & was discharged to the 1st Class Army Reserve on 13.01.1889; Research would
indicate that this is Henry Kingdon born in 1865, Witley, Surrey, the son of Robert Kingdon a Domestic
Gardener, b.1835 in Chulmleigh, Devon & Mary Jane Seage(?) from Swansea, Wales, who married in South
Molton, Devon in 1860; In the 1871 Census Henry Kingdom is living with his parents at The Reeds in
Frensham, Surrey; In the 1881 Census Henry Kingdon is serving on the Nile in Egypt with the 11 th Hussars; In
1889 Henry Kingdon married Fanny Smith in Frensham, Surrey; I understand that Private Henry Kingdon was
awarded a Chelsea Pension after his army discharge in 1889; In the 1891 Census Henry & Fanny Kingdon are
living at #1, Selbey Cottages, Chertsey, Surrey & he is a Police Constable; (I believe that his Father Died in
Farnham in 1895 & his Mother remarried to Albert Chuter in 1897 in Farnham); In the 1901 Census Henry &
Fanny Kingdon have moved to live in St Giles in the Fields, Bloomsbury, London & he is working as a
Brewer’s Drayman; In the 1911 Census Henry & Fanny Kingdon live at #22, Great East Street, St Giles in the
Fields, London & he is still working as a Brewer’s Drayman; ; This Soldier was awarded the Egypt & Sudan
Medal 1882 – 1889 & The Nile Clasp for Operations on the River Nile in 1884 – 1885 in Sudan; (He was the
Brother of Kingdom, Robert: Royal Field Artillery No: 52860 Rank: Shoeing Smith 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
WW1); (He is the Father of Kingdon, Henry: Army Service Corps No: M2/034115 Rank: Private 1914-1920
WO 372/11); (He is the Father of Kingdon, John: Royal Scots Fusiliers No: 8503 Rank: Private1914-1920
WO 372/11, South Africa & WW1; Kingdon, John: Private, #Q50587 & #Q123713 & #143274, Australian
Army; WW2); He is the Father of Kingdom, Edgar: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 73969 Rank: Gunner 19141920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1); Needs more research;
Kingdon, Hamilton R D; #432136, Sergeant, 49th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in
WW1; Lieutenant, British Home Guard in WW2; Served WW1, Died during WW2;
Notes: This is Hamilton Roger Dennis Kingdon born 25.07.1878 in Brailsford, Derbyshire, & baptised
04.09.1878 in Hulland, Derbyshire, England, the son of Clement Boughton Kingdon, Justice of the Peace for
Derbyshire & Cornwall, b.1833 at Broomhill & Ann Cullen from Nottinghamshire who married in 1865;
Hamilton Kingdon was Baptised on 04.09.1878 in Hulland, Derbyshire; In 1881 Census Hamilton Kingdon
lives with his parents in Ednaston Lodge, Brailsford, Derbyshire; In 1891 Census Hamilton R D Kingdon is a
Junior Pupil at the Kings School, Archbishop’s Palace, Canterbury, Kent; In 1901 Census Hamilton R D
Kingdon is living with his 2 Brothers at #62 Falcon Road, Battersea, London & is a Fire Assessor; In 1911
Census Hamilton Kingdon is aged 32, Single & is a Farmer residing at Wooldown, Marhamchurch, Bude,
North Cornwall; In 1913 Hamilton Kingdon is aged 34 & sailed to Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada, on board
the ‘SS Virginian’ giving his future address as Hull, Ontario & registering that he was a Farmer; On
04.01.1915 Hamilton Roger Dennis Kingdon enlisted in Edmonton in the Canadian Army for service in WW1,
he recorded that he was already serving with the 19th A.D. Militia for 1 month; A search of other records
reveals that he joined the 49th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force & served in WW1 in France. He was
wounded in Ypres in January 1916; I then lost him until he married Gertrude Rosabel Homfray, born 1880 in
Oswestry, in Kidderminster, Warwickshire, England in 1918; Gertrude R Kingdon died 06.06.1925 in Stratton
aged 44; I understand that Hamilton R D Kingdon Married for a 2nd time to Ghita Pentland Shaver in Stratton,
Cornwall in 1935, she was born in Ontario, Canada in 1890; I believe that Hamilton R D Kingdon, of
Penhunsey, Died on 14.12.1942 in Stratton, Cornwall, England; He left his finances to Ghita Pentland Kingdon
(nee Shaver) his widow & his son Richard Hamilton Homfray Kingdon, tool designer; His 2nd wife Died on
25.09.1954 in Cottge Hospital, Axminster, Devon aged 64;
Follow Up Notes: The Internet Site ‘Forces War Records’ has a reference to Lieutenant H. R. D. Kingdon
serving in WW2 with the “Home Guard”, recorded year was 1941, but no other information is freely available;
I am presuming that this is the same person as the one who served in WW1?
Kingdon, H: Sapper, Royal Engineers (Volunteers) – (pre 1900 period);
Notes: The Bristol Times & Mirror newspaper for 23.08.1897 has a report under the heading ‘The Volunteers’
which records various military items; At the Bristol Engineers’ fifth regimental cup competition, for C
Division, which was held at Bedminster Rifle Ranges Sapper H. Kingdon of ‘E’ Company (posted to ‘B’
Company) won the shooting match; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdon, Harold: Royal Field Artillery No: 18812 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: I believe that his is Harold Finning Kingdon born on 24.02.1896 in Teignmouth, Devon, birth
registered in Newton Abbot, Devon; He was the son of Francis Kingdon, an Ironmonger b.1851 in Rackenford,
Devon & Lucy Ellen Finning, b.1857 in Coffinswell, Devon, who Married in 1880 in Teignmouth, Devon;
Harold Finning Kingdon’s Father Francis Kingdon Died in 1899 in Teignmouth, Devon; In 1901 Census
Harold Kingdon lives with his widowed Mother at #26, Regent Street, Teignmouth, Devon; In 1911 Census
Harold Finning Kingdon is aged 15, an Apprentice in Ironmongery learning away from home but living with
his Widowed Mother who is an Ironmonger at #26, Regent Street, Teignmouth, Devon; Harold Kingdon
enlisted on 08.09.1914 in Exeter, declaring himself as a 19 year old Shop Assistant; He was stationed at
Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire on 12.10.1914; Harold Kingdon first went to France on 07.07.1915; He
received a Gun Shot Wound in his Left Thigh 23.04.1917, spent 187 days in Wanstead Hospital, Margate from
27.04.1917 to 08.10.1917, transferred to Kent & Canterbury Hospital from 08.10.1917 until19.10.1917, moved
to the Military Hospital in Shorncliffe on 19.10.1917, had one of his toes amputated whilst in The Command
Depot, South Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire between 30.10.1917 & 04.01.1918; Gunner Harold Kingdon was
awarded some Gratuity in 1919; He was Discharged on 31.05.1919; He was re-assessed on 20.07.1920 in
Truro Hospital, Cornwall; I understand that Harold F Kingdon married Esther C Watts in 1927 in Newton
Abbot, Devon; I believe that Harold Finning Kingdon Died in Devon in 1969 Aged ??; Medals Card for
‘Herold’ Kingdon on file, for the award of the 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals;
Kingdon, Harold A J: Royal Field Artillery No: 238591 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Harold Arthur James Kingdon born on 25.02.1898 Knowstone the son of James Kingdon, a
Farmer b.1858 in Bishops Nympton, Devon & Emma Jane Heale from Rose Ash, Devon who married in 1896
in Rose Ash; In the 1901 & 1911 Census, Harold lived with his parents at Little Comfort Farm in Knowstone,
Devon; Harold Arthur James Kingdon Married Lucy Earls, b.1899 Chulmleigh, Devon, in 1925 in Tiverton,
Devon; (She was an adopted child between 1901 & 1911); Harold Arthur J Kingdon Died in 1969 in Devon;
Medals Card on file for the award of the Victory & British War Medals;
Kingdon, Harry: #208949 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 188/364, WW1;
Notes: This is Harry Kingdon born 04.10.1884 in Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, the son of James George
Kingdon, a Royal Navy Seaman, b.1837 in Portsmouth & his 2nd Wife Elizabeth Male who married in 1877 in
Portsea, Portsmouth; In 1891 Census Harry Kingdon lived with his parents in Portsmouth; I could not initially
find Harry Kingdon in the 1901 Census, I presume that he was in the Royal Navy, as his Official Naval
Number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1900 & 31.12.1900; A second detailed search revealed that
Harry Kingdom, Aged 16 was serving as a Boy on board the Training Ship St Vincent in Portsmouth; I believe
that there were other brothers who served in the Royal Navy as well: Namely William George, James John &
Edward Arthur Kingdon from Portsea, Portsmouth; In 1911 Census Harry Kingdon is Aged 26 & serving as an
Able Seaman on board ‘HMS Vernon’, a Torpedo School Ship in Portsea & Landport, Portsmouth Harbour,
Hampshire; I believe that Harry Kingdon died in Portsmouth in 1942 Aged 58; Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory
Medal & British War Medal, but his Medal roll indicates that he was #208949 AB Harry D. Kingdom & that
he was serving on the Light Cruiser, ‘HMS Champion’; (He was 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 was also the Brother of Kingdon, Edward Arthur: #220316 Leading
Seaman, Royal Navy who served in WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, James John: Royal Navy,
#PO/128972; who died on ‘HMS India’ in 1915); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, William George: Petty
Officer 1st Class, , #155575, Royal Navy); (He was the Son of #40040 James George Kingdon, who served in
the Royal Navy from 01.07.1853);
Kingdon, Harry: #15866, Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 –
Died in WW1; Private H Kingdom
#15866, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
who died on 21 July
1916, (probably from wounds received at the attack on High Wood); Remembered with honour
Daours
Communal Cemetery Extension, Grave Ref. I.B.32, in the Somme;
Notes 1: This is recorded as Harry Kingdon born in South Molton; (Ancestry.com records have Harry
Kingdom born in South Molton & residing in South Molton but I can find no record of a Henry or a Harry
Kingdon or Kingdom that would fit this data?); He seems to have enlisted in Exeter & served with the 8th
(Service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment; His WW1 Medals Card for Harry Kingdon, says he served in
France and probably went there on 24.08.1915; The CWGC records have him as Harry Kingdom;
Notes 2: If I am correct then this is John Henry (Harry) Westlake Kingdon born in 1896 in South Molton;
His Father was William Kingdon b.1849 South Molton, whose 1st wife Eliza Ann Bridgeman died on
22.12.1882 in South Molton; Harry’s Father, a Solicitor’s Clerk, then married again in 1891 in Weymouth,
Dorset to the then South Molton Workhouse Schoolmistress; In 1901 William Kingdon had become the Master
& his 2nd wife Elizabeth was Assistant Matron of the South Molton Workhouse; This is Harry’s Mother,
Elizabeth Reid b.1868 in Auchnell, Aberdeen, Scotland, she died in 1907 in South Molton; His Brother
William Fowler Kingdon emigrated to Canada in 1909 & lived in Calgary, Alberta onwards; Harry (John H)
Kingdon lived with his parents at the South Molton Workhouse in 1901; Both of his parents died in April
1907; In the 1911 Census I believe that John Henry Westlake Kingdon was aged 14 & living as a Boarder with
a Bessie Hobbs Adams, a 50 year single woman & private school teacher at #2, Church Street, South Molton
& that he was working as an Office Boy in a Solicitor’s Office; It would appear that locally this man was
known as Harry Fowler Kingdon which has added to the confusion; Medals Card on file for the award of the
15 Star, the Victory & British War Medals; His Brother William Fowler Kingdon living in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada requested his medals on 16.11.1931; (A search of the 1916 Canadian Census does come up with a
William F Kingdon, aged 23, born 1893 in England, Canadian immigration in 1909 & married to May
Kingdon from Wales, he is a Bartender; At that time they are recorded as being Canadian Citizens; I think that
this is Harry’s brother William Fowler Kingdon)?
Kingdon, Harry: #464504 Private, ‘C’ Company, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force: Canada Records
439435a & 439435b, WW1;
Notes: Canadian Attestation papers for Harry Kingdon, a Teamster aged 33 years & 3 months, born
04.07.1882 in London, England on 25.11.1915 in Vancouver were found in my WW1 Canadian Military
Records; This recruit gives his Nok as his Mother – Sarah A. Kingdon of #27, New Street, Kensington,
London; Research would indicate that this address is probably incorrect as it does not exist in Kensington,
London & should read “Kennington”; There are no other WW1 records for this soldier in the Canadian
Records; Using my research records for military service personnel I would suggest that this man is actually
Francis Harry Kingdon, born in Aldershot, Hampshire in England, ca.1884; There are UK records for a
Harry Kingdon born 04.07.1882 in Hackney, London but I doubt if this is the correct man; There is however a
birth record for a ‘Male’ Kingdon born in 1884 in Farnham, Surrey which would be the recording office for
births in Aldershot; Following further searches for matching family data it becomes more obvious that there is
conflicting information in most of the Canadian records; I am therefore fairly certain that this is Francis
Harry Kingdon, born 1884 Aldershot, Hampshire, England; He is the 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; In his Attestation records he gives his next of kin as his Widowed Mother Sarah A
Kingdon #27, New Street, Kennington, London & we find him living there in 1911 UK Census & working as a
single man, a Restaurant Porter aged 27; This would establish that his Father was Sergeant Walter Kingdon
of the Royal Horse Artillery, serving at the District Grand Depot Barracks in Woolwich Arsenal in 1891
Census, with his family living in Army Married Quarters there, Francis H Kingdon included; His Father died
in 1896 in Lambeth; In the 1901 UK Census Francis H Kingdon is aged 16 & living with his Widowed Mother
at #23, Tenison Street in Lambeth & working as a General Porter; (Follow up has his Mother & another
Brother John Albert Kingdon working as Cleaners at the British Government House of Commons in 1911);
There are Canadian Passenger Records for a Harry Kingdon, a 22 year old Labourer arriving in Montreal,
Quebec on the ‘SS Sicilian on 15.05.1907; Also Passenger Records for a Harry Kingdon, on the ‘SS Empress
of Ireland’ on 22.05.1908; There is a further Border Crossing & Passenger Record for a Harry Kingdon, a
Porter aged 30 years, arriving in Halifax on the 09.03.1913 on board the ‘SS Cymric’, which also records this
persons earlier 2 year stay in Canada; (His Father served with the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1890’s,
Sergeant Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset); (He is the Brother 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); I did not research further;
Kingdon, Harry: Royal Field Artillery No: 2595 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1;
Gunner Harry Kingdom, #2595, 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery who died on 08 October
1916; Remembered with honour Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial in Pakistan;
Notes: This is Harry Kingdom born in Clapton, Middlesex & served as #2595 Territorial Force, Royal Field
Artillery; Gunner Harry Kingdon enlisted in Brighton & died in India; Medals Card on file for the award of the
British War Medal (TF) which was never delivered; I have no other information on this soldier?
Kingdon, Harry Bail: #11093, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/54 &
ADM 157/1623/50; (Boer War period);
Notes: This is Harry Bail Kingdon born 25.06.1882 in Hackney, London; He is the son of Harry Bail
Kingdon, a Tailor b.1839, & Alice Amelia Stafford (nee Crossland) b.1844 in Clerkenwell, who Married in
Hackney, London in 1872 & she appears to have used her maiden name of Alice Amelia Crossland in the
records; (His Mother was previously married to James Thomas Stafford who died in 1872); (I believe that his
parents gave birth to an earlier son also named Harry Bale Kingdon born in 1873 in Bethnal Green who died
ca.1880 & was a Twin Brother to John Sidney Kingdon?); (His Father Harry Bail Kingdon may have died in
London ca.1886); (Whilst this may not be relevant to this soldier’s records it is noted that in the 1881 Census,
his Mother was recorded as Alice Bale, aged 34, Married & living at #8, Great Hampton Street,
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire & I have failed to find his Father Harry Bail Kingdon); Harry Bail Kingdon
lived with his Widowed Mother at #14, Durrington Road, Hackney, London in 1891 Census; In 1899 Harry
Bail Kingdon enlisted in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 31.08.1899 at the age of
17, (probably because his brother Edward was already serving with the Royal Marines); I did not locate Harry
B Kingdon in 1901 Census but he was probably serving abroad & more than likely serving in South Africa in
the Boer War? The ADM Records confirm that he was Discharged because he was Invalided out of the
Marines in 1904; In the 1911 Census Harry Bale Kingdon is aged 29, a civilian, still single & working as a
Hall Porter at # 27, Victoria Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth, (his sister in law, Emma Kingdon from
Manchester is a Domestic Worker for an elderly widow at the same address); (He is the Brother of Private
Edward (Arnold Bail) Kingdon, #8679, Chatham Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry; ADM 159/49); (It
is likely that there is another brother, Kingdon, John Sidney: #280767, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 188/448;
& who also appears on the Chelsea Pensioners List);
Kingdon, Harry Stanley: #13691, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/58;
(Boer War & WW1 periods);
Notes: This is Harry Stanley (Stan) Kingdon born 17.11.1884 in #5,
Mansell Road, Islington, Edmonton, London (RMLI records have
17.07.1885), Baptised on 14.12.1884 in St Thomas, Finsbury Park,
Middlesex; He was the son of George Alexander Kingdon, a Bricklayer’s
Labourer b.26.08.1854 in West Monkton, Taunton, Somerset & Emily
Bryant from Edmonton who Married on 01.03.1884 in St Mathews, Upper
Clapton, Middlesex; In 1891 Census Harry Kingdon is living with his
parents at #2, Dorset Villas, Tottenham; In 1901 Census Harry S Kingdon
is a Waiter in a Restaurant but living with his parents at #14, Neville
Road, Stoke Newington, London; Prior to enlistment in the Royal Marines
I believe that Harry Stanley Kingdon served with a Militia Unit; Harry
Stanley Kingdon Enlisted in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry on 31.12.1902 & may very well have served in South
Africa in the Boer War as his name appears on a 1902 list for that
conflict; I believe that in the 1911 Census Private Harry Stanley Kingdon,
Aged 25, was serving as a Royal Marine onboard ‘HMS Egmont’ located
at Malta in the Mediterranean; RMLI records state that he was
‘Discharged Invalided’ but there is no date given? There is a family tree
on the internet which indicates that he served as #18608, Private with the
Middlesex Regiment between 1914 & 1915; However, further searches of
the ‘Applications for War Badges’ reveals that he was awarded the Silver
War Badge, #29736 on 08.08.1918; Harry Stanley Kingdon Married Lilian Rose Hicks, b.1887 in Tottenham,
on 17.10.1915 in the United Methodist Church in Edmonton, Middlesex; I understand that he worked in the
Gun Powder Mills in Waltham Abbey, Essex, after his discharge from the Army; His wife Lillian Rose
Kingdon Died in 1925 in Hackney Aged 38; Harry Stanley Kingdon Died in 1937 in Edmonton, Middlesex
Aged 52 (Notes: His Grandfather George Kingdon was jailed for 15 months for forging a will, with his mother
Hannah Kingdon, in Taunton, Somerset on 01.07.1856 but then suffered an accident whilst in jail & died
before completing his sentence; on 22.12.1856 in Somerset County Jail, Wilton, Somerset; This man would
appear to have been a habitual ciminal & had previously served an earlier 12 month sentence for
housebreaking & felony in 1838 & in 1848); Awarded the British War Medal; Issued the Silver War Badge
#29736 in 1918; (He was the son of George Alexander Kingdon ???); (He was the Father of George Harry
Ernest Kingdon who served in WW2);
Kingdon, H.S: #313 Private, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment, Canada, Boer War; Died in WW2 as a
Civilian casualty from German bombing;
Notes: This Regiment was formed in November 1901 following requests from the British Government to
Canada, a quarter of their strength had perhaps already served in South Africa; The 2 nd Regiment Canadian
Mounted Rifles sailed to South Africa in January 1902 & fought the Boers until the end of the War in May
1902; There is a Medals Roll for this Regiment dated 21st December 1902 in Winnipeg which records #313
Private H.S. Kingdon having left the Army when the Regiment was disbanded but having received his Medals
on 10.01.1904 at the address – PO Box 315, Kruggersdorpf; I presume that this soldier remained in South
Africa? Medals notes: Not eligible for the King’s South Africa Medal, awarded the Queen’s South Africa
Medal & the Transvaal Clasp;
Follow Up Notes: Further research reveals that this is probably Hugh Sewell Kingdon who was born
23.04.1882 in Tottenham, London, Middlesex, England; He was a son of Abraham Kingdon, a Printer b.1846
in Combemartin, Devon, England & Elizabeth Anna Crawley, b.1852, Finsbury, Middlesex, who Married in
1872 in Islington, London; This family initially lived in Middlesex & Sussex but also travelled to Madagascar
to live for short periods, working as a Master Printer, (2 of their children were born in Antananarivo,
Madagascar); In 1897 I believe that they moved to Canada on doctor’s advice, initially in Kenora where they
got caught up in the Gold Rush & Abraham Kingdon took shares in a Brewery (against the family’s
principles), which failed; Abraham Kingdon lost all his capital but subsequently set up a successful printing
firm in Winnipeg, Canada; I understand that the Kingdons spent some years in retirement in Los Angles,
California, USA but Abraham Kingdon Died in 1927 in Winnipeg, Canada; In 1891 Hugh S Kingdom lived
with his parents in ‘Lawshall’ in Tottenham, London, Middlesex. Hugh Sewell Kingdon moved with his
parents to Canada in 1897 & in the 1901 Canadian Census lived as a Lodger & Stenographer in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada, he was Aged 18; On 11.12.1901 Hugh Sewell Kingdon, claiming to be aged 22 years & 9
Months & working as a Newspaper Reporter, enlisted in the Canadian Yeomanry in Portage la Pasine, he also
claimed to be serving in the 5th Regiment C.A. Militia; It appears that he was enlisted into the 2nd Canadian
Mounted Rifles either as #331 or #831 & shipped off to South Africa with the Irregular Forces to fight in the
Boer War; It was around this period that things started to go wrong for this Kingdon; It appears that he was
Court Martialled in South Africa for ‘Leaving his post of guarding a herd of horses’ on 13.04.1902 & for
‘Disobeying a lawful command’; Hugh Sewell Kingdon was sentenced to 14 Days Imprisonment & Hard
Labour; The 2nd Battalion the Canadian Mounted Rifles were disbanded shortly afterwards; I have an idea that
Hugh Sewell Kingdon may have married a girl of Dutch origin, the daughter of the Principal of a South
African School although I can find no records & that he also applied for various Land Issues awarded to
Soldiers who had served in South Africa, (there are numerous land records on file); From this period Hugh
Sewell Kingdon appears to have been involved in many Real Estate Agency deals, traveling regularly across
Canada, South Africa & England; I failed to find Hugh Sewell Kingdon in 1911 Records; Hugh Sewell
Kingdon spent most of his picturesque career & life, making & losing 3 fortunes; He once controlled property
worth hundreds of thousands of pounds but died a humble Clerk having been declared Bankrupt in 1931 &
again in 1938; I understand that he once bought the film rights of a world championship boxing fight & carried
it in a box to Australia where he showed it across the land, earning ten thousand pounds in 10 weeks; In 1930
Hugh Sewell Kingdon built the Streatham Theatre in London, Middlesex, England; Unfortunately Hugh
Sewell Kingdon was killed on 20.10.1940 by a German Bomb during WW2 in Streatham, he lived at Gresham
Lodge, Streatham Common North & is buried in Lambeth Cemetery in London; Despite the possible South
African marriage, Hugh Sewell Kingdon married 3 further times in England, on 24.07.1915 to Mary Law from
Peckham (she died in 1919), on 12.06.1920 to Hilda Maud Surridge from Finchley & finally to Gwendolen
Jessie Toms in 1933; Awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal & the King’s South Africa Medal; Needs
further research;
Kingdon, H W: Army Service Corps No: DM2/117846 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This Soldier served in France from 13.12.1915 with the Royal Army Service Corps & was eventually
Transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 13.07.1919; The prefix DM2/ on his Regimental Number denotes that
he was a Mechanical Transport Learner but this prefix was discontinued in November 1916; Medals Card on
file for the award of the 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; There is insufficient information to identify
this soldier further;
Kingdon, Hedley Villers: Royal Navy, Apprentice, (Victorian conflict period);
Notes: This is actually Hedley Vicars Kingdon was born in 1866 in The Mumbles, Swansea, Glamorgan, the
son of John Gaylord Kingdon, a Tailor & Draper, b.1842 in Swansea & Sarah Maria Jones b.1843 from
Mumbles but she died in Glamorgan in 1877; (John G Kingdon remarried in 1878 to Ann Eliza Gillard from
Tiverton); In 1871 Census Hedley Kingdon is aged 4 & lives with his parents in #4, Dunn’s, Oystermouth,
Swansea, Glamorgan; In 1881 Census Hedley Kingdon is still living with his parents in #11, Somerset Place,
Oystermouth; In 1891 Census I failed to find him so I assume that he was serving with the Royal Navy; The
Royal Navy records for Victorian conflicts has Hedly Villers Kingdon, b.1866 & serving as an Apprentice
onboard ‘HMS Vigil’, (there are no dates or other information given, should this be ‘HMS Vigilant’?); Hedley
Vicars Kingdon, a 30 years old Seaman, Married Ada Ann Thurston, aged 21 from Rotherham in Yorkshire,
on 25.12.1897 in Christ Church, Everton, Lancashire; In 1901 Census Hedley V & Ada Kingdon live at #98,
Olivia Street, Bootle, Lancashire & he is a Seaman working on the Dock Board; In the 1911 Census he is
recorded incorrectly as Hedley & Ada Hingdon (now corrected), is a Dock Labourer & lives at #100, Olivia
Street, Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire; (It appears that they had 5 children but 2 of them had died by 1911); I
understand that Hedley Kingdon died on 25.01.1951 at #374, Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire Aged 84; (I
believe that he is the Brother of Octavius Gillard Kingdon who emigrated to Canada & served in WW1 as
#109436 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force); (I believe that he is also the Brother of Hubert Kingdon who
emigrated to Canada in 1912 & served in WW1 as #109435 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force); (I believe
that he is the Brother of Kingdon, Benjamin Rufus: Liverpool Regiment No: 56170 Acting Colour Sergeant
1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in England in WW1); I have not researched this Sailor further;
Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy; Died at the Battle of Navarino, Greece 1827;
Notes: This is Henry Kingdon baptised 07.12.1801 in Marhamchurch, Cornwall, and son of John Kingdon,
Parish Clerk, b.1768 in Devon & Mary Marsh from Devon; Henry Kingdon passed his Admiralty Certificate &
obviously served with the Royal Navy because he Died at the Battle of Navarino on 20.10.1827 in the Ionian
Sea during the Greek War of Independence; As a note – this battle was the last major naval battle to be fought
entirely with sailing ships; The Exon. Archdeaconry Probate Court has a Will for Henry Kingdon in 1830
which leaves his estate to his Father Reverend John Kingdon; This also records that the ships he probably
served on were ‘HMS Severn’ & ‘HMS Impregnable’; (He is a part of the Holsworthy, Devon Kingdon family
& is recorded in the Kingdon Family Books);
Kingdon, Henry; #568, Private, Grenadier Guards; (1858-1879 period);
Notes: This Devonshire man enlisted in the Grenadier Guards as a Private on the 21 st December 1858 at
Marylebone Police Court at the age of 21 years, he was a Baker by trade; I believe that this is Henry Kingdon
b. 28.06.1837 in South Molton who married Elizabeth Perryman (b.1834 Bishops Nympton, Devon) in
19.05.1857 in Bishopsgate, London; They appear to have lived apart for most of their marriage, there are odd
children born in Chelsea & some links to a Caroline Wenham from Hastings; His children’s Baptisms in
Chelsea all have Kingdon as their names but parents are detailed as Henry & Caroline Wenham, Henry being a
Soldier, so it all gets quite confusing? Henry Kingdon’s parents were Oliver Kingdon b.1801 in South Molton,
Devon & Sarah Bowden from South Molton who married on 25.11.1823 in South Molton; In 1841 & 1851
Censuses Henry Kingdon lived with his parents in Mill Lane, South Molton; In 1861 Census Private Henry
Kingdon was serving at Windsor in the Grenadier Guards; In 1871 Census he was serving at Wellington
Barracks, St Margaret, London; In the 1881 Census Henry Kingdon was aged 43 & an unemployed Army
Pensioner living in Battersea; Henry Kingdon served with the Grenadier Guards for at least 20 years until his
discharge on the 2nd April 1879 aged 41 years; The records state that he intended to live in London; There are
Army Records of a 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Regiment of Foot Guards of a Regimental Board being
held in London on 31.03.1879 to verify Henry Kingdon’s Discharge; It appears that he was discharged having
been found unfit for service despite his general character being good he had once been tried by Courts Martial
for Absence during his career; He served as a Private from 21.12.1858 to 10.09.1867, then Re-engaged at
London for 12 years 7 101 days, serving from 11.09.1867 to 20.09.1870; He was Courts Martialed in
September 1870 & continued to serve until 31.03.1879; He had served in Aldershot, Windsor, London, Dublin
& Shorncliffe during his Army career; The Board considered that he was suffering from Heart Disease brought
on by rheumatic origin which had been aggravated by his Service & whilst his disability was permanent he
was assessed as being able to contribute to his own livelihood; I also believe that Henry Kingdon Died in 1885
in St George’s, Hannover Square London Aged 48; (This man may be the Father of George Frederick
Kingdon, #9025, Private, Royal Marines or Royal Navy); (I have some missing info & confusing issues with
him – subsequently I have simply recorded the base information as this needs more research);
Kingdon, Henry: Army Service Corps No: M2/034115 Rank: Private, & Army Service Corps No: M/352753
Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The regimental number prefix M2 indicates that he was an Electrician & the M/MT prefix which
indicates also having served with Mechanical Transport units; This is Henry Robert H. Kingdon born 1890
in Chertsey, Surrey the son of Henry Kingdon, a Police Constable, b.1865 in Witley, Surrey & Fanny Smith
from Frensham, Surrey who married in 1889 in Farnham, Surrey; In 1891 Census Henry R H Kingdon lived
with his parents in Chertsey, Surrey; In 1901 Census he lived with his parents in St Giles, his Father was now a
Brewer’s Drayman; (Henry Robert H Kingdon is the Grandson of Robert Kingdon b.1835 in Chulmleigh &
Mary Jane from Swansea); Henry Kingdon Attested & Joined for the Duration of the War on 19.01.1915 &
first served in France from 25/30.01.1915, embarking on the ‘SS Twickenham’ at Avonmouth to Rouen,
France; At enlistment he gave his address as #13, Little White Lion Street, Long Acre, London WC which is a
flat, he was Married, aged 25 years, elected to make payments of 3/6d per day to his wife & a Motor Driver by
trade; At some stage in 1918 he was promoted to Corporal in the Royal Army Service Corps; His wife was
Ellen Body, b.1890 in the City of Westminster, who he Married on 20.12.1909 in St Giles’ Registry Office; In
1911 Henry & Ellen Kingdon lived in a Flat at #50, Castle Street, St Giles in the Field & Bloomsbury, St
George in London; In 1915 they already had 3 children all born in St Giles – Ellen Ida b.10.02.1910; Henry
James b.03.02.1912 & Emily Francis b.18.11.1914; Henry Kingdon appears to have been wounded on
29.09.1917 & was hospitalised in England with a Chest Wound; He was again shipped to France on
23.07.1918 on board the ‘Huntscape’; Throughout his service the reports all confirmed that he was highly
intelligent & an excellent driver, he seems to have spent a lot of time with the New Zealand Supply Column;
In April 1918 I believe that he suffered a leg injury in an accident & was again invalided to England to the
Beaufort War Hospital; I believe that he was finally Transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve on 11.06.1919; This soldier
did not suffer any disability from his earlier chest wound; I understand that Henry R H Kingdon died aged 78
in Harrow in 1969; His MIC card was officially altered from Kingdom to Kingdon as it was originally
incorrect; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the
Brother of Kingdom, Edgar: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 73969 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who
also served in WW1); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John: Royal Scots Fusiliers No: 8503 Rank:
Private1914-1920 WO 372/11, South Africa & WW1; Kingdon, John: Private, #Q50587 & #Q123713 &
#143274, Australian Army; WW2); (He was the Son of Kingdon, H: Private #1901, 11th Hussars, Light Camel
Regiment, Egypt & Sudan, (1884 period);
Kingdon, Henry: Boy, Training Ship ‘Exmouth’ in 1911;
Notes: There is a 1911 Census record for the Metropolitan Asylum Board’s Boys Training Ship “Exmouth”,
on the River Thames at Grays in Essex, which has a 15 year old Henry Kingdom born 1896 in Battersea
living on board; I understand that this Training Ship was intended as a Reformatory or Industrial Training
School for Pauper Boys from families who had been placed in workhouses, having fallen on hard times, from
the Metropolitan Boroughs who normally joined at the age of 11 & remained until the age of 15; A search of
all male Kingdom births in 1895-1897 for the Battersea, London area does not indicate a suitable candidate for
this boy; However, there is only a birth for Henry Francis Kingdon in 1896 registered in Wandsworth,
London & I have subsequently assumed that this could be this boy; Henry Francis Kingdon was the son of
Henry Kingdon, originally a Shipwright, then a Cabman & then a General Labourer, born 1860 in Monkton,
Somerset, & Florence Louise Goddard, born 1861 in Peckham, who married on 09.03.1886 in Hatcham St
James, Lewisham; Henry Francis Kingdon was Baptised on 16.03.1896 in All Saints Church, Battersea Park,
London, his Father was a Cabman living at #43, Gladstone Terrace at that time; In 1901 Census Henry F
Kingdon is living with his parents at #11, Kirtley Road, Lewisham, London, his Father is a General Labourer;
In 1911 Henry’s Father Henry Kingdon is recorded as a Widower, Lodging at #25, De Laune Street,
Kennington Park, Kennington, London & working as a Cab Driver, which would support the reason for his
young son being onboard the Training Ship ‘Exmouth’ in 1911; There is no evidence that Henry Francis
Kingdon went on to serve in the Royal Navy or any of the forces in WW1; I believe that Henry Francis
Kingdon was living at #3, Gibson street, Princess Park, Liverpool when he Died on 05.03.1932; No evidence
of Military Service;
Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy, #M/7421; ADM 188/1032; - Died in WW1; Shipwright 2nd Class Henry
Kingdon, #M/7421, H.M.S. "Monmouth", Royal Navy, who died age 27 on 01 November 1914; Husband of
Maud Kingdon, of Fore St., Kingsand, Plymouth; Remembered with honour, Panel 4, Plymouth Naval
Memorial;
Notes: This is Henry Kingdon born on 31.10.1887 in Cawsand, Cornwall; He was the son of Alfred Burlace
Kingdon (b.1853 Maker, Cornwall who died on 31.03.1937 in Cornwall) & Helena Augusta Cotton Cock from
Gosport, Portsmouth who married in East Stonehouse in 1876; In 1891 his Father was a Stone Mason & the
family, with young Henry, lived in Rame Road, Rame, Cornwall & then in 1901 lived in Millpool, Cawsand,
Rame, Cornwall; In 1911 Census Henry Kingdon is aged 23 & living with his parents in Millpool, Cawsand,
he is working as a Shipwright in the Government Dockyard; Henry Kingdon Married Maud White in 4th Q
1913 St Germans, Cornwall 5c.74; Henry Kingdon joined the Royal Navy at the onset of WW1, between
01.01.1914 & his date of death; Henry Kingdon died as a direct result of enemy action onboard ‘HMS
Monmouth’ on 01.11.1914, his body was not recovered for burial, he was killed at the Battle of Coronel off the
coast of Chile; Medals Awarded - 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of
Reginald Charles Kingdon, #M18224, Cook’s Mate, Royal Navy);
Kingdon, Henry: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry No: 3637 & 202491 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11, WW1;
Notes: Enlistment date for #3637 in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry is indicated as between 02.01.1892
& 31.01.1893 for Regular Army, but I’m not sure with regards to Territorial Force numbering; In 1917 the
Territorial Force Infantry were renumbered & #202491 would indicate service with the 4th Battalion, the Duke
of Cornwall’s Light Infantry; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War Medal only; Insufficient
information to identify clearly;
Kingdon, Henry: Royal Marines, Private, served in China 1856 to 1860;
Notes: The ADM 171/31 reccords have information for the issue of the China War Medal to a Private, Henry
Kingdon who was serving on board ‘HMS Camilla’ during the China War; It would appear that this Marine
probably died on board ‘HMS Camilla’ in late 1860 off the east coast of Japan as this vessel sailed from
Hakodate on 01.09.1860 bound for Tokyo Bay but was never seen again following a tropical storm in that area
on 09.01.1860; His medal roll nomination records that he was “DD” under the medal issue column, this
normally indicates “Discharged Dead”; There is no other information other than he was #15 on the ship’s
books; Medals Roll on File; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy, Rating, served pre 1853 Listing;
Notes: The records for Navy personnel pre 1853 has reference to Page 230 of the Navy Pay Office: Entry
Books of Certificates of Service, which has a Henry Kingdon: Royal Navy Rating, having entered the service
at the age of 14 years & having served from 09.08.1849 to 15.01.1855; This would indicate a birth year of
ca.1835, unfortunately no birth place is recorded; This Rating appears to have served from age 14 to age 20 (a
period of 6 years) & I believe that he or his executors may have made an Application for a Greenwich or Naval
Pension to Whitehall on 28.05.1855;
My searches of Census records for the Navy & UK for a Henry Kingdon born ca.1835 & in the Royal Navy
did reveal one prospect; I have a Henry Kingdon b.1836 in Plymouth & his Wife Ellen Kingdon b.1836
Ugborough, Devon both visiting #13, Russel Street, Plymouth St Andrew on the 1861 Census, Henry Kingdon
is recorded as a Seaman in HM (could be RM?) Service; (This is obviously a boarding house of sorts as there
were 9 other Royal Navy Seamen staying there on the same night); I did not find this couple in any other
Census records? However, I did find a Ellen Hard from Ugborough (b.1836) living with her parents in
Ugborough in 1841; Also found her aged 15 & working as a House Servant in Heaton Cottage, Modbury,
Devon; I then found a Marriage between Henry Kingdon & Ellen Hard in 1 st Q 1861 in Totnes, Devon which
could well be them? I have no other information;
Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy, 1st Class Boy, Ship’s Pay Book #561; Crimean War 1855; ADM 171/21 &
ADM 171/24;
Notes: I have a Medal Record from ADM 171/21 for sailors serving onboard ‘HMS Nile’ & another from
171/24 for Sailors who served on ‘HMS Arethusa’ in the Crimean War (1854 to 1856) which indicates that 1st
Class Boy, Henry Kingdon & Hy Kingdom were present onboard the ‘Nile’ & the ‘Arethusa’; He was
awarded the Crimean War Medal, which was sent to him in Plymouth on 27.03.1857; This Sailor needs more
research to find out who he is;
Kingdon, Henry Capp: #7108, Sergeant, Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, served pre war,
WW1 Service & Prisoner of War WW1;
There is some confusion here due to there being two Henry Capp Kingdon boys, one born in 1886 in Thetford,
Norfolk & another born 1888 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. I have recorded what I believe to be correct here?
They are obviously related? One of them is also referred to as Henry Charles Kingdon;
Notes: This is probably Henry (Harry) Capp Kingdon born in 1886 in Methwold, Thetford, Norfolk, son of
James Kingdon, an Inland Revenue Officer, b.1853 Thetford & Jessie Pratt from Norfolk who married in 1878
in Thetford, Norfolk; There is a Baptism record for Henry Capp Kingdon dated 28.02.1886 Northwold,
Norfolk on file; In the 1891 Census Henry C Kingdom lived with his parents in #75, Poolstock Lane, Wigan,
Lancashire; In the 1901 Census Henry C. Kingdon is a 15 year old Pawn Broker’s Assistant, living with his
parents in Horninglow, Staffordshire; The Regimental #7108 indicates an enlistment date between 16.05.1904
& 31.05.1905 making Henry Capp Kingdon aged 18 when he first joined the Army; In 1911 Census I found
Henry Charles Kingdon b.1887 in Thetford, as a Lance Corporal, Cook in the 1st Lincolnshire Regiment, but
‘Absent’ at the time of the Census, serving in India, this could very well be the same soldier; Henry Capp
Kingdon also served in France from 13.08.1914 and may have been a Prisoner of War; The WO 161/100/557
records at Kew have reference to Sergeant H Kingdon, Lincolnshire Regiment as having been a Prisoner of
War; Note: there is also a 1911 Census record for a Harry C Kingdon living with his brothers in Mansfield &
working as a Canvasser for a Record/Gramophone company, hence the confusion; Medals Card on file for the
award of the British War & Victory Medals & refers to being a POW; (He is probably the Cousin of #5633
RSM Albert Arthur Kingdon, Norfolk Regiment); (The Cousin of #1445 WOII Edward Kingdon of the
Coldstream Guards & the Military Provost Corps); (Brother of Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, Private, 11th
or 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment), who died in July 1916 in France); (I believe
that his Great Grandmother was Mary Kingdon b.1787 Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales, Widow of a Customs
Excise Officer in 1871 in St Cuthbert’s Norfolk? Her Husband was George Kingdon b.1779 in Launceston,
Cornwall); (Note: There is another Cousin also named Henry Capp Kingdon, the brother of Albert Arthur &
Edward Kingdon above, b.1888 in Yarmouth, thereby probably making him too young to have enlisted in
1904/5, 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); (I believe that he is also the brother of a George
Frederick Samuel Kingdon #4570 North Staffordshire Regiment);
Kingdom, H. C: #34736, Private, 3rd Battalion, The King’s Liverpool Regiment; - Died in WW1; In Memory
of Private H C KINGDOM, #34736, 3rd Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment), who died on 30 March 1916,
Remembered with honour Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, Warwickshire 2.48332 Screen Wall, Panel V,
Section 188;
There is some confusion here due to there being two Henry Capp Kingdon boys (Cousins), one born in 1886 in
Thetford, Norfolk & another born 1888 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. I have recorded what I believe to be
correct here? They are obviously related? One of them is also referred to as Henry Charles Kingdon;
Notes: This soldier served with the 3rd Battalion, The King’s Liverpool Regiment which was a Reserve
Battalion made up from recalled Reservists & this unit remained in the UK during WW1; This would explain
why H C Kingdom is buried in Witton Cemetery in Birmingham as this was attached to one of the
Birmingham War Hospitals; A Death Record indicates that this is Henry C Kingdon who was born ca.1884,
however he only Birth Record for this Henry Capp Kingdon is registered in Great Yarmouth in 1888; The
CWGC record has him as a Kingdom but the Memorial Wall in Witton Cemetery has him as Kingdon; This is
Henry Capp Kingdon, born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1888, the son of Edward Kingdon, a Joiner, b.1851
in Farnham, Suffolk & Mary Ann Hannah Newby Leggett from Great Yarmouth who married on 31.03.1876
in Yarmouth, Norfolk; In 1891 Census Henry Capp Kingdon lived with his parents in Old Market Street,
Thetford, Norfolk, & also in the 1901 Census when he was aged 12; I failed to find this man in the 1911
Census; No Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Albert Arthur: #5633, RSM, OBE.,
Norfolk Regiment); (He was the brother of Edward Kingdon #1445 Military Provost Staff Corps & #20399
The Coldstream Guards); (He was a Cousin of Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, Private, 15th
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment), who died on 17.07.1916 in France); (He may be the
Cousin of Henry Capp Kingdon #7108, Sergeant, Lincolnshire Regiment); (He is the cousin of George
Frederick Samuel Kingdon #4570, Private North Staffordshire Regiment);
Kingdon, Henry Foulkes: Hon. Major in Queen Victoria’s Rifles; (pre WW1 period);
Notes: There are records for Henry Foulkes Kingdon born 16.04.1862 & baptised in Hampstead on
22.06.1862, 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 Vicar of
Shebbear, Devon) who married in 1854; There is indication that Henry Foulkes Kingdon was a Major in the
Queen Victoria’s Rifles which was the designation of the 9th Battalion the London Regiment, a Territorial unit
of the British Army; This unit was formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions
in the newly formed County of London, Queen Victoria's Rifles were one of twenty eight units brought
together in this way; They did serve in WW1 but I can find no record of Major Kingdon having been overseas
& there are no medals card for him on file; In 1871 Census Henry Foulkes Kingdon is aged 9 & visiting a
Gibbs family at St Dunstan’s Villa, Regents Park in London (I think that this was Regents Park College); In
1881 Census Henry F Kingdon is aged 18 & a Commercial Clerk, living with his parents at #29, Marlborough
Hill, Marylebone; I believe that Henry Foulkes Kingdon was Apprenticed to a London Feltmaker (Henry
Sawtell) on 04.07.1881 & became a Freeman of London on 08.04.1907; In 1891 Henry Foulkes Kingdon lives
with his younger Brother Stephen Murray Kingdon, working as a Marine Insurance Underwriter & living in
Hall of Staple Inn & is also at the same address in 1901 Census; In the 1893 Army List for Volunteer
Battalions, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, under Middlesex Regiments, the 1 st (Victoria & St. George’s) we
find reference to Lieutenant H.F. Kingdon & a notation indicating p.03 Jan 92, which I presume is the date of
his promotion from Second Lieutenant?; On 14.02.1905 Henry Foulkes Kingdon Married Mary Kathleen Weld
in Lancaster Gate, Westminster, (she was 12 years his junior & born in Madras, India in 1875 the daughter of
an (India) Civil Servant born in Ireland); In 1911 Census Henry Foulkes Kingdon is Aged 48, an Insurance
Underwriter, and living with his wife & 3 children at Maybury Wood, Maybury Hill, Woking, Surrey; I
believe Henry Foulkes Kingdon Died 07.07.1922 in Woking, Surrey Aged 60; (He was the Brother of
Kingdon, William Fortescue: Royal Air Force, AIR 79/2653/305488; WW1);
Kingdon, Henry Francis: #R/483, Able Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 339/1/21166, WW1;
Notes: This man’s records are incorrectly noted in the ADM 339 as Kingdom; I understand that the Official
Naval Service Number of R/483 was issued for WW1 Service between 1914 & 1919; This is Henry Francis
S. Kingdon, (not Kingdom as some records indicate), born 19.04.1898 in Fremington, near Barnstaple, Devon,
the son of Frank Kingdon b.1866 Knowstone & Sarah Washer from Exeter who married in 1893 in South
Molton; In 1901 Census Henry F. Kingdon lived with his parents at the Holy Trinity Vicarage in Barnstaple
where his Father was the Gardener; In the1911 Census the family lived in Cemetery Lodge, Bear St Road in
Barnstaple, Henry Kingdon was at School Aged 13 & his Father was the Caretaker of the Cemetery; Henry
Francis Kingdon married Hilda Eva Benoke from Exeter in Barnstaple, Devon in 1921; Henry Francis
Kingdon Died in 1974 in Tiverton, Devon Aged 76; ADM 171/127 records Henry F. Kingdon, A.B. #R/483,
Awarded the Victory & the British War Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Hyla F: Royal North
Devon Yeomanry No: 2750 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, Henry Maurice: #J14253, Able Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 188/675, WW1;
Notes: This is Henry Maurice Kingdon born 25.11.1894 in Clerkenwell,
Holborn, London, however, he often went by the name Maurice Kingdon;
He was the son of Henry (Harry) Kingdon, a Fitter b.1866 in Stepney &
Sarah (Sally) Chown, (b.1870 Kilburn), who Married in 1894 in Lambeth; In
the 1901 Census Maurice Kingdon is aged 6 & living with his parents at
#136, Hornsey Park Road, Wood Green, Middlesex; I believe that this sailor
probably enlisted between 01.01.1911 & 31.12.1911 which is indicated by
his official number series, however, in the 1911 Census record Henry
Maurice Kingdon is aged 16 & working as a Builder’s Boy but living with
his parents at #12, Luxor Street, Camberwell; Henry M. Kingdon was
serving on ‘HMS Ambrose’ at the end of WW1 when his medals were
issued; I understand that Henry Maurice Kingdon Married Charlotte Rose
Clara Williams, (b.25.08.1893 in Lambeth), on 25.12.1916 in St Peter’s
Church, Islington & that he was a Sailor at the time, living at #5, Rheidol
Terrace, Islington; I believe that this Sailor made a career out of the Royal
Navy as the ADM 171/146 records indicate issue of his Royal Navy Long Service Medal on 30.03.1928; He
stayed at #5, Rheidol Terrace, Islington, London, up until 1933 & in 1939 he lived at #16, Halstead Street,
Brixton; I believe that Henry Maurice Kingdon Died in Lewisham in 1977 Aged 82; Awarded the 1914-15
Star, Victory & British War Medals; Issued with Royal Navy Long Service & good Conduct Medal; (He is the
Brother of Kingdon, Cecil James: #1703 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery & #15621 Royal Marine
Artillery);
Kingdon, Henry Rodney Robert: #429, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Australian
Imperial & Expeditionary Force, WW1;
Notes: There are more Records for this soldier in the Australian
Military Files; This is Henry Rodney Robert Kingdon, a
Farmer, born on 15.04.1885 in Wellington, New Zealand; He
attended School in Wellington, worked for a short time as an
Accountant with a Mercantile firm & then joined his Father on
their home farm; In 1908 Henry Rodney Robert Kingdon went to
Western Australia & took up a block of land in Denmark; He
enlisted in the Australian Army on 20.10.1914 in Guildford,
Western Australia & gave his Mother’s name, Jane Kingdon,
Lower Hut, Wellington, New Zealand as his next of kin;
(Kingdon Family research would suggest that he was from the
Thorverton, Devon Kingdon family originally, who emigrated to
New Zealand from Holsworthy/Exeter in England around the
1850’s); He is son of John Holman Kingdon & Elizabeth Jane
Rayner; His Father was a Lawyer & Secretary to the Seddon
Government in New Zealand; There is a record for this New
Zealander serving with the Australian Expeditionary Forces in
WW1 which is in the form of a nominal roll for the 10th Light
Horse Regiment; This soldier joined for duty as a Private in the
Light horse Regiment on 20.10.1914 & embarked for Europe on
17.02.1915 from Freemantle on board the ‘HMAT Surada’ with ‘C’ Company, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd
Light Horse Brigade; He was promoted to Sergeant by 16.08.1915, & served at Gallipoli on 24.12.1915; By
14.06.1916 he was debilitated to hospital with Gonorrhea until 27.06.1916; He was again in hospital on
24.04.1917 in Egypt suffering with total Venereal Disease & sent to a rest camp in Port Said until 14.10.1917;
Henry Rodney Robert Kingdon was Commissioned to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in 1917 whilst serving in
Egypt with ‘C Squadron’, the 10th Light Horse Regiment, the Desert Mounted Corps; The records show that he
was promoted to Lieutenant on 21.02.1918 & served throughout the Gallipoli Campaign, also in Sinai,
Palestine & Syria; This Officer was finally struck off strength on 27.09.1919; I understand that Henry Rodney
Robert Kingdon Married Florence Belmont Reed (nee Byleveld) on 25.02.1920 in Denmark, Western
Australia; I believe that he continued to farm the land he first settled on in 1908, becoming Secretary of the
William Bay Settlers’ Association; I believe that Henry Rodney Robert Kingdon died on 20.09.1956 in
Denmark, Western Australia Aged 72; Awarded 1914-15 Star for Service as a Lance Corporal with the 10th
Light Horse Regiment & The British War & Victory Medals; I understand that his daughter, Mrs. Norah (Nell)
Boyce (nee Kingdon), of Box 2, Cranbrook, Western Australia 6321, requested her late Father’s Anzac
Commemoration Medallion & Badge on 10.01.1968; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Roy Raynor:
#10/1873, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; - Died in WW1 - aged 24 on 16 June
1915 at Gallipoli);
Henry William Kingdon: #440914, Private, ‘D’ Company & #1250407, 76th Depot Battery, Canadian
Overseas Expeditionary Force); WW1;
Notes: This is Henry William Kingdon born 30.05.1884 in Glastonbury, Somerset; He is the son of William
Kingdon, a Mason b.1853 in Goodleigh, Devon & Louisa Jane Bond from Wincanton, Somerset, who married
in Wincanton in 1876; (For my family records he is the Great Grandson of John Kingdon b.1788 North Molton
& Anne Daniel, b.1788 Loxhore); In 1891 Census Henry William Kingdon lived with his parents at #76, Bove
Town in Glastonbury, Somerset; In 1901 he was probably recorded as ‘Harry’ Kingdon Aged 16, a Mason’s
Apprentice, living with his parents at #9, Victoria Square, Portland, Dorset; There is a Militia Service note on
record for Harry William Kingdon, b.1884, Glastonbury, Gloucestershire, so I assume that he joined the local
militia at some point from here? This young man then sailed to Canada, probably on board the ‘SS Sicilian’ to
Quebec in May 1907 Aged 22, Harry Kingdon a Labourer intending to work as a Railroad Labourer in
Winnipeg; Canadian Army Records 3439436a & 439436b indicate that, on 18.11.1915 Hy William Kingdon
signed his Canadian Attestation papers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, stating that he was aged 31 years & was a
Labourer living at the Northern Hotel, Winnipeg; He gave his next of kin as his Father William Kingdon, #54,
Nortoft Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England; He was enlisted into ‘D’ Company of the Canadian
Overseas Expeditionary Force as #440914; I then found a record indicating that #440194 Private Henry
William Kingdon returned to Canada onboard the ‘SS Scandinavian’ (Olympic in Records), on 22.07.1916
suffering from some form of blood inflammation, serious enough to be repatriated home form a Field Casualty
Centre; I then discovered a second set of Canadian Army Records #439437a & 439437b, indicating that on
28.05.1917 Henry Wm Kingdon, now aged 32 years was again Attested into the 76th Depot Battery C.F.A with
the #1250407; He gives his trade as Stonemason & lives at #348 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg, He did not
declare that he had served previously but gives his date & place of birth as 30.05.1884, Glastonbury,
Somersetshire, England; He also declared that his next of kin was his Father Wm Kingdon, #54, Nortoft road,
Bournemouth, England; I presume that he was enlisted into the 76th Battery; Having again served overseas
Private Henry William Kingdon is returned home to Winnipeg, Canada for Dispersal & Discharge on the ‘SS
Cedric’ in 1919; I believe that there is a Chelsea Pensioner’s record for Harry Kingdon, b.1885 Glastonbury,
Somerset on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick Percy: #10616, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment,
1914-20 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom List: Kingdom, Frederick P: #126610, Private,
Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1920 WO372/11, WW1); (He is also the Brother of John Kingdon, b.1877
in Wincanton, who served in a Somerset Militia Unit); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, A. F: #91818
Royal Flying Corps & Royal Air Force, AIR 79/834/91818 - WW1);
Kingdon, Herbert E: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 782, Rank: Gunner, & No: 866172, Rank: Gunner, Royal
Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11/176234, WW1;
Notes: The records indicate that Herbert E. Kingdon Enlisted on 07.03.1913; He was Discharged on
21.06.1918, having previously served overseas, under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) 2 (a) (i) at the age of
23 for Sickness; He was discharged as a S/S rank from the 4th Reserve Brigade (Territorials), Royal Field
Artillery, consisting of 19, 21 & 56 Batteries stationed in Woolwich; This is probably Herbert Edward
Kingdon who was born in Braunton in 1896, registered in Barnstaple, Devon as there are no other
possibilities; If I am correct then Herbert Edward Kingdon was the son of Samuel Kingdon, a Tailor & Grocer
& Dairyman, b.1870 in Heanton Punchardon, Devon, & Ida Evelyne Mitchell from Braunton who married in
1894 in Braunton, Devon; In the 1901 Census Herbert E Kingdon lived with his parents in Heanton Street,
Braunton, North Devon; In the 1911 Census Herbert Edward Kingdon is aged 14 & living with his parents as
an Assistant Dairy Boy at #17, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, Devon; Following his Army service in WW1, I
believe that Herbert E Kingdon Married Doris Edith Challacombe, b.1908, Ilfracombe, Devon, in 1932 in
Barnstaple, Devon; Herbert E Kingdon died on 02.08.1965 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Aged 69, he is
buried in the Marlborough Road Cemetery in Ilfracombe,Devon alongside his wife; Awarded the Silver War
Badge #412252 (1st Issue, 2nd type) from Woolwich on 06.06.1918; Medals Card on file for award of the
Victory & British War Medals;
Kingdon, Herbert H: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 110412 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: There are no real clues as to this soldier’s identity on the MIC card; However, there was a possible
Herbert Harry B. Kingdon born on 15.06.1887 in Williton, Somerset who died in Somerset in 1977 Aged
89; He married Christina Blake in 1912 in Williton, Somerset; Medals Card on file; Not researched further;
Kingdon, Herbert James: Devonshire Regiment No: 205418 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; - Died in
WW1; In memory of Private Herbert James Kingdon, #205418, 4th (Reserve) Battalion (Territorials),
Devonshire Regiment, who died aged 46, on 27th June 1917; Son of John and Elizabeth Kingdon, of George
Nympton; Husband of the late Bessie Kingdon. Remembered with honour in the George Nympton (St.
George’s) Churchyard Extension in George Nympton, Devon;
Notes: This is Herbert James Kingdon born on 05.03.1872 & baptised on 28.04.1872 in George Nympton,
Devon, the son of John Kingdon b.23.11.1828 in Rose Ash & Elizabeth Wotton b.09.05.1830 in George
Nympton, who married on 05.12.1852 in George Nympton, Devon; In the 1881 Census Herbert James
Kingdon lived with his parents in George Nympton Village; In the 1891 Cenusus he was an Agricultural
Labourer living with his married brother in George Nympton Village, Devon; Herbert James Kingdon Married
Bessie Speed (b.1876 George Nympton) on 18.04.1900 in George Nympton, Devon; Herbert & Bessie lived in
the same North Devon village of George Nympton in 1901 & also in 1911; I can find no Military Service
Records for him; I believe that he enlisted with the 4th (Reserve) Battalion (Territorials), Devonshire Regiment
for WW1 Service & may well have served on Garrison Duty in the defence of Plymouth, England;
Ancestry.com has a WW1 Death Record which states that he was born in Plympton, Devon, resided in South
Molton, Devon & enlisted in Plymouth but I find this to be unproven; No Medals Card found so I assume that
he died in a home station?
Kingdon, Herbert James: #143716, Royal Army Medical Corps, Rank: Private, WW1;
Notes: This is Herbert James Kingdon born in Hoxton, London in 1879; This man was already a Reservist
(probably with the 20th Training Reserve Battalion in Northampton) & called up for service joining in
Whitehall, London on 11.08.1917 & gave his trade as a Furrier; I believe that he had originally enlisted on
30.05.1917 for the Duration of the War; He gave his status as Married but may well have been separated from
his wife as he gave his Next of Kin as Mrs. Theodora Picault with whom he was living with as husband &
wife; His medical records indicate that he suffered with mild elephantitis, poor physique & had no teeth in his
upper jaw; His original unit for the 1st month was recorded as #334445 with the 2/25th (Cyclist) The London
Regiment but this was changed when he was transferred to #143716 Royal Army Medical Corps on
24.04.1918; On 06.06.1918 he was posted to No. 82 Battalion, No. 7 Company RAMC in Devonport until
11.02.1919 when he joined 35 Company RAMC at Millbank; He gave his address as #262, Goswell Road,
London EC1; On 8.03.1919 his Protection Certificate indicates that he was #143716 a Private in the 35th
Company, RAMC, that his Theatre of War was in London District & that his address was #39, Gerrard Street,
Islington; I understand that he was finally discharged & demobilised in London on 14.04.1919; Further follow
up research reveals that this is Herbert James Spencer Kingdon, a Furrier, born 25.07.1881 in Shoreditch,
(Baptised in Haggerston St Columba, Hackney on 28.02.1882), the son of Henry James Kingdon, a Copper
Smith, b.1851 in Clerkenwell, London (some records have him born in Cardiff, Wales?) & Elizabeth Green
Lowe from Hackney who married on 04.11.1871 in St James, Shoreditch, Hackney; There are some confusing
London School Records on file, with this boy’s name being recorded as Herbert James Kingdon, Herbert
Kingdon & James Henry Kingdon but all with the same birth date & Father’s name; I have chosen to go with
him having been in Infants School in Hackney prior to 17.10.1887 when he went to Bay Street Temporary
School, as Herbert Kingdon, until 28.05.1888, his address is given as #99, Holly Street; In 1891 Census
Herbert J Kingdon lives with his parents in Hackney; In the School’s records it shows Jas Henry Kingdon,
living at #27 De Beauvoir Road attending Holy Trinity School in Hackney from 07.02.1893 to 03.09.1894;
This record states that his previous school was in Daubeney Road; His final school years are shown as Herbert
James Kingdon at the newly opened Enfield Road School in Hackney from 05.09.1894 until 16.01.1895, his
address is given as #27, De Beauvoir Road & his previous school as Holy Trinity; In 1901 Herbert J Kingdon
is a Bootmaker living with his parents in Hackney; Herbert James Spencer Kingdon Married Mary Ann E
Webb (born 14.09.1876 Bethnal Green) in the Parish Church of St Leonard in Shoreditch on 12.12.1909, their
address is given as #99, Hackney Road; In 1911 Census he calls himself James & lives with Mary Kingdon at
#195, Richmond Road, Hackney, he is a Credit Draper; I believe that Herbert J Kingdon died in 1946 in
Hackney Aged 65; No Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick S: Rifle Brigade No:
B/200829 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1); (He was the Brother of William
Arthur Kingdon who was killed in a German Air Raid during WW2 along with his wife & son on 30.09.1940
in Chingford, Essex);
Kingdon, Herbert John: #347413, Petty Officer, Ships Chief Cook, Royal Navy; ADM 188/527; (Pre &
WW1 period);
Notes: This is Herbert John Kingdon born 15.12.1884 in Okehampton, Devon, the son of John Kingdon, a
Railway Porter b.1859 in Stoke Canon, Devon & Kitty Yeo b.1854 in Inwardleigh, Devon, who married in
1879 in Okehampton; In 1891 Census Herbert John Kingdon lives with his parents in the Station Cottages,
Okehampton, his Father is a Railway Signalman; In 1901 Census Herbert John Kingdon may have been in the
Royal Navy but I could not find him in the Census, however, a check of his Official Naval Number would
indicate that he enlisted between 01.01.1904 & 31.12.1904 so this needs more research; (His parents still lived
in Station Cottages in Okehampton & he is not recorded there); In the 1911 Census he is living with his
Widowed Mother in North Street, Okehampton, he is aged 26 & is a Leading Cook’s Mate in the Royal Navy;
He does become a Chief Ship’s Cook later, serving on ‘HMS Glorious’; A Devon Newspaper article regarding
the death of his Brother Jack Kingdon in France in 1916 records that Herbert Kingdon is a Petty Officer in the
Royal Navy; This Chief Petty Officer (Cook) remained in the Royal Navy at least until the 1920’s; I believe
that he Married Marjery Miriam Guard from Yarnscombe in 1923 in South Molton, Devon; In February 1957
Herbert Kingdon sailed on the SS Iberia from Australia, via the Cape to UK, arriving on 03.03.1957; He was
aged 72 at that time & travelled with Miriam Kingdon, his wife, who was born 31.05.1891, they are both
recorded as being Retired; The address given on their return to UK is c/o Mrs. Marks, #34, Pembroke
Crescent, Hove, Sussex; I also understand that Herbert John Kingdon died in 1973 in Abingdon, Berkshire
Aged 89; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; He was issued the Royal Navy Long
Service & Good Conduct Medal on 26.07.1927; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Jack / Kingdom, J: #3980,
Rifleman, 1/8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1;); (He
was also Brother of Kingdon, Ernest W: L/5257, Acting Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO
372/11, WW1);
Kingdon, Herbert William: Hampshire Regiment, Territorial Force, Rank: Second Lieutenant 1914-1920,
WO 372/11, WW1; & Kingdon, H W: Royal Flying Corps Rank: Captain; AIR 76/277 – WW1 Service;
Notes: (Much of this Officer’s Records in the London Gazette Notices appears to refer to him as Hubert
William Kingdon); This is Herbert William Kingdon born on 20.01.1888 in Hackney, London, & he was the
son of William Frederick Kingdon b.1844 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire & Catherine Ann Gibbons from
Manchester, who married on 08.01.1884 in Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire; In 1891 Census William H
Kingdon lived with his parents at #118, Mead Road, Stoke Newington, London, his Father was a Book Seller;
I failed to find this person in the 1901 & the 1911 Census; I presume that this young man enlisted for WW1
service in 1915; 2nd Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant 12.08.1915) Hubert W Kingdon was promoted to
Temporary Captain in the Hampshire Regiment on 14.11.1915 but this was later corrected to 12.08.1915; This
Officer later served with the (Royal Flying Corps) Royal Air Force as a Captain, see AIR 76/277 records;
Served in Gallipoli & the Dardanelles from 29.07.1915 whilst with the Army; He was promoted from 2nd
Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Hampshire Regiment, Territorial Force, & to Flying Officer with the Royal
Flying Corps (RFC) on 07.12.1916 where he had been Seconded to; His Secondment from the Hampshire
Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps was dated 10.12.1916 when he was a 2 nd Lieutenant (temporary Captain);
On 05.10.1917 his Secondment to the RFC was Gazetted & his promotion to Captain confirmed; On
20.01.1918 Captain H W Kingdon was promoted from a Flying Officer to a Flight Commander; Further
research revealed that Captain Hubert (probably a mis-spelling in the Flight Magazine of 21.11.1918) William
Kingdon, of the 8th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment & the RAF, was Married to the Widow of Captain Lunt of
the 5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 12.11.1918 at Keston Parish Church in Kent – her name was Annie
Isabelle Gretchen Lunt; Address for his medals claim was c/o T. Cook & Son, 15, The Bund, Shanghai, China
on 29.11.1922 & he also claimed his dead brother’s medals from this address; (I presume that he worked for
Thomas Cook & Sons since at least 1921?); Medals Card on file for award of 15 Star, Victory & British War
Medals;
Follow Up Research indicates service in WW2 as well:
Kingdon, Hubert William: Royal Army Pay Corps, #123488, Rank: Major, WW2 – DIED in WW2;
Notes: This Officer who also served in WW1, initially with the Hampshire Regiment & in 1916 with the newly
formed Royal flying Corps & the Royal Air Force, appears to have also re-enlisted for service in WW2; In this
event he took the rank of Major & served with the Royal Army Pay Corps; Unfortunately Hubert William
Kingdon Died at the Age of 58 on 16.10.1946 whilst serving as a Major with the Royal Army Pay Corps
following WW2; He is buried in Grave #74, block 2 of Kidderminster Cemetery in Worcestershire; The
CWGC Records state that he was the son of William Frederick & Catherine Ann Kingdon; He was the
husband of Ann Isabel Gretchen Kingdon of Kidderminster; At the time of his death his address was #33,
Batham Avenue, Kidderminster & Probate was by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, I believe
that he had lived in Shanghai, China, working for T. Cook & Sons as a Banker, returning to UK with his wife
Annie, via the USA &/or Canada on board the ‘SS Empress of Australia’ on 21.04.1924; There is also a
Sailing & Transit Record for Hubert Kingdon & Ann Kingdon, (birth place of Manchester is incorrect) for
Quebec, Canada dated 26.10.1929 on board the ‘SS Duchess of Atholl’ confirming that they were in transit to
China; Hubert William Kingdon’s UK Passport was issued in London on 24.11.1926, #162491; His sister’s
address in 1929 is given as his next of kin at Mrs. Winifred Croisdale, Soberton, Droxford, Hampshire
Awarded the 1939-45 Star & War Medals; (He was the Brother of Second Lieutenant Leonard Kingdon, 12th
Squadron, Royal Flying Corps & the Worcestershire Regiment who died on 12th January 1916 in WW1);
Kingdon, Herbert Theodore: East Lancashire Regiment Rank: Captain 1914-1920 WO 372/11 & WO
339/13157, WW1; Also Recorded as: Kingdon, H T: East Lancashire Regiment Rank: Temporary Captain
WO 372/24, WW1;
Notes: The WO 338 records have reference to 2Lt. Herbert Theodore Kingdon, 30, #28680 & marked as a
demobilised officer; This Officer served in France from 30.09.1915; The London Gazette Supplement dated
10.05.1917 also records Temporary Captain H.T. Kingdon, from a Service Battalion, to be a temporary
Captain (Attached) to the East Lancashire Regiment on 23.02.1917, with seniority from 30.05.1915; He
appears to have been promoted from Temporary Captain to Acting Major whilst serving as 2 nd in command of
the 9th Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment on 25.10.1918; His medals card indicates that he was
‘Mentioned for Bravery’ during his service as it is endorsed “Emblems” & a record exists in the London
Gazette of 30.01.1919 on page 1479 for being Mentioned in Despatches; His rank of Acting Major was
relinquished on 09.03.1919 when he ceased being the 2nd in Command; Captain Herbert Theodore Kingdon of
the East Lancashire Regiment completed his service on 12.03.1919; This is probably Herbert Theodore
Kingdon born on 24.07.1895 in Dorchester, Dorset, the son of Herbert Napier Kingdon, 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 Herbert’s Father ran a small
boarding school for boys; In the 1911 Census Herbert Theodore Kingdon is aged 15 & a School Boarder at
Clifton College, #28, College Road, Clifton Bristol in Gloucestershire, England; I believe that following the
War & later in life he was involved as a Mining Engineer & Mine Manager for many years in Kalgoorlie,
Australia; Herbert Theodore Kingdon Died 06.07.1975 in Exeter, Devon, England, Aged 80; Mentioned in
Despatches 30.01.1919; (Mentions in Despatches - First listed in London Gazette of 9th May 1843; Sometimes
referred to as MID & physically denoted by an oak leaf emblem; Prior to 4 th Q 1916 these were not indexed
and were included in the dispatches themselves; After this time they are listings of the names of those
commended with where and when – not why); Shadow Card on file & Medals Card on file; Awarded the 1915
Star, Victory & British War Medals; His Medals were applied for on 25.02.1923 & sent to him on 22.09.1923;
Addresses given were #125, Sinclair Road, Kensington, London W.14 & Stoneycroft, Camberley, Surrey;
(Brother of Commander William Napier Kingdon, Royal Navy); (Brother of John Bannatyne Kingdon,
Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy); (Brother of Kingdon, Janet L (Female): Voluntary Aid Detachment
1914-1920 WO 372/23);
Kingdon, Horace Frederick: #V245087, Australian Army in 1939-1945, WW2;
Notes: This man’s records in Series B884 in Canberra have not yet been made available; This is Horace
Frederick Kingdon born on 04.03.1922 in Woolwich, Kent, England, the son of Frederick George Turner
Kingdon b.06.07.1893 in Poplar, London & Alice Wade who married in Woolwich in 1922; This family
emigrated to Australia in 1923/1924, Horace Frederick Kingdon sailing with his mother onboard the ‘SS
Barrabool’ on 13.12.1924; In the early days in Victoria, Australia Horace F Kingdon lived with his parents in
Tragowel, Wimmera, Kerang, Victoria, from 1931 to 1937; Horace Frederick Kingdon enlisted in Bendigo,
Victoria, Australia for service in WW2, giving his mother’s name Alice Kingdon as his next of Kin; Horace
Frederick Kingdon Married Amelia Ruby (??) in ??; From 1949 to 1954 he was a Labourer living with his wife
at Chapel Street, California Gulley, Bendigo, Victoria; In 1963 they lived at #127, Barnard Street, Sandhurst
East, Victoria; In 1968 they lived at # 165, McCrae Street, Sandhurst East, Victoria; From 1972 to at least
1980, Horace Frederick was a Railway Employee like his father & they now lived at #199, McCrae Street; (He
was the Brother of Frederick Kingdon, #VX123170, Australian Army in WW2) (He was the son of Kingdon,
Frederick G T: #54710, Driver, ‘A’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1); I did not
follow him further;
Kingdon, Hubert: #109435 Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, WW1;
Notes: I believe that this is Hubert Kingdon born 01.10.1892 in Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of
John Gaylord Kingdon, a Tailor & Draper, b.1842 in Swansea & (his 1 st wife Sarah Maria Jones b.1843 from
Mumbles died in Glamorgan in 1877), John G Kingdon remarried in1878 to his 2 nd wife Ann Eliza Gillard
from Tiverton, Hubert’s Mother; In 1901 Census Hubert lived with his parents in #3, Woodland Villas,
Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales; In 1911 Census Hubert lives with his parents at the same address in
Oystermouth & is a Baker; Hubert Kingdon emigrated to Canada, arriving in Quebec in 1912 aged 20, aiming
to settle in Montreal; He sailed from England on the ‘SS Royal George’; Upon enlistment in Canada on the
02.07.1915 in Montreal, Hubert Kingdon was aged 22 years & 10 months & was a Baker; Hubert Kingdon
served overseas with the 60th Battalion CEF, returning to Canada from Witley, Surrey, England to Quebec, for
discharge from the Army onboard the ‘SS Baltic’ in 1919; This soldier served with the 4 th Canadian Mounted
Rifles as a Trooper from 06.07.1915 to 01.01.1916 & as a Private from 01.01.1916 to 27.08.1919;; (I believe
that he is the Brother of Kingdon, Benjamin: Liverpool Regiment No: 56170 Acting Colour Sergeant 19141920 WO 372/11 who served in England in WW1); (I believe that he is also the Brother of Octavius Gillard
Kingdon who also emigrated to Canada but in 1913 & served in WW1 as #109436 in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force); (He was also the Brother of Royal Navy Apprentice Hedley Vicars Kingdon); I have
not researched this soldier further;
Kingdon, Hugh: Royal Navy in 1696; (Seamen’s Wills Records); PROB 11;
Notes: In 1696 there is a Record for a Seaman’s Will for Hugh Kingdon, in which he left all of his estate to
his friend Francis Richards; The record has him serving aboard ‘HMS Boyne’ which was an 80 gun 3 rd rate
ship of the line, Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 21.05.1692; I believe that she was broken up
in 1763; I have no other information on this sailor or his family background;
Kingdon, Hugh E: Royal Scots Fusiliers No: 266083 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Also served as #5670 5th Battalion “The Queen’s” Royal West Surrey Regiment which I believe was a
Territorial Force Battalion; This Soldier also served as #21454 in the Army Pay Corps; This is Hugh Emerson
Kingdon who was born in Kensington in London on 19.09.1897 (baptised in Earls Court on 20.07.1897), the
son of Frederick William Washington Kingdon, a Barrister b.1861 in Colyton, Devon & Gertrude Walker from
Bayswater who married in St Marylebone on 02.07.1895; In 1901 Census Hugh Kingdon lives with his parents
in Kensington Mansions in Kensington, London; (In 1911 Census Hugh Emerson Kingdon is a Student living
with his parents at #30, Craven Hill Gardens, Paddington South, Paddington, London; Hugh E Kingdon was
examined for enlistment on 06.04.1916 in Hammersmith aged 19 years & was a Law Student; He was however
originally enlisted on 29.02.1916 with the 5th Battalion ‘The Queen’s’ on Reserve & then transferred to the 11th
Scots Fusiliers on 19.04.1917; He was a Signaller & I believe served in France in 1918; He was eventually
transferred to the Army Pay Corps on 26.07.1918 & promoted to Corporal on 26.07.1919 where he was
employed as the Base Cashier in Amiens, France; His records show a Next of Kin as his Father Mr. F.W.
Kingdon of #1, Masons Court, Bayswater, London; At discharge he gave his permanent address as #9,
Moscow Court, Bayswater, London W2; Hugh Emerson Kingdon Married Laura May Masey from London in
1928 in Kensington; Researching the shipping passenger lists it would appear that Hugh Kingdon did a lot of
travelling throughout his life as he was also a Barrister at Law; I believe that Hugh Emerson Kingdon died in
1976 in Kensington Aged 78; Medals Card on file;
Kingdon, Hyla F: Royal North Devon Yeomanry No: 2750 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with Devonshire Regiment as # 345901 which would indicate Territorial Force re-number
issued in 1917 & places him in 16th Battalion Devonshires; (16th (Royal 1st Devon & Royal North Devon
Yeomanry) Battalion; Formerly the Royal North Devon Hussars & Yeomanry, Served in the Dardanelles as
the Royal North Devon Hussars where many of their men were severely frost bitten. They were evacuated to
Egypt & then served in Palestine & France;
Formed at Moascar in Egypt on 4 January 1917 from the two dismounted Yeomanry units.
January 1917: attached to 229th Brigade in 74th (Yeomanry) Division.
1 May 1918: embarked at Alexandria for Marseilles, landing in France on 7 May 1918).
This is Hyla Frederick Kingdon born 28.07.1894 in Knowstone, son of Frank Kingdon b.1866 Knowstone &
Sarah Washer from Exeter who married in 1893 in South Molton; In 1901 Census Hyla lived with his parents
at the Holy Trinity Vicarage in Barnstaple where his Father was the Gardener; In1911 Census the family lived
in Cemetery Lodge, Bear St Road in Barnstaple, Hyla was his Father’s Assistant as Caretaker of the Cemetery;
Hyla Frederick Kingdon Married Ethel C. Richards in Barnstaple in 1920; Hyla Frederick Kingdon Died in
1980 Aged 86; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Henry Francis: Able Seaman, #R/483,
Royal Navy; ADM 339/1/21166);
I
KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdon, I: Private, #22423115, 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment: Korean War 1950’s;
Notes: There is a record for Private I. Kingdon, serving in Korea during the Korean War, having been
Wounded in Action in February 1952; The 1st Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment were part of the 29th
Infantry Brigade & served in Korea from October 1951 until June 1952; I have no other information on this
soldier;
Kingdon, Irwin Wendon: Private, #48650, ‘A’ Company, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, WW1;
Notes: This is Irwin Wendon Kingdon born in 1895 in New Zealand, the son of James Kingdon, b.1844 in
Advent, Cornwall, England & Elizabeth Jane Wendon, b.1848 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, who had married in
Cornwall, England in 1868 & sailed to New Zealand, arriving in Cambridge West in 1880 & established a
Blacksmith’s business on the corner of Shakespeare & Cook Streets; (His Grandparents, Jonathan Kingdon &
Mary Orchard Hill had arrived in New Zealand from Cornwall, England in 1872 on the ‘Celestial Queen’); (I
understand that one of Irwin’s elder brothers, Samuel Wendon Kingdon, died by drowning in a river at a
Wesleyan Picnic in 1883 at the age of 11 years); Irwin Wendon Kingdon lived with his parents in Shakespeare
Street, Cambridge up until 1911; Irwin Wendon Kingdon, now working as a Labourer, Married Eva Hilda May
Garmonaway in 1916 in Cambridge, New Zealand; Irwin Wendon Kingdon enlisted for WW1 Service with the
Auckland Infantry Regiment & Embarked on 26.04.1917 from Wellington with the 25th Reinforcements of the
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, sailing for Plymouth in England on board ‘HMNZT 83 Tofua’; There are
no other military records for this soldier other than those held in the Wellington Records Office which I have
not researched; His Father died around 1919 & from then on Irwin Wendon & Eva Hilda May Kingdon lived
in Shakespeare Street with his widowed mother Elizabeth Jane Kingdon; Irwin Kingdon was a Labourer; They
continued to live in Shakespeare Street, Cambridge West up until 1949; I believe that Irwin Wendon Kingdon
died in 1953 Aged 58; (He was the Brother of Percy James Kingdon, 2nd Division New Zealand Reservist,
WW1): (He was the Brother of Dick Kingdon, 2nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): (He was the
Brother of Archibald Henry Kingdon, 2nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): This family could be
researched further;
Kingdon, Isaac: Royal Navy in 1775; (Seamen’s Wills Records);
Notes: In 1775 there is a Record for a Seaman’s Will for Isaac Kingdon, son of Samuel Kingdon, of St
Leonard’s, Shoreditch; The record has Isaac Kingdon serving aboard ‘HMS Northumberland’ – I presume that
this refers to the ‘HMS Northumberland’ which was launched in 1750, Commissioned in 1753, Renamed
‘HMS Leviathan’ in 1777 & used as a Storeship until finally foundering on 27.02.1780 whilst sailing from
Jamaica to Britain; I have no other information on this sailor or his family;
Kingdon, Ivor H: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 114450 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: I believe that this is Ivor Henry Kingdon born in 1892 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of
Thomas Kingdon, originally a Baker, b.1844 in Bampton, Devon & Frances (Fanny) Akhurst from Faversham
in Kent who died; Ivor’s Father remarried his 2nd wife Mary Ann ?? from Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales &
lived at #6, Radlaver Street, Canton, Cardiff in 1901 Census, his Father is a Dock Labourer now; In 1911 Ivor
Kingdon lives with his parents at the same address as previously, he is a Warehouseman & his Father is an Oil
Dealer; I believe that Ivor H Kingdon Died in 1956 in Cardiff Aged 64; Medals Card on file; I did not follow
this Soldier any further;
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