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KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18th May 2014)
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Kingdon, E: Private, #4209, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment; Boer War;
Notes: This is Edward Kingdon born in 1877 in Bishops Nympton, Devon; His name first appears as #4209
Drummer Kingdon E. on a Medal Roll for the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment for individuals entitled to
the South African Medal for Boer War Service, dated 20.08.1901 in Standerton; His name again appears as
#4209 Drummer Kingdon E. on a Medal Roll for the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment for individuals
entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal and Clasps for Boer War Service, dated 11.12.1903 in Bordon, the
record indicates that he was already Discharged; After exhaustive Kingdon Family research, this Edward
Kingdon is believed to be the son of James Kingdon, a Farm Labourer born in 1856 Bishops Nympton, &
Martha Tucker, who Married on 26.10.1876 in Bishops Nympton; In 1881 Census Edward Kingdon was aged
4 & lived with his parents at Barton House, Bishops Nympton, Devon; In 1891 Edward Kingdon was aged 14
& a Farm Servant at Bainsworthy in North Molton, Devon; It was during the next few years that Edward
Kingdon joined the Devonshire Regiment as a young Drummer as per the referenced medal rolls & I also
failed to locate him in any UK 1901 Census; Edward Kingdon must have been discharged from the Army
sometime pre- December 1903 & returned to Devon; Edward Kingdon Married Esther Sampson in 1906 in
Bishops Nympton & lives & works as a Farm Labourer at Broad Park in Bishops Nympton in 1911; Medals
awarded – Queen’s South Africa Medal, King’s South Africa Medal, with Clasps for service at Tugela
Heights, Paardeberg, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laings Nek & Belfast; (Brother of Kingdom, John T:
#81419, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to Kingdon List);
Kingdon, E: Private, #14951502, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment; Palestine 1945-1948;
Notes: The WO 100/528 Records indicate the issue of to Private E. Kingdon of the 1st Battalion the Border
Regiment on 16.03.1948 from Gothic Camp, El Ballah, Suez; I have no other information for this soldier;
Awarded the Palestine General Service Medal & Clasp, 1945-1948; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdon, E C: Rank: Mrs; Sister, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service; WW1 period;
Notes: This is E.C. Kingdon but I have no other information except that she served at the Royal Hospital in
Chatham in Kent from at least 1917 until 1923 as a Massage Nurse; These women were the forerunners of
what we now call Physio Therapists in the medical profession & were always called Mrs. & not Nurse or
Sister; I failed to find any other information for this woman; Needs more research;
Kingdon, E F: Soldiers Christian Association 1914 -1920, WO 372/23; WW1 period;
Notes: (This was the Military Auxiliary of the YMCA); This is Elizabeth Frances Kingdon whose name
appears on the Absent Voters List for #21, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire for 1918
& again in 1919; Her credentials are indicated as A.I.B.D. which probably stands for Australian Infantry Base
Depot which was situated in Rouelles, near Le Havre, France; She is recorded as being an absent voter with a
sister Winifred Adams Kingdon of the same address; Elizabeth Frances Kingdon obviously came from a
wealthy family as in the 1911 Census she is aged 42 & living with her Widowed Mother & 3 other spinster
sisters, all on ‘Private Means’, at The Croft, St Annes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; (This family originates from
the Cory Kingdon, Holsworthy, Devon line); Elizabeth Frances Kingdon was born in Spondon, Derbyshire
in 1868, she is the daughter of Godfrey Kingdon, a Clergyman b.1838 in Poughill, Cornwall & Frances
Adams, b.1833 in Nottingham, who married in 1863 in Radford, Nottinghamshire; In the 1871 Census
Elizabeth F. Kingdon is aged 2 & living with her parents at the Spondon Vicarage in Derbyshire, her Father
was the Vicar of Spondon; In the 1881 Census Elizabeth F. Kingdon is aged 12 & lives with her parents, who
were absent on the census date, at the St Mary’s Church Vicarage, Spondon, Derbyshire; In the 1891 Census
her Father was the Vicar of Taunton St James in Somerset & Elizabeth F Kingdon lived with her parents at
Salisbury House, Taunton St Mary Magdalene Within, Somerset; In the 1901 Census she is living with her
parents at Witherley Rectory in Leicestershire; In 1935 & in 1939 Elizabeth Frances Kingdon lived with her
spinster sisters at #13, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire; I believe that Elizabeth F
Kingdon Died in 1954 in Newton Abbot (Teignmouth, Devon) Aged 85; I can find no medals card info for this
person, however, there is a reference at Kew WO 372/23/24106? (She is the Sister of Kingdon, Winifred
Adams: Soldiers Christian Association 1914-1920 WO 372/23);
Kingdom, E J: #7625997, Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Prisoner of War (POW) #258736, 19391945, WW2;
Notes: There is a mention of a Private E J Kingdon being recorded as a Prisoner of War in the local news
sheet “The Kibworth News’ for 1944; (This was produced from 1940 to 1945 & sent to many servicemen in
WW2); Kibworth News covered a small group of villages in Leicestershire, near Market Harborough; I believe
that Private E J Kingdon was a Prisoner of War in Stalag IV-G in Oschatz, Saxony in Germany, a small POW
‘Work Camp’ between Leipzig & Dresden; I have no other information on this soldier other than to note that
his seven digit service number was issued in the allotted block for the RAOC in 1920 during renumbering of
the Army; Research indicates that this is Ernest James Kingdon born a twin (with Alfred William Kingdon)
in 1918 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire; He was the son of William Kingdon, a Railway Station Master,
b.1869 in Simonsbath, Exmoor & his second wife, Jemima (Minnie) Watkins, b.1882 in Augh, Pembrokeshire
who married in late 1906 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire; (His Father’s first wife, Selina Goodwin from
Little Eaton in Derbyshire, whe were married in Shardlow, Derbyshire in 1894, Died in early 1906 in Market
Harborough; Ernest J Kingdon’s Father was the Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire, Station Master when he
died on 07.03.1918 at the Faire Hospital in Leicester; I found no other information for this soldier; (There is an
E J Kingdon living at #10, Park Crescent, Eastwood, telephone exchange Langley Mill in 1964 phone books
for Nottinghamshire)? (He was the Step Brother of Kingdon, William Samuel Goodwin: #22887, Private, 2nd
Northamptonshire Regiment & 2nd Lieutenant, Leicestershire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdom, Edgar: #73969, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Transferred from the Kingdom 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 Kingdon, a
Brewer’s Drayman, b.1865 in Wibley, Surrey & Fanny Smith from Frensham who married in 1889 in
Farnham; (Edgar is the Grandson of Robert Kingdon b.1835 in Chulmleigh & Mary Jane from Swansea); In
1901 Census Edgar lives with his parents in St Giles in the Field, Bloomsbury; Edgar Kingdom, a 24 year old
Married Clerk from #52, Castle Street, Long Acre, London, was Attested on 08.12.1915, sent to the Reserve &
then Enlisted on 04.04.1916 in London; Edgar Kingdom Married Madeline Simpson on 25.12.1912 at St
Michael’s Church in Bromley; On his Army records there are 2 children – Edgar Robert Kingdom born
07.01.1914 in West Ham & Ronald James Kingdom born 13.01.1916 in St Giles, Bloomsbury; Edgar
Kingdom served for 3 years & 65 days, with 3 postings to France in that time; I believe that he was discharged
on 05.09.1919 in Dover; On 20.10.1922 the Ministry of Pensions requested his Discharge Records & for some
reason someone has written “Australia” on the bottom of the forms; Did this family emigrate to Australia post
WW1? I have now found the family’s return to England from Australia aboard the ‘SS Sophocles’ in July
1925; Later checks indicate that Edgar & his family will emigrate to Canada in 1925 as he travels as a Motor
Salesman to Quebec/Montreal on 21.11.1925 aboard the ‘SS Empress of Scotland’, however, his Passport
appears to have issued in Brisbane on 07.05.1925 so he had already been to Australia & returned to England;
Edgar also recorded that he was visiting a Brother in Law, A. Strafford of 8 th Avenue, Montreal – is this a
Kingdon or a Simpson relative? At this time Edgar & Madeline Kingdom have Twin Daughters, Ivy & Doris
born in 1920; Madeline Kingdom & the children emigrate to Canada on 10.05.1926 aboard the ‘SS Athenia’,
their tickets being paid for by her sister; 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);
Kingdon, Edith May: Civilian Casualty; Civilian Death in WW2 Blitz;
Edith May Kingdon died on 05.06.1941 at the age of 13 years during a WW2 German Air Raid & is
Remembered in the Roll of Honour in St George’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey;
Notes: This is Edith May Kingdon, born in 1928 in Stepney, the daughter of George Harold Kingdon,
b.05.11.1895 in Edmonton, Middlesex & Edith Emily Whitbread, b.25.10.1898 in Sale, Cheshire, who Married
on 19.02.1919 in Stratford, Hampshire; At the time of their daughter’s death, they were living at #16, Bonham
Road, Dagenham, Essex, however, Edith May Kingdon died at Woodside Cottages, Grendon in Warwickshire;
Kingdon, Edmund Joseph: Caulker, Royal Navy, Continuous Service #7723B & #40313; ADM 139/878 &
ADM 188/5; (1868-1875 period)
Notes: Enlisted on ‘HMS Hercules’ for 10 years service as a Caulker on 12.11.1868, joined on 23.12.1868;
This is Edmund Joseph Kingdon born 10.12.1842 in Plymouth, the son of Richard Kingdon, a Sawyer
b.1792 in Maker, Devon, & Dorothy (Dorothea) Congdon(?) from Calstock, Cornwall who Married ca.1827,
probably in Plymouth; In 1851 Census Edmund Kingdon lived with his parents at #24, Gasking Street,
Plymouth Charles the Martyr; In 1861 Edmund lives with his Widower Father at #26, Gasking Street, Charles
the Martyr, Charles, Plymouth & is an 18 year old Shipwright Apprentice; Edmund Joseph Kingdon Married
Mary Ann Western, (born ca.1842 Plymouth) in Plymouth in 1863; In the 1871 Census Edmund’s wife, Mary
Ann Kingdon aged 27 is a Nurse living with a Gilbert Family in #55, Cobourg Street, St Andrew, Plymouth,
she is recorded as being the wife of a Royal Navy Caulker also; (I did think that eventually I had found ‘Ed
Jo’ Kingdon in 1871, aged 26 years, as an Able Seaman serving in the Royal Navy on board ‘HMS
Cambridge’ in Tamar, Devonport, but the crew are recorded as being ashore at Census time on Sunday
02.04.1871, but this may not be him as a closer look indicates his age is incorrect?); I seem to lose both of
them from here, however there is an Edmund Joseph Kingdon in the Navy List which records a promotion to
Carpenter on 24.07.1875; The Date of the Navy list is June 1879: 118 – Comus 18 May 78 (Borne in
“Pembroke”); I then discovered the ADM 196/30 Record referring to Edmund Kingdon dated 24.07.1875, in
the Royal Navy Warrant Officers Register of Service List, which records his Promotion from Caulker to
Carpenter; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Samuel: Rating, Continuous Service #22684A, Royal Navy;
ADM 139/627); I researched no further, needs more work;
Kingdon, Edward: Private, 4th Battalion, Norfolk Volunteers & #745 & #20399, Sergeant, Coldstream
Guards, & #1445, Warrant Officer Class 2, Military Provost Staff Corps, WO 372/11, Service of 23 years from
1897, Boer War & WW1;
Notes: This is Edward Kingdon who served with the Coldstream Guards as #745 & #20399 from 05.01.1897
to 1906; He had served with 4th Battalion Norfolk Volunteers prior to joining the Regular Army & at
enlistment wanted to join the Dragoons of the Line; I believe that this is Edward Philip Kingdon born 4th Q
1879 in St James Parish, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 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 the family live in Old Market Street, Thetford, Norfolk; At enlistment on 04.01.1897
in Norwich, Edward Kingdon was a Painter Aged 18 years & 4 months; He was attested & transferred to the
Coldstream Guards on 11.01.1897 & Appointed Lance Corporal on 28.10.1897, serving in England until
09.03.1899; He served in Gibraltar from 10.03.1899 to 27.10.1899; Served in South Africa from 28.10.1899 to
04.02.1902; According to his Military Pension Records, Edward Kingdon Married Jean Langford Watts? in
Thetford on 27.04.1903 & they had at least 3 children, born in Windsor (Edward Henry G. 1904), Aldershot
(Maud Irene 20.01.1906) & Dublin (Phyllis Mary 22.02.1909), but I failed to find this Marriage in BDM; By
13.02.1902 he was a Sergeant & on 29.11.1903 elected to extend his service to complete 12 years service; He
served in England from 05.10.1902 to 04.09.1912; On the 26.06.1906 he transferred to the Military Provost
Staff as a Sergeant; Edward Kingdon then re-engaged to serve 21 years service on 14.08.1906; There seems to
have been a Court of Inquiry in Dublin on 13.04.1910 but I can find no records other than the note on his
papers; He then served back in South Africa from 05.09.1912 until 25.11.1919 before returning to England; He
was promoted to Staff Sergeant on 01.09.1913 & to Warrant Officer Rank on 22.06.1918; He served a Total of
23 Years & 32 Days before being discharged on 04.02.1920; I believe that his Chelsea Pensioner number was
#20755/F & he retired to Thetford in Norfolk; I believe that he may have died aged 67 in Gosport, Hants in
1946; Awarded the Good Conduct Medal; South Africa War Medals 1 & 2, with Clasps for Belmont, Modder
river, Dreifontein, Transvaal; Medals Card on file for the British War Medal in WW1; (Brother of Kingdon,
Albert Arthur: #5633, RSM, OBE., Norfolk Regiment); (Cousin of Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594,
11th or 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters); (He may also be cousin of #7108 Henry Capp Kingdon,
Lincolnshire Regiment); (Note: There is a Brother also named Henry Capp Kingdon, born 1888 in
Yarmouth, although it is possible that I have the two Henry Capp Kingdons mixed up; In any case they are
probably all related in the Norfolk Kingdon line; Further research reveals that this brother also served & died
in WW1 as Private H C Kingdom, #34736, 3rd Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment, who died on 30
March 1916 in Birmingham); (He was a Cousin of George Frederick Samuel Kingdon #4570, North
Staffordshire Regiment who is related);
Kingdon, Edward; Private, #8679, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/49, (18951905 period);
Notes: This is Edward Arnold Bail Kingdon, born 28.01.1878 in Wolverhampton; 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); (His Father Harry
Bail Kingdon may have died in London ca.1886);In the 1881 Census I had difficulty locating this family but
did find an Edward A. Bale (Kingdon) aged 4 & born in Wolverhampton, living with his Mother, Alice Bale at
#8, Great Hampton street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire – I can only assume this is the correct family record?
I failed to find his Father Harry Bail Kingdon in 1881; I also did not originally find Edward Kingdon in the
1891 Census but his Widowed Mother lived at #14, Durrington Road, Hackney, London, but I have now
discovered him recorded as Edward Arnold Kingdom as an Inmate, Scholar aged 13 at the District Hackney
Union Training School in Brentwood, Essex, his birthplace is not given; On 11.11.1895 Edward Kingdon
Enlisted in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry; In the 1901 Census I found Edward A.C.
Kingdon, now aged 22 & serving as a Soldier in the RMLI, living with his Widowed Mother at #95, Balance
Road, Hackney, London; In the 1911 Census there is a Edward Arnold Kingdon boarding as a Married man (6
years with 3 children) aged 32, working as the Superintendent of Hotel Staff & boarding at #1, Harpur Street,
St Andrew Holborn, London WC; Follow up research indicates that Edward Arnold Kingdon Married Emma
Cliff, from Manchester, in 1906 in Chertsey, Surrey; In 1911 Census Emma, & their 3 children, is a Lodging
Domestic Worker for an elderly Widow in #27, Victoria Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth; (Edward’s
Brother Harry Bail Kingdon is also there as a Hall Porter); I believe that Edward A.B. Kingdon Died in 1951
in Essex Aged 73; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Harry Bail: #11093, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry,
Chatham Division; ADM 159/54); (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, Edward: Royal Navy, Continuous service #28405A; ADM 139/685, (1859 period);
Notes: The records for this Royal Navy Sailor would indicate that this is probably Edward Kingdon born
23.11.1841 (registered 1842) in Landport, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire; He was the son of John Kingdon, a
Dockyard Shipwright b.1793 in Barnstaple, Devon, & Sarah Bevis from Portsea, who Married on 13.05.1815
in St Mary’s Portsea, Hampshire; In 1851 Census Edward Kingdon lives with his parents in Spring Street,
Portsea, Portsmouth; (His family lived in Spring Street from 1841); Royal Navy records have Edward Kingdon
Volunteering for service on 26.01.1859; Unfortunately I lost this Edward Kingdon from here? (I believe that
his Father died in 1867 & his Mother in 1875 in Portsea); (I have not proven any link, but there is a Prisoner
Record from Dorchester Prison in Dorset of an Edward Kingdon, aged 20 (b.1842) & originating from
Portsmouth being arrested on 21.02.1862 for Deserting HM Ship); (He is the brother of James George
Kingdon #40040 & #832 Royal Navy); No further information found;
Kingdon, Edward A: Royal Field Artillery No: 207455 Rank: Gunner, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals only; Insufficient information to follow up
further;
Kingdon, Edward Arthur: #220316 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 188/387, WW1;
Notes: This is Edward Arthur Kingdon born 08.01.1887 in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, the son of
James George Kingdon, a Royal Navy Seaman, b.1837 in Portsmouth & his 2 nd Wife Elizabeth Male who
married in 1877 in Portsea, Portsmouth; In the 1891 Census Edward Kingdon lived with his parents at #32,
Alver Road in Portsmouth, his father was a Naval Pensioner; In 1901 Census Edward Kingdon was aged 14, a
Corset Stay Maker Labourer living with his parents at #6 Ethel road, Portsmouth, Hampshire; He then joined
the Royal Navy between 01.01.1902 & 31.12.1902 as his number indicates, and during WW1 served with
‘HMS Amethyst’ in all the chief operations at the Dardanelles, the Narrows, Suvla Bay & Chunuk Bair, and
then to South America stations after the Evacuation of the Peninsular, where she served on patrol, escort &
other important duties until the close of hostilities; In the 1911 Census Edward A. Kingdon is an Able Seaman,
Aged 23, serving onboard the Battleship, ‘HMS Superb’ stationed in Portsmouth Harbour; Leading Seaman
Edward Arthur Kingdon also served in ‘HMY Alexandra’ & holds the 1914-15 Star and the General Service,
Victory & Long Service & Good Conduct Medals; I believe he lived at #29, Edgeware Road, Milton,
Portsmouth after his service years; I understand that Edward Arthur Kingdon Died in Hampstead in 1951 Aged
64; I believe that there were other brothers who served in the Royal Navy as well: Namely William George,
Harry & James John Kingdon from Portsea, Portsmouth; Medals Record Roll on File; (He is Brother of
Kingdon, James John: Royal Navy, #PO/128972; who died on ‘HMS India’ in 1915); (He is the Brother of
Kingdon, Charles Walter: Royal Field Artillery No: 47983, Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the
Brother of Kingdon, Harry: #208949 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy); (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);
Kingdom, Edward P: #24594, Private, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 –
Died in WW1; Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, 11th or 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts &
Derby Regiment) who died on 17 July 1916; Remembered with honour Thiepval Memorial - Thiepval
Cemetery is generally for Soldiers who have no known marked grave; Transferred from the Kingdom 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; In the 1891 Census he lived with his parents at #75, Poolstock Lane, Wigan, Lancashire; His
parents moved to & lived in Staffordshire, but I believe that in the 1901 Census Edward Kingdon was aged 17
& working & boarding as a Draper’s Assistant at #9, King Street, Dudley, Worcestershire; Edward P Kingdon
Married Alice Taylor, b.1889 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, in the 4th Q 1911 in Sheffield, (this needs
double checking due to the 1911 Census record information); In the 1911 Census Edward P Kingdon is now
aged 28, is recorded as having been married for 2 years & living with his wife Alice Kingdon, their young son
of 18 months & Edward’s brothers Harry Capp Kingdon & George F S Kingdon, at #20, Pelham Street,
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; They all seem to be working for the English Record Company as Agents &
Canvassers; Edward Pratt Kingdom appears to have then enlisted in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (the
records say that he lived in Coventry, Warwickshire at the time of his enlistment), & he subsequently served in
France & Flanders where he died in 1916; 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); (I think
that their Great Grandmother was Mary Kingdon b.1787 in 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); (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);
Kingdon, Edwin: Private #78084, Royal Field Artillery, WW1 period;
Notes: Edwin Kingdon has records which indicate that he was earlier Discharged as a Private #12650 from
the 8th Service Battalion Welsh Regiment of Infantry on 28.09.1914 in Salisbury, under King’s Regulations
Para 392 (iii) for being medically unfit, he was aged 25 years & recorded as a Sheet Worker at that time; There
were no other records available in his files to indicate when he had first enlisted, however his Company
Conduct Sheet states that he was born in Aberdare, aged 25 years & 3 months & had enlisted for 3 years in
Neath on 19.08.1914; I searched further & found that he had enlisted as #12650 Edward Kingdon but signed
the records as Edwin Kingdon stating that he was Married with 1 child, aged 25 years & 3 months, a Sheet
Worker & had served for 3 years previously in #7 Company the Glamorgan Field Artillery; On discharge it
appears that his record shows that he served for 41 days only in 1914; He also gave his Next of Kin as his
Wife, Annie Kingdon living at #19, Brookdale Terrace, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales; Edwin Kingdon was for
the 2nd time, again Attested for the Duration of the War Short Service on 12.01.1915 in Neath, joining in
Preston on the same date, as #78084 denoted Driver in the RHA & RFA; His address was #4, Payne Street,
Neath, Glamorgan & he had been married since 1913; At the time of his enlistment he was a Sheet Worker,
had served already for 4 years in the Volunteer Artillery & he gives his age as 25 years & 7 months, making
him born ca.1889; His Next of Kin was his wife, Annie Kingdon (nee Casey) who he married on 22.02.1913 in
Neath, Glamorgan, they had one daughter at that time, Olive Margaret Kingdon born 29.12.1913 in Neath; The
Records show that this Soldier was then re-assessed on 26.01.1915 by #2 Depot RFA & 7th Reserve Battery
RFA & Discharged as being not likely to become an efficient soldier on medical grounds; One of his records
declared that the arches of both of his feet had gone and that he suffered very much pain when marching; This
is Edwin Kingdon born 1889 in Neath, probably the son of David Kingdon b.1858 in Neath, a tin worker, &
Jane Davies b.1861 in Neath who married in 1880 in Neath; In 1891 Edwin lived with his parents in Briton
Ferry; This family lived at #4, Bowen Street, in Neath in 1901 Census & son Edwin aged 12 lived with them; I
believe that Edwin’s Father David Kingdon Died in Neath in 1904 aged 45 & that Edwin’s Mother Jane was
remarried to a Albert Bevan, a Sawyer from Herefordshire & lived in New Henry Street in 1911 Census, (but
in the record Jane has been crossed out to read Margaret)? (Albert Bevan’s 1st wife was called Margaret Ann &
she had died in Neath in 1903); David & Jane Kingdon’s 3 sons certainly were lodging there in 1911, David
Kingdon b.1888 Neath, Edwin Kingdon b.1889 Aberdare & Oliver Kingdon b.1894 Neath; Edwin (called
Edward in the records) Kingdon Married Annie Casey in Neath on 22.02.1913; I believe that they may have
had 7 children between 1913 & 1931; Follow up research shows that Albert Bevan aged 41 was serving a
prison sentence in Carmarthen Prison in 1901 Census; Follow up research indicates that Widow Jane Kingdon
did marry Albert Bevan in 3rd Q 1905 in Neath; The issue of their being married for 27 years with 8 children &
Jane being called Margaret, as marked on the 1911 Census, is yet to be resolved, but these people weren’t too
trustworthy & Albert’s 1st wife was called Margaret so maybe it is just a slip of the memory when making out
the census record; Question, was this Edwin Kingdon also a little feeble minded just like his Brothers John &
David as all 3 were discharged as being unsuitable for service? This Soldier needs a lot more research
within my own Kingdon family tree structure; (He may be the Brother of Kingdon, John: Private #2933,
6th Battalion The Welsh Regiment who enlisted for WW1 Service but was also rejected & discharged); (He is
the Brother of Kingdom, David: Private #14580, South Wales Borderers; (I believe this should be Kingdon);
Kingdon, Edwin Herbert: #M7750, Electrical Artificer Class 3, Royal Navy, Served WW1; ADM 188/1033;
Notes: This is Edwin Herbert Kingdon born 05.09.1892 in Devonport, Devon, the son of Edwin Herbert
Kingdon, Royal Navy, born 1862 Cawsand, Cornwall & Maria Carne from Rame in Cornwall, who Married in
1885 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1901 Census Edwin Herbert Kingdon lives with his parents in Clematis
Villa in Devoncourt, Harwich, Essex; In 1911 Edwin Herbert Kingdon is aged 18 & living with his parents at
#3, Molesworth Terrace, Millbrook, Plymouth, he is an Apprentice Engineer with a Steam Boat Company, his
Father is a Naval Pensioner & Shipwright working for the same company; Edwin Herbert Kingdon joined the
Royal Navy between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914 for service in WW1 & appears to have served on ‘HMS Ajax’;
In 1916 Edwin Herbert Kingdon Married Mary Ann Landrey in Cornwall, she was from Rame in Cornwall;
#M/7750 Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class made a career out of the Royal Navy & was still serving on board
‘HMS Adventurer’ on 25.07.1929; I believe that Edwin Herbert Kingdon Died in Plymouth in 1948 Aged 55;
Edwin Herbert Kingdon was awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & the British War Medal; He was issued with
his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 25.07.1929; (He is the son of Kingdon, Edwin
Herbert: #125595 Carpenter’s Mate, Royal Navy, Boer War);
Kingdon, Edwin Herbert: #125595 Carpenter’s Mate, Royal Navy, Boer War; ADM 188/166;
Notes: This is Edwin Herbert Kingdon born on 28.01.1862 in Cawsand, Cornwall; He was the son of Henry
Kingdon, a Builder & Mason, b.1829 in Kingsand, Devon & Matilda Burlace from Cawsand in Cornwall who
Married in 1851 in Plymouth; I believe that in 1871 & 1881 Census Edwin was recorded as Herbert Kingdon
living with his parents in Garrett Street, Cawsand, Rame in Cornwall; His Naval Number would indicate
enlistment between 01.01.1883 & 31.12.1884; In 1885 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, Edwin H Kingdon Married
Maria Carne, she was born in Cornwall in 1857; I believe that he had already joined the Royal Navy by the
1891 Census & that he was serving overseas because I cannot find him recorded in England; In the 1891
Census his wife Maria Kingdon is living with her parents in Back Street, Rame in Cornwall; Edwin Herbert
Kingdon served aboard ‘HMS Monarch’, a Guardship at Simons Bay in South Africa during the Boer War; In
the 1901 Census there is a Royal Navy record for Carpenter’s Mate Edwin Kingdon being a crew member, but
not on board ‘HMS Adder’, a Sailing Coast Guard Cruiser stationed in Harwich Harbour on the night of the
Census, Edwin H Kingdon & his wife Maria are also recorded as living in Clematis Villa in Devoncourt,
Harwich, Essex; In the 1911 Census Edwin Herbert & Maria Kingdon & their 2 sons live at #3 Molesworth
Terrace, Millbrook, Plymouth; Edwin Herbert Kingdon is a Naval Pensioner & a Shipwright for a Steam Boat
Company; I believe that Edwin Herbert Kingdon Died on 28.12.1928 whilst living at #3, Molesworth Terrace,
Millbrook, Plymouth at the age of 67; Edwin Herbert Kingdon was awarded the Queen’s South African Medal
for his services in the Boer War; (He is the Father of #M7750 Edwin Herbert Kingdon, Royal Navy WW1);
Kingdon, Edwin Peter Pengelley: Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A & Royal Navy #63488; ADM 139/679 &
ADM 188/44, (1863-1870’s period);
Notes: Edwin Kingdon volunteered for Royal Naval Continuous Service on 16.12.1863; This is Edwin Peter
Pengelley Kingdon born 10.12.1849 in Stoke Damerel, the son of William Kingdon, a Royal Navy Carpenter
& Warrant Officer, b.1803 in Stoke Damerel & Elizabeth Pengelley b.1810 in Devonport who married on
02.06.1830 in Stoke Damerel; In1851 Census Edwin Peter Kingdon lived with his Mother in Stoke Damerel,
his Father was at sea; In 1861 he lived with his parents in Stoke Damerel; In 1871 Census Edwin Peter
Kingdon was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy but living at home with his parents in Stoke Damerel; (I did
find a Census record for an Able Seaman ‘E. P’. Kingdon serving on ‘HMS Cambridge’, anchored in Tamar
on the night of the 1871 Census, which may be him as this indicates a list of sailors who were ashore?); Edwin
Peter Pengelley Kingdon Married Mary Ellen Coad b.1851 in Stoke Damerel in 1875 in Stoke Damerel; In
1881, 1891 & 1901 Censuses Edwin & Mary Kingdon live in Minster in Sheppey, Sheerness, Kent & Edwin is
a Rigger in HM Dockyard; Edwin Peter Pengelley Kingdon Died in 1908 in Sheppey, Kent Aged 58; (He was
the Father of Kingdon, Albert Edwin: #69593, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920: WW1); (He
was the Son of Kingdon, William: Royal Navy, Warrant Officer, Carpenter, #411 & #415); (Probably related
to Kingdom, Henry Lockyer: Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy #114720; ADM 188/144/220; & also Thomas
Sidney Cornish Kingdom #121062 Royal Navy);
Kingdon, Eli: Royal Field Artillery No: 2348 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Eli Kingdon b.22.04.1896 Rose Ash/Knowstone & lived at Kimmings, Rose Ash, South Molton on
26th October 1915 when he joined the Army for WW1 Service in Exeter. (Initially he served 4th Wessex
Brigade, RFA, his #3143, served in France; Then he transferred to Regt. B/303 Brigade RFA, his #966584,
served in France, Salonika, Alexandria, Egypt, Port Said); He left the Army 31.03.1919; In 1919 he gives his
address as Little Ash Moor, Rose Ash, South Molton; In the 1901 Census for Knowstone Eli is living with his
parents, George Kingdon b.1851 Bishops Nympton & Ann Kingdom b.1862 Knowstone, at Crosside;
Birthplace is recorded as Knowstone; 1911 Census has him as a General Servant working for a Widow Mary
Ann Bushnell at Crosside, Knowstone; He will later live with his widowed Mother Annie at Kimmings Farm,
Rose Ash; The UK Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for South Molton Division, Devon, Parish of Rose Ash has
reference #4153 to Kingdon Eli - Ash Moor (No service details given); The Rose Ash Victory Hall Memorial
in Devon records Private E. Kingdon a driver in the RFA; Eli Kingdon Married Laura Ann Ashelford from
Witheridge in 1920 in South Molton; Eli Kingdon Died in 1st Q 1975 in Bristol Aged 79; Medals Card on file;
(He is the brother of Kingdon, Frederick: #814692 139th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force;
Rank: Private); (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: Devonshire Regiment No: 8737 Rank: Private 19141920 WO 372/11); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Bert: Devonshire Regiment No: 8673 Rank: Private
1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is probably also the Brother of Kingdom, Francis W: Devonshire Regiment No:
1775 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, E: #17643, Private, Devonshire Regiment 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred from the
Kingdom List:
Kingdon, Ernest: - 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; (His grave is lll. F.6 located in the original part of the cemetery); (The CWGC Memorial
records him as Kingdom E. #17643, Private); This soldier is also remembered on the Bishops Nympton War
Memorial in the Village Church in Devon;
Notes: This is Ernest Kingdon b. 3rd Q 1880 in Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of William Kingdon, an
Agricultural Labourer & later a Corn & Timber Merchant, b.1846 Bishops Nympton & Elizabeth Westcott
from North Molton, Devon, who married in 1867 in South Molton, Devon; In the 1881 Census Earnest
Kingdon lived with his parents at Mount Pleasant, Bishops Nympton, Devon; In the 1891 Census & 1901 he
lived with his parents in Bishops Nympton Village; In the 1911 Census Ernest Kingdon is aged 30 & works as
a Road Contractor living with his 2 Brothers in Rose Cottage, Bishops Nympton, Devon; I believe that he
enlisted in 1915 with the 8th (Service) Battalion, the first of the Devon Regiment’s New Army Battalions (often
referred to as ‘Buller’s Own’) & was sent to France on 01.10.1915, probably to replace the 580 men & 21
Officers of this Battalion who were killed at the Battle of Loos on 25.09.1915; Unfortunately, Ernest Kingdon
only lasted for 43 days before being killed in action himself on 13.11.1915; I believe that there is a Medal Card
for him as #17143 (misprinted) as Kingdom E. in the Devonshire Regiment? There are actually 2x Medal
Cards on file, only 1 records the award of the 1915 Star, the Victory & British War Medals; His medals were
never issued & subsequently disposal was requested in 1922; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Arthur:
#SE/21190, Corporal, Army Veterinary Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;);
Kingdon, Ernest: Devonshire Regiment No: 8737 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is most likely Ernest Kingdon born in 1889 in Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of George
Kingdon b.1851 Bishops Nympton & Ann Kingdom from Knowstone (she was the daughter of William
Kingdom b.1819 & Eliza Howard) who Married in 1881; In the1891 & 1901 Censuses Ernest Kingdon lives
with his Parents at Crosside Cottage, Knowstone; I believe he enlisted before 1911 as there is a Private Ernest
Kingdon, Aged 21, serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment in Malta in the 1911 Census; The
UK Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for South Molton Division, Devon, Parish of Rose Ash has reference
#4154 to Kingdon Ernest – Ash Moor (No service details given); The Rose Ash Victory Hall Memorial in
Devon records Private E. Kingdon, a Private in the Devonshire Regiment; Medals Card on file; (He is the
brother of Kingdon, Frederick: #814692 139th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Rank:
Private); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Eli: Royal Field Artillery No: 2348 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO
372/11, who served in WW1 also); ); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Bert: Devonshire Regiment No:
8673 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is also the Brother of Kingdom, Francis W: Devonshire
Regiment No: 1775 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, Ernest: Royal Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers Infantry Unit, Dublin; Enlisted for WW1 service on 05.09.1914 &
was Discharged on the 19.10.1914 under AO.265/17.2(d).s for Sickness, which was issued in this case to a
Soldier who under the amended conditions, which stated that the badge will, subject in every case to the
approval of the Army Council, be issued only to the individuals specified below, who have served with the
military forces subsequent to the 4th August, 1914: (d) Those who, have served as soldiers and being now over
military age, have been discharged otherwise than for misconduct; The Royal Irish Fusiliers were also known
as ‘Princess Victoria’s’; His name does not appear on the Boer War for issue of the Queen’s South Africa
Medal Roll for the Royal Irish Fusiliers so he may not have served there; He may well have served in India;
Initially there was insufficient information to be able to follow further, however:Additional Notes: Following contact with this man’s Grandson (living in Canada) in September 2012;
I believe that this is Ernest Kingdon born in Battersea, London on 26.08.1882 & Baptised on 29.09.1882 in
Battersea; He was the son of William Kingdon, a Painter, b.14.06.1840 in Taunton & Mary Ann Rose
b.14.06.1854 from Bristol, Gloucestershire, who probably Married in 1870 in St Saviours, Southwark, London
I believe; (His parents lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1881 as Ernest’s elder siblings were mostly born in
Canada); In 1891 Wales Census Ernest Kingdon aged 8 lives with his parents at #4, Crofts Street, Roath,
Cardiff, Wales, they are also at the same address in the 1901 Census; However, I cannot find Ernest Kingdon
in the 1901 Census, I assume that he was in the Army already; Ernest Kingdon Married Elizabeth Emily Flyn,
Flynn or Flyng in the 3rd Q 1903 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, she was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire,
England on 27.01.1881, Baptised on 20.02.1881 in Bristol & was working as a Tailoress in 1901 Census living
in Roath, Cardiff with her parents; In 1911 Ernest & Elizabeth Kingdon lived at #78, Edenbridge Road, Bush
Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex & he was a Ladies Tailor; Silver War Badge #299447 awarded; Medals Card on
file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Gordon William: Chelsea Pensioner (No other details), No Military
Records but may have Served in the Guarding & Fighting in the Khyber Pass in Afghanistan); (His Brother
was probably Kingdon, Sidney Walter: #8147, Manchester Regiment); (I also now believe that his Father
was probably Kingdon, William: Private, #3063, 2nd European Light Infantry, East India Company Army);
This Family needs a little more research although I am in touch with a descendant since August 2012 &
will request clearer details;
Could this also be - Kingdon, Ernest J: #21183, Trooper, 2nd Brabant’s Horse, Boer War; WO 127/3?
Kingdon, Ernest: 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No: 1833 & No: 265375 Rank: Private 1914-1920
WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The Regimental Number of #1833 would indicate enlistment around
10.01.1914 for WW1 & Overseas Service; This young soldier also served as
#265375 in the 1/6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, the 6 figure number
being given when the Territorial Force renumbered in 1917; This is Ernest
William Francis Brayley Kingdon illegitimate son of Mary Ellen (Nellie)
Kingdon b.1881 South Molton (she later married Arthur Percy Herbert in 1907
in Lutterworth); Ernest William F B Kingdon was born on 01.02.1898 in
South Molton, Devon & lived with his Grandparents, Edwin (Ned) Kingdon
b.1858 Kings Nympton & Mary Jane Gregory in the 1901 Census at #10,
Cooks Cross, South Molton, Devon & in the 1911 Census at #14, Cooks
Cross; Ernest W F Kingdon Married Annie Bellew from Meshaw, Devon, on
21.05.1921 in South Molton; Research of Colonel Flick’s Diary reveals that
#265375 Lance Corporal E. Kingdon served with ‘D’ Company, 1/6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment; I
believe that this soldier served in Mesopotamia & India also; The 1 st Battalion, 6th Devonshire Regiment was
supposed to have been posted to France but their orders were changed on 17.09.1914 & they were sent to India
on ‘HMS Galeka’, sailing from Southampton to Karachi, arriving there on 03.01.1915; The 1/6 th Battalion
served in India until 30.12.1915 when they embarked on the ‘HT Elephanta’, sailing from Karachi to
Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), reaching Shat El Arab Port of Basra on 03.01.1916; He is recorded on the
Spring 1919 Absent Voters List for #14 Cooks Cross, South Molton, Devon; Ernest William Francis Kingdon
Died on 16.06.1951 at #18, Barnstaple Street, South Molton, North Devon, Aged 53; Medals Card on file,
Awarded the Victory & British War Medals, (Mutt & Jeff); (He was the Nephew of Kingdon, Albert E: 1/6th
Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No: 2711 & No: 266049 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdon, Ernest Arthur: #3345970 Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba, (Late WW1 period);
Notes: There are draft enlistment papers for Ernest Arthur Kingdon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada dated
14.05.1918; I believe that this is Ernest Arthur Kingdon born 28.07.1894 in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada,
the son of Henry (Harry) John Kingdon, a Shoemaker, b.01.04.1867 in Wales who emigrated to Canada in
1888 & Minnie ?? b. 02.09.1868 in England who emigrated to Canada in 1890, who were probably Married in
Canada in ca.1891/92? In 1901 Census Ernest A Kingdon is aged 6 & living with his parents in Minnedosa,
Manitoba; At the age of 16 years Ernest Kingdon is a ‘Servant’, probably on a Farm, living in Marquette,
Manitoba in the 1911 Census; In the 1916 Census Ernest Kingdon aged 21 years is a Farm Labourer living at
Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, he gives his tribal origins as Welsh; At the age of 23 years & 10 months Ernest
Arthur Kingdon was drafted into the 10 M.D, 1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba in Winnipeg on 14.05.1918; He
gives his date of birth as 28.07.1894 in Minnedosa & his Mother Minnie Kingdon as his NOK, with an address
of Clanwilliam P.O., Manitoba; His trade is recorded as being a Farmer; (He is also the Brother of Kingdon,
Alfred Henry; (#100845, Private, 226th Battalion), Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in WW1); (He is
also the Brother of Albert Kingdon who served with the Canadian Forces); (He is also the Brother of
#922649 Sapper William Henry Kingdon of the Canadian Engineers Regiment in WW1); I did not research
further;
Kingdon, Ernest G: Welsh Regiment No: 26151 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Served with 17th Battalion The Welsh Regiment (The First Glamorgan Bantams, so called because of
the generally reduced height of the recruits) with the old #26151 & also with the Labour Corps in Nottingham
with the new #352048 in the 302nd Company; The 17th Battalion seems to have been raised in Cardiff in early
1915 & was composed mainly of miners; Ernest Greg Kingdon Enlisted on 15.01.1915 & was Discharged on
24.11.1917 at the age of 28 due to Sickness under King’s Regulations Para. 392 (xvi) (a) (i) probably having
suffered an impairment during his service; According to the records he had served overseas at some time; This
is Ernest Gregory Kingdon, one of Twin boys born on 01.05.1888 in Neath, the illegitimate sons of Elizabeth
Grace Kingdon b.1873 in Neath; In the 1891 Census they lived with their single Mother & her parents in a
Cottage in the Slaughter House in Eastland Road, Neath, the boys Grandfather is Thomas Kingdon a Market
Toll Collector who was born in High Bray Devon in 1823; In 1901 the boys still live with their Grandparents
in a Cottage in Eastland Road, Neath, alongwith step siblings; The boys Mother did marry a Thomas Ellis in
1892 in Neath but she Died on 14.12.1898 in Neath Aged 25, their Step Father will marry again; Ernest
Kingdon Gregory Kingdon also worked as a Shed Labourer for the Great Western Railway Company at Neath
Station from 13.05.1907 but he appears to have been discharged on 09.12.1907; I did not find him in the 1911
Census, however, I understand that Ernest Kingdon Married Ada M Jones in 1912 in Pontardawe; I believe
that Ernest G Kingdon Died in Pontardawe in 1927 Aged 38; Silver War Badge #289218 awarded; Medals
Card on file;
Kingdon, Ernest J: #21183, Trooper, Brabant’s Horse, Boer War; WO 127/3
Notes: The nominal roll of the 2nd Brabant's Horse, a colonial unit of the Boer War of 1899-1902 indicates an
Ernest Kingdon, Trooper, #21183; There were two units of Brabant's Horse, both raised in Queenstown, South
Africa. 1st Brabant's was raised on 5.11.1899 and 2nd Brabant's in January 1900. Both were about 600 strong
and both were disbanded in Cape Town on 31.12.1901; The units were mainly made up of South African
Colonials, Australians, British & Canadians where they saw much action against Boer Commandos; (Brabant’s
Horse are mentioned several times in Conan Doyles book “The Great Boer War”); This Soldier probably
enlisted in the 2nd Brabant’s Horse on 24.11.1900 & appears to have been discharged on 30.05.1901; This is
probably Ernest John Kingdon born 1880 in Exmoor, the son of Master Blacksmith & Postmaster William
Kingdon b.1839 in North Molton & his 2nd Wife Mary Elizabeth Vellacott from Lynton who Married in 1875
(William’s 1st wife Elizabeth Jane Fry Died in 1869); In 1881 Ernest J Kingdon is 6 months old living with his
parents at the Simonsbath Post Office; In 1891 he is 10 years old & with his parents at the same address; In
1901 & 1911 Ernest J Kingdon is recorded as a Farmer but living with his parents still at the Simonsbath,
Exmoor Post Office; Medals Awarded: Queen’s South African Medal plus Date Clasp for 1901; State Clasps Cape Colony 11.10.1899 to 31.05.1902; Orange free State 28.02.1900 to 31.05.1902; Transvaal 24.05.1900 &
31.05.1902; Battle Clasp - Laing’s Nek 12.06.1900 (Natal); I did not research further as there is some
suspicion that I may have the wrong man;
Could this be another possible candidate? Kingdon, Ernest: Royal Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank:
Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, as he had previously served somewhere when he enlisted in 1914?
Kingdon, Ernest John: #220465, Petty Officer, Royal Navy; ADM 188/387, (1902 & WW1 period);
Notes: This is Ernest John Kingdon born on 07.02.1887 in Peckham Rye, Camberwell, baptised on
20.03.1887 in Dulwich, the son of Benjamin George Kingdon, a Greengrocer, b.1858 in Taunton, Somerset &
Elizabeth Turner b.1854 in Taunton, who married in 1884 in Taunton, Somerset; In 1891 Census Ernest
Kingdon is with his Mother visiting Grandmother Sarah Turner at #84, East Reach, in Taunton, Somerset; I
believe that his Father was better known as George Kingdon & that Ernest Kingdon & his sister Gertrude were
admitted on 02.07.1894 & attended Ackmar Road Infants School in Hammersmith & Fulham until 23.03.1895,
at that time they were living at #82, Rectory Road; In the 1901 Census Ernest Kingdom Aged 14 was a
Boarder at #2, Ivy Cottage, Alers Road, Upton Bexley, Kent as a General Labourer, (his parents were running
a Laundry business in Bexley, Kent); His Royal Naval Number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1902
& 31.12.1902; In the 1911 Census #220465 Ernest J Kingdon, a Stoker, Aged 24 & single is serving on board
‘HMS Cadmus’ in Hankow, China; I believe that he was promoted to Senior Petty Officer & served in WW1
as he was awarded medals whilst serving aboard ‘HMS Greenwich’ on the Naval Medals Roll; His Royal
Navy Good Conduct Medal was issued on 12.04.1922 to ‘HMS Columbine’, the Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Depot in Queensferry; I understand that Ernest John Kingdon died in 1971 in Bexley Aged 84; ADM 171/140
records the issue of his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, the
Victory & the British War Medals; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdom, F: Royal Horse Artillery No:
54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – see also Kingdon, Frederick G T: Royal Horse Artillery No:
54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413, Stoker
1st Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/911); I did not research any further;
Kingdon, Ernest W: L/5257, Acting Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Notes: This is Ernest William Kingdon born in 1883 in Okehampton, Devon, the son of John Kingdon, a
Railway Porter b.1859 in Stoke Canon & Kitty Yeo b.1854 in Inwardleigh, who married in 1879 in
Okehampton, Devon; In the 1891 Census Ernest W Kingdon lives with his parents at #2, Station Cottages,
Okehampton, his Father is a Railway Signalman; At the age of 16 Ernest William Kingdon joined the
Railways as a Cleaner on 16.06.1898; In the 1901 Census Ernest W Kingdon is living in Honiton, Devon as a
Railway Porter; By 07.06.1906 he was at Waterloo as an Assistant Train Guard; In 1911 he was a Train Guard
but I cannot find him on the Census; His Railway Records indicate that he volunteered for Army Service on
27.05.1915; Ernest W Kingdon appears to have first gone to France 26.11.1915; His Railway Records indicate
that he was demobilised from WW1 service & returned to train duty 09.05.1919 & there is a note on the
records which states that he was a ‘Disabled Ex Serviceman’; His medal card records that he reverted from
Acting Bombardier to Private at his own request on 05.05.1916; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star,
British War & Victory Medals; (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 Brother of
Herbert John Kingdon, #347413, Petty Officer Ship’s Chief Cook, Royal Navy, ADM 188/527, WW1);
Kingdon, Edwin Erwin J: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry No: 38687 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11, WW1;
Notes: This MIC card reads Edwin J Kingdon but there is a Silver War Badge Roll which reads Erwin John
Kingdon for the same man; Also served as #35792 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry & #44143
Royal Warwickshire Regiment; I believe that this is Erwin John Kingdon because his birth was in 1900
according to the Silver War Badge record; I consider him to be Erwin John Kingdon, born in Helston,
Cornwall on 28.11.1899 & baptised in Helston on the 10.04.1900; He was the son of James Kingdon, a Police
Constable, b.1873 in Linkinhorne, Cornwall, (baptised on 10.01.1878 in St Ive, Cornwall) & Lucy Heddon
from Petherwin Water, (baptised 09.02.1879 in South Petherwin) who married in South Petherwin on
15.06.1898; In the 1901 Census Erwin John Kingdon lives with his parents at # 64, Godolphin Road, Helston,
Cornwall; In the 1911 Census Erwin John Kingdon lives with his parents at #20, Beacon, Camborne,
Cornwall; This soldier served for some time, from 19.03.1918 until being Discharged under King’s
Regulations Para 392 (xvi) (a) for Sickness at the age of 19 years on 05.05.1919; The records indicate that he
had served overseas at some point; I believe that Erwin John Kingdon Died at the age of 20 in Redruth,
Cornwall in 1920; He was Awarded the Silver War Badge #B/208871 when serving as a Private, #44143 in the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & the Victory Medals;
Kingdon, Esau: Served in the Royal Navy in the African Wars, 1870’s;
Notes: There is very little to go on here but there is a record for an Able Seaman Esau Kingdon serving with
the Royal Navy on a ship only recorded as C.A? The record gives his birth year as 1850 in Barnstaple, Devon;
The only Esau Kingdon born in that year 1850 was actually born in South Molton, Devon & is the son of John
Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer b.1816 South Molton & Catherine ?? from North Molton who Married pre
1832 in Devon; In 1851 Census Esau Kingdon lives with his parents in Back Lane, South Molton, Devon; By
the 1861 Census his family have moved to Glamorgan in Wales & Esau Kingdon is aged 10, a Scholar &
living with his parents in Aberavon; I have failed to find Esau Kingdon in 1871 but if I am correct then he was
serving in the Royal Navy & probably engaged overseas in the 9th Cape Frontier War (the last of the Xhosa
Wars) in 1877 to 1878; There is a Marriage Record for Esau Kingdon & Emily Thompson, (baptised
13.10.1850 Pensford, Somerset) in 1874 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales; I believe that Esau Kingdon then
decided to follow one of his brothers to the USA & he emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, via Philadelphia on
23.09.1879; In the 1880 US Census I found Esau Kingdon aged 29, living with his Brother John Kingdon in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (This record is almost unreadable); I could not find the 1890 US Census for
Chicago, Illinois, however Esau Kingdon appears to have applied for US Naturalisation on 06.12.1893 giving
his Brother John Kingdon as a witness; He gives his address as 677 Hoyne Avenue in Cook county; In the
1900 US Census Esau & Emily Kingdon live in Winnebago Avenue, West Town, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois; All data information fits his profile & he is now working as a Stationary Engine Engineer, the records
state that his wife emigrated to USA in 1880; I failed to find a Death record for Esau Kingdon but his Wife
Emily is recorded as a Widow & living with their married daughter Emily Fross in Chicago in the 1910 Census
for Cook county, Illinois; I did not research further;
Kingdon, Eustace W: Welsh Regiment No: 59624 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This Soldier’s Records have him as Eustace W Kingdom; This is Eustace William Kingdon born
03.12.1895 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, Wales, a son of John Kingdon, a Greengrocer, b.1862 in Newton
Nottage, Glamorgan & Mary Wylde from Laleston, Glamorgan, who married in 1888 in Bridgend, Glamorgan,
Wales; (Grandson of John Kingdon b.1830 North Molton, Devon & Mary Rees from Newton, Glamorgan,
Wales & Great Grandson of Philip Kingdon b.1801 North Molton & Ann Smith b.1804 North Molton); In
1901 Eustace W. Kingdon lived with his parents in Church Street, Newton Nottage, Glamorgan; In 1911
Eustace W. Kingdon is living with his parents at Chestnut Cottage, Newton, Glamorgan, working as a
Butcher’s Assistant; I believe that he was first attested on 02.04.1917 Aged 21, working as a Coal Haulier; It
was noted that he had already lost the greater part of his little finger; He served about 6 months in England
before being posted to France where he served for 13 months until he was Wounded in Action on 30.08.1918
with a Shrapnel Wound to his leg; He was shipped to England & treated in hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland; On
23.01.1919 he was again declared fit for military service & discharged from hospital with a 7 inch scar,
however, a Medical Board assessed him fit for discharge with only a 30% disability; Private Eustace William
Kingdom was Transferred to the Reserve on 22.02.1919 & gave his Father’s address as Rock Cottage, Church
Street, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales & his discharge address as #2, Greenmeadow Cottage, Newton,
Porthcawl; He was awarded a Pension; I believe that Eustace William Kingdon Married Mary A. Hartrey in
Bridgend in 1923 & that he died in 1987 in Mid Glamorgan aged 91; Medals Card on file; (He was the brother
of Kingdon, Philip Henry: 226th Overseas Battalion, No: 100529 Rank: Private Canadian Over-Seas
Expeditionary Force); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Albert John: 226th Overseas Battalion, No: 100873
Rank: Private Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force); (He was the brother of Kingdon, Arthur R,
(Richard Arthur Kingdon): Royal Welsh Fusiliers No: 75494 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who
Died in WW1 on 14.06.1918 in Flanders); I researched no further;
F
KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdon, F.C: Canadian Army WW1, Captain, ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, 63rd Regiment, (The Halifax
Rifles), WW1;
Notes: There is a Canadian record for a Captain F C Kingdon, commissioned on 14.02.1914, having served
with the 63rd Regiment, The Halifax Rifles during WW1; I believe that he was promoted to Major on
15.07.1920 & continued to serve with the 2nd Reserve Battalion until at least the 15.01.1924; I doubt very
much if this Officer served overseas in Europe as the Halifax Rifles were destined to remain in Canada to
protect the Fortress of Halifax in Nova Scotia; I failed to find any further records for this man; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdon, F H: #6915974, Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, Prisoner of War #253589, 1939 -1945 WW2;
Notes: There is a record of a British Army Prisoner of War, F H Kingdon, held in Hohenstein, Hesse during
WW2; There are some conflicting records regarding the title of this POW Camp in Germany, I believe that it
was Stalag IV-A; I have no other information on this soldier other than that his seven digit Service Number fits
the allotted number block for the Rifle Brigade when the Army renumbered in 1920; This could very well be
Frederick Henry Kingdon born in 1915 in Crediton, Devon, the son of Louis Kingdon, a Stone Quarry Man
born 1875 in George Nympton, Devon & Emily Rookes born 1877 in Nymet Rowland, who Married in
Crediton in 1895; Insufficient information to confirm certain identification;
Kingdon, F L: #T/218779, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, Prisoner of War #139441, 1939 - 45 WW2;
Notes: There is a record of a British Army Prisoner of War, F L Kingdon, held in Altengrabow, SaxonyAnhalt during WW2; This was known as Stalag XI-A or Stalag 341 & was a German World War 2 Prisoner of
War Camp in Germany & which was liberated by the Red Army on 04.05.1945; I have no other military
information on this soldier; This could very well be Francis Leonard Kingdon born 02.02.1914 in Lambeth,
Surrey; He was the son of William John Kingdon, a Cab Driver born 24.04.1881 in St George, East London &
Ada Lucy webster born 29.06.1874 in Lambeth, who Married in Southwark in 1904; I believe that Francis L
Kingdon Married Ada Maude Wallum, born 25.02.1906 in Buckinghamshire, in 1938 in Lambeth; He had
obviously served with the RASC in WW2, the prefix T/ to his service number indicates that he was in a
Transport Unit; From 1939 to 1951 they lived at #35, Lilford Road, Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey; Francis
Leonard Kingdon died in Plymouth, Devon in 1982 Aged 68; I believe that his wife Ada Maude Kingdon Died
in Camelford, Cornwall in 1986 Aged 80;
Kingdon, F S: British Army, Corporal, 1944, WW2;
Notes: There is a record on the Forces War Records Internet site of a British Soldier, Corporal F S Kingdon,
with a date of 1944 added; I have no other information on this soldier; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdon, F W: #6105130, Private, Queen’s Royal Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Prisoner of War
#250100, 1939 -1945, WW2;
Notes: There is record of a British Army Prisoner of War, F W Kingdon, held in Stalag IV-D in Torgau,
Saxony, Germany during WW2; I have no other information on this soldier except that his seven digit Service
number fits with the allotted number batch for the Royal West Surrey Regiment when the Army renumbered in
1920; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdon, Fletcher M: Army Service Corps No: T/401 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: I believe that he served with a Territorial Force of the A.S.C. but also Served with the Army Service
Corps with the Regimental #T4/249765, the prefix ‘T’ indicating that he served in a Horse Transport Unit;
Served in France since 13.04.1915; Disembodied on 08.05.1919; This is Fletcher Monroe Kingdon born in
1890 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, the son of Oliver Kingdon, Headmaster of a Board School, b.1858 in South
Molton, Devon & Fanny Susannah Nutt b.1860 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, who married in 1882 in
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; In 1891 Fletcher M Kingdon lives with his parents in the Board School,
Bishopside in Pateley Bridge; In 1901 Census he lives with his parents in School Road in Pateley Bridge,
Yorkshire; At the age of 20 in 1910 Fletcher M Kingdon sails on the SS Lusitania from Liverpool to USA, he
is a Clerk; In 1911 his Father Oliver Kingdon was the Enumerator for Pateley Bridge Census & lived in The
School House, King Street; Fletcher Monroe Kingdon Married Letitia May Wissler b.1894 Leeds, in St
Martin’s Church, Potternewton in Leeds on 15.09.1920; I believe that Fletcher M Kingdon dies in 1960 in
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire aged 69; Medals Card on file; (He is the Father of Oliver Wissler Kingdon who was
awarded the DFC in WW2 in August 1941);
Kingdon, Francis: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803;
Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a Francis Kingdon, Lacemaker who served in
the Militia; This is probably Francis Kingdon baptised 31.10.1781 in St Peter’s Cathedral, Exeter, the son of
Zachariah Kingdon, b.1746 & Elizabeth Ball, b.1773, a family of Exeter Coach Lace & Fringe Makers; I
believe that Francis Kingdon Married Mary Ann Bodley on 07.03.1818 in St Mary Steps, Exeter; Mary Ann
Bodley came from an elder branch of the family of which came Sir Thomas Bodley, statesman to Queen
Elizabeth & founder of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England; In 1821 I think that Francis & Mary Ann
Kingdon were living in Fore Street, Exeter? In the 1951 Census Francis & Mary Anne Kingdon live at #24,
High Street, Exeter St Stephen; In the 1861 Census Francis & Mary ann Kingdon are Retired Lace Makers &
live in South Town, Kenton, Devon; I understand from the Kingdon Family Book, 1932 version, that Francis
Kingdon died on 15.01.1867 in Kenton, Exeter, Devon, Aged 85; (He was the Great Grandfather of Zachary
Harris Kingdon, OBE. Principal Electrical Engineer in HM Dockyards); (He was the Great Great Grandfather
of Kingdon, George Bodley: Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy & Flying Officer in Royal Air Force;
ADM 196/150; - Died in WW2);
Kingdon, Francis John: #130259, Royal Navy; ADM 188/175/259, (1885 period);
Notes: The ADM 188 Register of Seamen’s Services has reference to a Francis John Kingdon, born
02.09.1869 in Barnstaple, Devon; His official Naval number #130259 would indicate issue between
01.01.1885 & 31.12.1885; I have searched all Kingdon & Kingdom births for September 1869 in the
Barnstaple Area but failed to find any records for this person; Unable to identify;
Kingdon, Francis Richard: Boer War Records Service No. 1813; See his attestation papers WO97-3237047; - Died in the Boer War; He was involved in a skirmish whilst serving with Commander in Chief’s
Bodyguard, in Boer War, on 3rd January 1901 at Reitz. Died as a result of his injuries 4th January 1901;
Notes: Francis (Frank) Richard Kingdon was aged 18 years and 3 months when he enlisted on 18th June
1878 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as #1813 with the 6th Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoon Guards, so he was born
March 1860 at St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England; According to BMD records his birth was registered 1st Q
1861 at Exeter St Thomas, reference 5b.64. He was the son of Richard Kingdon b.1816 from Chawleigh and
Elizabeth Guscot from Alphington who married on 26.04.1846 in Sanford; In 1861 Census Frank was living
with his parents and siblings at Turnpike House, Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter St David’s; His father Richard is
shown as aged 44, occupation Toll Gate keeper; In 1871 Frank Richard Kingdon is not shown on the census
but his family were living in Boutport Street, Barnstaple; Maybe he went to Scotland? In 1871 his Father
Richard was the Innkeeper at the Lamb Inn, Boutport Street, Barnstaple; I think his Father died 3rd Q 1874
Barnstaple 5b.307 Aged 57; Francis Richard Kingdon’s occupation prior to enlisting was Barman; Originally
his next of kin was his sister Rose Kingdon in Barnstaple before she married William Furneaux & lived in
London, however, he changed this on 01.01.1887 to his other sister (Elizabeth) Grace (nee Kingdon) Berry in
Barnstaple, married to Ebenezer Robert Berry & living in Barnstaple;
During his Military Service Francis Richard Kingdon was stationed in Edinburgh 21st June 1878, where he
reported sick with “Itch” & Syphilis in September 1878; Home service from 19th June 1878 to 10th January
1881; South Africa from 11th January 1881 to 23rd January 1888; Service in Natal 11th February 1881;
Transvaal in 1881; Bechuanaland in 1885; Zululand in 1884 – 1887; In Aldershot Signal Training 1888; Home
Service 24th January 1888 to 1st January 1889; South Africa from the 2nd January 1889 to 12th July 1889; A
Total of 8 years Army Service & 4 years Reserve Service; This soldier served in the 1881 Transvaal
Campaign, the 1885 Bechuanaland Campaign & the 1884-1887 Zululand Campaign;
Aged 39 he attested for the Body Guard of the Field Marshall Commander-in-Chief in South Africa at
Bulawayo on 30th October 1900;
Francis Richard (Frank) Kingdon was involved in a skirmish whilst serving with Commander in Chief’s
Bodyguard, in the Boer War, on 3rd January 1901 at Reitz; Unfortunately he died as a result of his injuries on
4th January 1901; His service number in the Commander in Chief’s Bodyguard was #22447; At the time of his
attestation in October 1900 he was 38 years old; He declared that he was a member of the Police Force in
Bulawayo, Rhodesia; His next of kin was given as Miss F Kingdon of Barnstaple (but I failed to find her or
work out who she was?).
Kingdom, Francis W: #1775 (#1175), Private, 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment & #341693, Private,
Labour Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom list:
Notes: I believe that this Regimental number should read #1175; Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6th Battalion the
Devonshire Regiment has reference to a Private F.W. Kingdon, #1175, serving with ‘C’ Company in
Mesopotamia who was Wounded in Action at the Battle of Es Sinn on 08.03.1916; Also served as #341693 in
the Labour Corps; Name should be Kingdon; This is most likely Francis William Kingdon born in 1884 in
Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of George Kingdon, a Farm Labourer b.1851 in Bishops Nympton & Ann
Kingdom b.1863 in Knowstone who Married in 1881 in Knowstone, Devon; In the 1891 Census Francis
William Kingdon, aged 6, lived with his parents in Crosside Cottages, Knowstone, Devon; In the 1901 Census
‘Frank’ Kingdom, now aged 16 & a Farm Labourer, still lived with his parents at Crosside Cottages,
Knowstone, Devon; I believe that Francis William Kingdon may have Married Annie Gibbs in 1905 in South
Molton, Devon, however, I failed to identify this couple in the 1911 Census; I believe that Francis W Kingdon
Died in Barnstaple in 1961 Aged 76; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals; (He
is the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: #8737, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is also
the Brother of Eli Kingdon: #3143, Private, 4th Wessex Brigade, RFA, also #2348, Driver & #96658, Driver,
Royal Field Artillery); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Bert: #8673, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 19141920 WO 372/11); (He is the brother of Kingdon, Frederick: #814692, Private, 139th Overseas Battalion,
Canadian Expeditionary Force, WW1);
Kingdon, Francis W: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 63137 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Medals Card on file for the Victory & the British War Medals; Insufficient information to be able to
follow further; Same person as below?
Kingdon, Francis William: Labour Corps Southern Command ex North Somerset Yeomanry No: 341693
Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Notes: Enlisted on 28.03.1910 & finally Discharged under
King’s Orders Para 392 (xvi) s. on 19.09.1917 for Sickness; Awarded Silver War Badge #B205561; No
Medals but Record Card on file; Insufficient information to be able to follow; (Same person as above?)
Kingdon, Frank: #4022, Gunner, 145 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery; 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Also
incorrectly Recorded as: Kingdom, Frank: #M/344511, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11,
WW1;
Notes: This is probably Frank Kingdon born in 1897 in Stockport, Cheshire & was the son of William
Kingdon, b.1858 in Oxton, Birkenhead & Elizabeth Saxon from Stockport who married in Stockport 1887; In
the 1901 Census the family lived at #72, Oxford Street, Stockport, his Father was a Cotton Machine Roller
Operator & Frank Kingdon was aged 3 years; In the 1911 Census this family lived in #8, Forrester Street,
Stockport, the records indicate that they had 11 children of which 5 had died by 1911, Frank Kingdon aged 13
was living with them; I have a suspicion that he tried to sign up for WW1 Short Service in 1915, claiming to
be aged 19 years & 40 days, but he was only just aged 17 & therefore discharged; He was recorded as #4022
with 145 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery on 27.09.1915 in Stockport but was discharged on
20.12.1915 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii).c on Medical Grounds & issued with a Silver War Badge
& having not served overseas; He claimed to be a Storekeeper by trade & gave his address as #8, Forrester
Street, Heaton Norris, Stockport, living with his Mother Elizabeth Kingdon; Now we turn to other records for
Frank Kingdon who served as #M/344511 in the Army Service Corps, the M prefix indicating that he served
with a Mechanical Transport Unit; The date was 09.09.1917 & Frank Kingdon was now aged 19 years & 11
months, a Hoist-man living at #38, Love Lane, Stockport; He now gives his next of kin as his Father William
Kingdon of the same address; The records are obliterated in parts however, there is reference to his earlier
#4022 RGA service; I believe that at some stage he was in the Central Military Hospital in Chatham, probably
just before his second & final discharge from the 613 Motor Transport Company on 24.11.1919, suffering
from Malaria & VD, which he may well have contracted when he served in Egypt; I believe that he was
awarded some form of pension; Awarded the Silver War Badge #20124 from the Royal Garrison Artillery
(Dover); RGA Records Card & ASC Medals Cards on file for award of the Victory & British war Medals;
Kingdom, Frank: #11870, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/150; (1902
enlistment); Transferred from the Kingdom list;
Notes: I believe this to be Frank Kingdon, born 29.02.1884 in Plymouth; He is the son of Daniel Kingdon, a
Cabinet Maker born ca.1846 in St Hellier, Jersey, Channel Islands & Mary ?? from Torquay, Devon, in
ca.1875, who probably married in 1882; In the 1891 Census Frank Kingdon lives with his parents in Ladywell
Cottage, Charles, Plymouth; In 1901 I believe that Frank Kingdon is boarding alongwith his Widowed Father
in #13, Summerland Place, Plymouth, he is aged 16 & is working as an Errand Boy in a Leather Warehouse,
his Father is a French Polisher; According to the Royal Marine Records, Frank Kingdom Enlisted in Plymouth
on 08.10.1902; I failed to locate this soldier in the 1911 Census; (He is the Son of Kingdon, Daniel: #2501B,
Carpenter Crew, Continuous Service, Royal Navy; ADM 139/826 & ADM 188/2501B); I did not research
further;
Kingdom, Frank: #6057, & #202422, Private, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1914-1920
WO 372/11 - Died in WW1; Private Frank Kingdom #202422, "C" Coy. 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks
Light Infantry who died age 25 on 10th September 1918; Son of Richard Kingdom; Remembered with honour
Granezza British Cemetery in Italy, his grave is in Plot 2, Row B, Grave 1; Transferred from the Kingdom list;
Notes: This soldier was born Alfred Frank Kingdon in 1893 in (Witheridge) South Molton, Devon; He was
the Son of Richard Kingdon, an Agricultural labourer b.1860 (Woolfardisworthy) & Jessie Hill from
witheridge, who married in 1883 in Witheridge, Devon; In the 1901 Census Frank Kingdon lived with his
parents in Witheridge at Downland Cottage; In the 1911 Census Frank Kingdom is aged 18 & working as a
Cowman on a Farm but lives with his parents in Witheridge, Devon; He appears to have enlisted as #6057 with
the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, which was a Territorial Force Battalion
with his number being changed to #202422 in 1917 & his Battalion moved with the 48th (South Midland)
Division to Italy in November 1917; Frank Kingdon’s unit was taking part in a raid on the enemy at 04.00am
on 10.09.1917 when he became one of the 10 casualties they suffered; Private Frank A Kingdom is also
remembered on the Witheridge Village War Memorial; At the time of his death his parents were living at #2,
Ebrington Terrace, Witheridge, North Devon; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War
Medals;
Kingdon, Frank Denys: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Second Lieutenant, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This Officer first served in France from 31.10.1917; This is Frank Denys Kingdon born on 04.09.1898
in Holsworthy, Devon, son of Reverend Frank Hawker Kingdon b.1860 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire &
Jessie Freyberg from Belgravia, London who married in 1886 in Richmond, Surrey; In 1901 Frank lived with
his parents in the Vicarage in Bridgerule, Devon; In the 1911 Census Frank Kingdon was a 12 year old
Boarder at a Private Boarding School in Upcott House, at Burn Hill House in Okehampton, Devon, which I
believe was attached to the Vicarage; He was promoted from an Officer Cadet Unit to 2nd Lieutenant in the
Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserve of Officers on 31.08.1917; The WO 338 records have reference to 2Lt
Frank Denys Kingdon, RFA (S.R.), KI/983, (#216942) & are marked as being a demobilised officer ; Frank
Denys Kingdon studied Mathematics at Hertford, Oxford University in 1920; In the London Gazette of
02.12.1918, 2nd Lt. Frank Denys Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve), attached to 29th Battery,
was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry; (When heavy enemy fire killed 2 men & wounded
several others of his battery he organized a stretcher party & got them to a place of safety under heavy
shelling. By his example of coolness he kept the battery in action & saved several lives. Later, while observing
under heavy enfilade fire, he showed marked devotion to duty, & kept up communication with his battery by
visual, & got back valuable information); In the London Gazette of 01.04.1920 2nd Lieutenant F. D. Kingdon
MC was promoted to Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 28.02.1919; On 01.04.1920 Lieutenant F.D.
Kingdon MC relinquished his Command but retained the rank of Lieutenant; His WW1 personal files are held
at Kew, ref. WO 374/39795; Frank Denys Kingdon became the Governor of the Upper Nile Province between
1946 & 1949, prior to that he travelled extensively to the Sudan through Egypt & in Military Service between
1920 & 1937; He also held Sudanese Political positions & appointments in White Nile, Bahr al-Ghazal, Blue
Nile, Kordofan & Upper Nile provinces between 1921 & 1948; He was awarded the Order of The Nile in
1932; His Diaries are held in Durham University; Frank Denys Kingdon died in 1971 in Devon Aged 72;
Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Vistory Medals; His MIC records that he applied for
his medals on 29.93.1923, including El Dulim & Sudan, address given as Bridgerule Vicarage, Holsworthy,
North Devon; Medals were issued on 15.05.1923; Awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette 02.12.1918;
(He is the Brother of Second Lieutenant Robert Claude Hawker Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery who died
age 27 on 19 April 1917); (He is the Brother of Bridget Mary Kingdon, Women’s Royal Air Force in 1918);
(He was a Cousin of Kingdon, Michael Claude Hawker: #157876, Captain, MBE, Royal Army Medical
Corps: WO 373/72/256; Served in Italy in WW2);
Kingdon, Frank G: #317, Corporal, ‘C’ Company, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Also Recorded as: Kingdon, F: #317, Corporal, ‘C’ Company, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/24;
Note: In order to have this number Frank G. Kingdon must have enlisted initially with a Special Reserve
Battalion or one of the Territorial force Battalions, his WW1 military records indicate Enlistment on
11.06.1908, however he probably was not mobilised until WW1; Corporal Frank Kingdon was Discharged
under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) on 26.12.1916 for Wounds he had received; He was wounded in
action at Es Sinn on 08.03.1916 with a bullet in his upper left arm which shattered the bone; The records show
that he served overseas in Mesopotamia with ‘C’ Company of the 6 th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment; As
a wounded Corporal he appears on the Silver War Badge list; This Devonshire Soldier’s name is mentioned in
Colonel Flick’s Devon Regiment Diary Book on page 70-71 which confirms his Regimental Number & his
wounds at Es Sinn; This is Frank (Frederick) Greenslade Kingdon born in 1878 in South Molton, Devon, he
was the son of John Keys Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker, b.1844 South Molton & Mary Webber Greenslade from
Charles, Devon who Married in 1868 in South Molton; In 1881 Census Frank Kingdon lives with his parents at
#10, Duke Street South Molton, Devon; In the 1891 Census Frank G Kingdon is a 12 year old scholar living
with his parents at #11, Duke Street, South Molton & in 1901 he is aged 22 & a General Carpenter still living
in Duke Street, South Molton with his parents; Frank Greenslade Kingdon Married Susie Ann Loosemore in
1905 in South Molton, she was born ca.1880 in Rose Ash, Devon; In 1911 Census Frank Greenslade Kingdon
works as a Journeyman Carpenter living at #40, East Street, South Molton in Devon; Frank Greenslade
Kingdon won many National Shooting competitions during his early life; I believe that Frank & his Wife Susie
both Died in Devon in the 4th Q of 1960, both aged 82; Frank Kingdon was Awarded the Silver War Badge
#96685; Medals Card for Frank G. Kingdon only on file, Awarded the Territorial Force Medal, the Victory &
the British War Medals; No Medals Card on file for F. Kingdon; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Percy:
#267684, Acting Sergeant, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-20);
Kingdon, Frank Neville: #928576 Private, 153rd (Wellington) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force,
WW1;
Notes: This is Frank Neville Kingdon born 21.03.1893 in Yeovil, Somerset, England; He is the son of
William Henry Kingdon, a Railway Clerk, b.1862 in Barnstaple, Devon & Annie Tilley b.29.02.1860 in
Dorchester, Dorset who married in 1889 in Dorchester; In 1901 Census Frank N Kingdon is aged 8 years &
living with his widowed Father (his Mother died in 1894) at #21, Colmer Road, Yeovil, Somerset, England;
On 11.04.1910 Frank Neville Kingdon is aged 17 & is working for the Great Western Railway as a Cleaner in
the Bristol Division; On 04.02.1911 Frank Neville Kingdon was discharged from the Great Western Railway
because he decided to emigrate to Canada; On 03.04.1911 he sails from Liverpool to Portland, Maine on the
‘SS Southwark’ at the age of 18 years anticipating working as a Farmer in Ontario; On 11.02.1916 in Mount
Forest, Ontario, Frank Neville Kingdon enlists in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as #928576 & is sent to
the 153rd Battalion; He gave his NOK as his Father, William Kingdon of #23, Elton Road, Bishopston, Bristol
England & his own address as Conn, Ontario; (The 153rd (Wellington) Battalion, CEF was based in Guelph,
Ontario; It started recruiting in late 1915, sailed to England on ‘SS Olympic’ on 29th April 1917 & was
absorbed into the 4th & 25th Reserve Battalions on 07.05.1917); Frank Neville Kingdon’s enlistment was moted
in the 17.02.1916 edition of the Mount forest Representative; I believe that Frank Neville Kingdon embarked
with the 153rd on 29.04.1917 on board the ‘SS Olympic’ & that he served in England & France until his return
to Canada on board the ‘SS Northland’ on 05.04.1919 from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for
dispersal to the 4th Reserve Battalion; He again gives his Father as his NOK & his proposed address as Mount
Forest, Ontario; The Veterans Death Card indicates that he Died on 29.12.1962 at the Westminster Hospital,
London, Ontario, cause not stated but not war related, his next of kin is given as Mr. Stanley Duncan, “a
friend”; He is buried in Mount Forest Cemetery, his Gravestone indicates service with the 18th Battalion,
Canadian Expeditionary Force; (I believe that he is the Brother of Mark Leslie Kingdon, #23346 & #6747
who served in UK with Territorials 6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment & later with the 4th Battalion,
Australian Imperial Force);
Kingdon, Frank S: Army Service Corps No: M/303737 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Frank Stanley Kingdon born on 08.07.1886 in Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, (He was
baptised on 01.08.1886 in Upper Clapton, St Matthews Church), the son of William John Kingdon, a
Gardener, b.1852 Somerset & Louisa Jones from Hoxton, Middlesex who married on 26.04.1883 in Hackney
& who lived at #16, Winslade Road, Clapton, Hackney; In 1891 Frank S Kingdon lives with parents at #7,
Barry Road in Willesden; In 1901 Frank Kingdon was aged 14 & working for the Railway as a Carboy, living
with his parents at #32, Barry Road, Willesden; Frank Stanley Kingdon first joined the Army for duty on
15.03.1917 at White City, London, Aged 33 years, he was a Motor Mechanic in Sloane Square, London, he
was first attested on 10.12.1915 at Chelsea Town Hall aged 29 years & 115 days; He served in East Africa as a
Fitter in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) from April 1917 to May 1918 & suffered with Malaria in
November 1917; He was sick enough to warrant several hospital periods in UK & Overseas in Dar es Salaam;
He was Transferred to the Reserve on 24.10.1919; His civilian address was given as #3, College Place, Kings
Road, Chelsea, London, SW3; Frank Kingdon appears to have been awarded a Pension for having contracted
Malaria whilst in the Army; I think his wife was Daisy Matilda Ward from Leamington Spa who he married on
16.01.1910 in St John’s, Leamington, Warwick; In 1911 Census Frank & Daisy Kingdon live at #20, Barry
Road in Willesden (his parents still live at #32), Frank is a Laundry Carman; Their children were Frank
Stanley Kingdon born 07.08.1910 Willesden; Frederick Ernest Kingdon born 03.04.1912 in Willesden &
Albert T V Kingdon born 05.03.1915 in Chelsea; The family continued to live at #3, College Place, Chelsea
until the 1930’s; In 1935 Frank Stanley & Daisy Matilda Kingdon lived at #1, Groom Place, City of
Westminster; In 1938 they were at #17, Whittingstall Road, Fulham but had returned to #1, Groom Place in the
City of Westminster in 1939; I believe that Frank Stanley Kingdon died in Brent, London in 1966 Aged 79 &
Daisy Matilda Kingdon died in 1968 in Greater London, Aged 82; Medals Card on file; (He was the Father of
Albert Thomas Victor Kingdon, Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, who served in WW2);
Kingdon, Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Enlistment dates for this Regimental #2283 were between 02.09.1914 & 14.10.1914; This Soldier also
served as Corporal Kingdon #21047 in the Machine Gun Corps; I believe that he served in France from
17.03.1915; I understand that Frank V Kingdon lived most of his life in London; This is Frank Vyvyan
Kingdon born in India in 1894, son of Oliver Kingdon, b.1857 Clerkenwell who served in India as a Warrant
Officer & Maud Matilda Bateman from Cork, Ireland, who married in Bengal, India in 1882, returning to UK
around 1895; In 1901 Census Frank Kingdon lives with his parents Oliver & Maud Kingdon in Goring Road in
Southgate, Enfield, Middlesex; In 1911 Frank Vyvyan Kingdon was a scholar, aged 16, living with his parents
at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London; In 1927 Frank Vyvyan Kingdon Married Gladys Rosalie
Beryl Stephens from Bath in Somerset; Frank Vyvyan Kingdon Died in Christchurch Hospital, Hampshire on
01.11.1965 whilst living at ‘Pentiles’. #71, Dilly Lane, Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, Hampshire, he was aged
70 years; Medals Card on file; (Brother of Captain Oliver Kingdon MC who Died in WW1 in 1918 in
France); (Son of Oliver Kingdon #1120 6th Dragoon Guards 1873 to 1891); (Also the Brother of Lieutenant
George Alfred Blee Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery);
Kingdon, Frank Wm: Devonshire Regiment No: 7862 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
SEE ALSO: Kingdom, Frank W: Devonshire Regiment No: 7862, Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1
Notes: With a regimental number of #7862, this soldier’s enlistment would have been between 24.01.1904 &
09.03.1905; There are records to indicate that Private Frank Wm. Kingdon #7862 originally enlisted on
05.01.1905 & was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 xvi for Sickness on 07.04.1916 & also
indicating that he had served overseas; Private Frank W Kingdom #7862 appears to have initially gone to
Africa on 24.08.1914 & his MIC indicates that he was ‘Discharged’; Another MIC is on record for a
Temporary Sergeant, F.W. Kingdom, attached to the Nigeria Regiment, his records state that he ‘Resumed
Civil Duties’ but there are no dates or indications as to what this means? This record also confirms that he first
went to Africa on 30.09.1914;
This soldier could be Frank William Kingdom born in 1888 in Knossington, Somerset, the son of James
Kingdom, a Gamekeeper, b.1839 Swimbridge & Elizabeth ?? from Buckland Filleigh who married in ?? in ??;
In the 1891 Census Frank William Kingdon lived with his parents at the Market House in Black Torrington,
Halwell, Devon; I think his mother is a Widow living in Attleborough, Norfolk in 1901 Census but I failed to
find Frank William; In the 1911 Census I have found a Frank William Kingdon b.1887 in Exeter, serving as a
Private in the 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment in Malta; However, on the 26.08.1915 I did find a Frank
William Kingdon of the Military returning from Lagos Nigeria on the ‘SS Mendip’ & he gave a contact as a
Mrs. Fox of Kewstoke, Somerset; Despite searching the 1911 Census for Kewstoke, Weston Super Mare &
locating a Fox family I can find no link to Frank William Kingdon or Kingdom; Awarded the Silver War
Badge #226276 under #7862 Private Frank William Kingdon; Medals Card for T/Sgt. F.W. Kingdom,
attached to the Nigeria Regt. is on file for the Victory & the British War Medals, however this MIC is also
marked, ‘on 1915 Star Roll, col/5/40-11; Medals Card on file for award of the 1915 Star for #7862 Private
Frank W. Kingdom, Devon Regt. & marked ‘Discharged’; The Medals Record Card for Private #7862
Frank Wm Kingdom (changed to Kingdon) indicates award of the Victory & the British War Medals; I did
not research this Soldier any further as there is too much conflicting information; There may be two
different soldiers here?
Kingdon, Fred: Devonshire Regiment No: 23938 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Also served as #70395 2/8 Battalion Worcestershire Regiment; This is (Fred) Frederick Kingdon
b.1885 in South Molton, a Boot Maker from Barnstaple; He was the son of Thomas Kingdon, a Gardener,
b.1847 South Molton & Anne Hierford b.1847 in Meshaw who married on 29.04.1873 in South Molton,
Devon; In 1891 Census Fred Kingdon lived with his parents at #82, East Street, South Molton & also in 1901
when Fred was aged 16 & a Shoemaker’s Apprentice; Fred Kingdon was aged 31 years & 6 months when he
enlisted in Barnstaple on 08.12.1915, he gave his address as #7, Pulchrass Street, Barnstaple, Devon; He also
gave his next of kin as his wife Henrietta Emma Francis Kingdon (nee Rudall) who he married in the Parish
Church in Barnstaple on 16.11.1910; (His wife was born in Teignmouth in 1880); In 1915 he was with the
Army Reserve until being mobilised on 01.06.1916; He served with the 2nd & 3rd Battalions of the Devonshire
Regiment in the first 2 years; He served at Home from 08.12.1915 to 10.11.1916; Served in France from
11.11.1916 to 29.03.1917; He may well have been wounded or sick (Trench Foot I believe) in 1917 as he was
at the Convalescent Hospital in Woodcote Park in June of 1917; He served at Home station between
30.03.1917 & 27.03.1918; He was sent back to the front line in France again on 28.03.1918 & stayed there
until 27.11.1919; However, one record has his theatre of War as Egypt in 1919; He was wounded in September
of 1918 in France I believe; He may well have served in Alexandria in 1919; He was transferred to the Class Z
Reserve in Warwick on 28.06.1919 & finally Discharged on Demobilisation on 31st March 1920 having served
a total of 3 years & 209 days; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, William: Wiltshire
Regiment No: 203121 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, Fred: #8/17311, Private, 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Also recorded as: Kingdom, F: #17311, Private, East Lancashire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Also Recorded as: Kingdom, Fred: #72672, Private, Royal Defence Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The 8th (Service) Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment was formed as part of the New Army in
Preston in September 1914 & were sent to France in late July 1915; The Silver War Badge record for this
soldier indicates that Private Fred Kingdon #72672 Royal Defence Corps, Enlisted on 16.11.1914 & was
Discharged on 18.09.1918 having been declared Unfit for Service (King’s Regulations 392) due to wounds he
received, at the age of 35 years; This would indicate that he was born ca.1883; This also records that he had
served overseas; His service with the Royal Defence Corps was obviously brought about by his having been
wounded previously & subsequently not fit to be returned to the war front? The Medals Card for #8/17311
Private Kingdom F. 8th East Lancs Regt. states that he first served in France 01.08.1915, that he also served as
#72672 Royal Defence Corps & that he was Discharged on 18.09.1918; Awarded Silver War Badge #B15344;
3x Medals Cards on file, awarded the 1915 Star, victory & British War Medals; Insufficient information to
enable identification, (there is a Frederick Kingdon born 1883 in Barnsley, Yorkshire?); I have also included
this man in my Kingdom lists;
Kingdon, Fred: United States, Registration Cards for both WW1 & WW2;
Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in either WW1 or WW2; This is Fred Kingdon b.
28.07.1880 in North Molton, Devon, England, the son of John Kingdon Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer
b.1841 in Charles, Devon, England & Ann Hoil who Married in 1861 in North Molton, Devon, England; In
1881 Fred Kingdon lived with his parents at Heasley Mill (Crowborn), North Molton, Devon, England; This
family emigrated to Massachusets in the USA in 1883 & quickly became naturalised citizens; In 1900 Fred
Kingdon was already naturalised & lived with his parents in Pakachoag Street, Auburn Town, Worcester
County, Massachusetts, USA; Fred Kingdon Married Ida May Sutcliffe, a Cashier from Worcester aged 28, on
10.02.1909 in Worcester, Massachusetts; In 1910 Fred & Ida Kingdon lived with their one daughter, next door
to his parents in Pakachoag Street, Auburn, he was a Retail Route Milk Dealer; Fred Kingdon had been a
Masonic Lodge member since 1913; On 12.09.1918 Fred Kingdon registered for WW1 service with the US
Army in Auburn; In 1920 Fred Kingdon was now a Widower but still lived in Pakachoag Street, Auburn, his
Widowed Mother Ann Kingdon lived with him & his daughter; He was a Retail Milk Dealer; I believe that
about 1926, Fred Kingdon Married again to a Adeline L ?? & in 1930 continued to live in the same house at
#56, Pakachoag Street & work as a Milk Dealer; At the age of 61 years, Fred Kingdon registered for WW2
service with the US Army; Fred Kingdon Died in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1959; (He was the
Brother of Kingdon, Charles Henry: United States, Registration Card for WW1);
Kingdon, Frederick: West Yorkshire Regiment No: 10614 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: His Regimental number of #10614 would indicate enlistment after the 8 th July 1914; Also served with
the Machine Gun Corps as #14069; He served in Gallipoli & the Dardanelles from 11.07.1915; Medals Card
on file; Insufficient information to enable further research;
Kingdon, Frederick: 1st Class Boy, #J8541, Royal Navy; ADM 188/664/41 (pre & WW1 period);
Notes: This official Naval Number indicates enlistment between 01.01.1910 & 31.12.1910 & the prefix ‘J’ that
he was a Seaman; This is Frederick Kingdon born 01.12.1893 in Lambeth, London, he was the son of
Frederick Kingdon, a Costermonger (street fruit seller) born in Westminster, London in 1868 & Jane Belleini,
b.1865 in Lambeth, who Married on 29.01.1894 in Walworth all Saints, Newington, Southwark, London, (1
month after Frederick’s birth); In the 1901 Census, Frederick Kingdon & this family are incorrectly recorded
as ‘Hingdor’ but live at #62, Tufton Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London & the Father is
recorded as a Fruiterer; In the 1911 Census Frederick Kingdon was aged 17 & serving in the Royal Navy as a
1st Class Boy onboard ‘HMS Essex’ with the 4th Cruiser Squadron, stationed at Palma Bay in the Balearic
Islands in the Mediterranean; No Medals info on file? (He was the Brother of Kingdon, John Ernest: 1st Class
Boy, #J85582, Royal Navy, who served in WW1); I researched no further;
Kingdon, Frederick: Devonshire Regiment No: 45622 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1; Private Frederick Kingdon #45622, 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who died on 9th
May 1917, aged 23; Son of William (CWGC has the Father incorrectly shown as James) & Martha Kingdon,
of Filleigh, Devon; Husband of Lucy Brewer (formerly Kingdon, nee Bastin), of Gosford Lane, Ottery St.
Mary, Devon; Remembered with honour in Bay 4 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France;
Notes: This is Frederick Kingdon who was born in 1894 in Filleigh, Devon, his parents were William
Kingdon, a Groom, b.1850 in North Molton, Devon, & Martha Toms from Filleigh who married in 1873 in
Filleigh, Devon; In 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lived with his Mother, (widowed since 1894) in Filleigh
Village Alms Houses; I cannot find him in the 1911 Census? Frederick Kingdon probably enlisted for wartime
service in the 8th (Service) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, however his date of enlistment is unknown,
(except to record that #10102 was issued on 14.08.1914); Frederick Kingdon married Lucy Cora Bastin in
Honiton, Devon in the 4th Q 1916; His date of death, 09.05.1917, would indicate that he died in the Arras
Offensive fighting; (I believe that his widow remarried in 1922 to a Frank Brewer in Honiton, Devon);
Ancestry.com has his birthplace as Teignmouth, Devon, (incorrect) & his place of enlistment as Teignmouth,
which is questionable as the 8th Battalion was formed in Exeter in 1914 & served in France from 26.07.1915,
however, there could well have been a recruitment centre in Teignmouth; Medals Card on file for award of the
British War & Victory Medals;
Kingdon, Frederick: Suffolk Regiment No: 63203 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: There is no indication of when or where this Soldier served, however, he may well have been with the
12th (Service) Battalion (East Anglian); Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals only;
Insufficient information to enable further research;
Kingdon, Frederick: Devonshire Regiment No: 265495 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals only; Insufficient information to
enable identification?
Kingdon, Frederick: Registration for United States Army as a Declared Alien, (No Service) WW1;
Notes: This man was a Declared Alien & for WW1 required
Registration in the USA, which was signed on 12.09.1918; This is
Frederick (Curly) Kingdon born 16.09.1885 in South Molton, Devon,
England; He was the son of Edwin (Ned) Kingdon b.1858 Kings
Nympton & Mary Jane Gregory (born in Barnstaple Workhouse), who
married in South Molton in 1878; In the 1891 Census Frederick Kingdon
lived with his parents at #11, Cambrian Place in South Molton, Devon;
In the 1901 Census he was a Stable Boy/Groom but living with his
parents at #10, Cooks Cross, South Molton; On 16.07.1910 Frederick
Kingdon Married Laura Jane Turner from Chawleigh, in Chulmleigh,
South Molton, Devon & immediately left England for emigration to the
United States of America; Frederick Kingdon sailed from London on the
‘SS Minneapolis’ on 30.07.1910, he was a Horseman & gave his
destination as Memorial, Illinois; His new wife Laura Jane Kingdon
followed on the ‘SS Baltic’ from Liverpool on 15.10.1910, arriving in
New York on 24.10.1910, giving her destination as Wenona, Chicago,
Illinois; The family settled & lived in Illinois for the remainder of their lives, Frederick Kingdon received his
USA Passport on 28.04.1923; Frederick Kingdon Died on 23.08.1950 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA; (He was
the Brother of Kingdon, Albert E: 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No: 2711 & No: 266049 Rank:
Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdon, Frederick: #814692 139th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Rank: Private; WW1;
Notes: This is Frederick Kingdon born in Bishops Nympton, Devon on 05.10.1882 & baptised on
12.11.1882; He was the son of George Kingdon, a Farm Labourer b.1851 in Bishops Nympton & Ann
Kingdom b.1863 in Knowstone, who married in 1881 in Knowstone, Devon; In the 1891 Census Frederick is
living with his parents in Crosside Cottages, Knowstone in Devon; The 1901 Census for Knowstone, Devon
has Frederick Kingdon as an 18 year old Farm Labourer living with his parents at Crosside Cottages,
Knowstone, Devon; (His parents will live at Kimmings Farm in Rose Ash, Devon from 1911); Fredk Kingdom
Emigrated to Canada at the age of 28 years in 1911, sailing from Bristol, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada on the ‘SS Royal George’ arriving on 28.03.1911; The Canadian immigration arrival information
indicated that he had been a Farm Labourer for 14 years & that he intended to live in Toronto, Ontario;
Frederick Kingdon went to live & work as a Farm Labourer in Camborne, Ontario; He enlisted in the Canadian
Army, #814698 in the 139th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on 27.01.1916 in Cobourg; He
stated that he had previously served for 2 years with the 4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment in England,
there is no indication of when or where & he gave his Mother’s name, Annie Kingdon, Kimmings Farm, Rose
Ash, South Molton, Devonshire, England as his next of kin; I have no other Canadian WW1 records & have to
assume that Frederick Kingdon served overseas with the Canadian Forces in WW1; On 10.04.1919 Private
Frederick Kingdon, #814692, sailed on the SS Saturnia arriving in St John, New Brunswick, Canada from
Glasgow in Scotland, for transfer back to Canada for Dispersal & to the 12th Reserve; The 1919 UK Spring
Absent Voters List for South Molton Division, Parish of Rose Ash, has reference #4155 to Kingdon Fred, Ash
Moor, #814692 ‘C’ Company, 4th Battalion, Canadians, 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade being out of England;
The Rose Ash Victory Hall Memorial in Devon records Private F. Kingdon in the Canadian Expeditionary
Force; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: Devonshire Regiment No: 8737 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); (He is also the Brother of Eli Kingdon who served in WW1 #3143, #2348 & #96658 RFA until
31.03.1919); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Bert: Devonshire Regiment No: 8673 Rank: Private 19141920 WO 372/11); (He is probably also the Brother of Kingdom, Francis W: Devonshire Regiment No: 1775
Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); I did not research further;
Kingdon, Frederick: #23742, Private, 13th Works Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, WW1;
Notes: I can find no Military Records for this soldier probably because the unit he served with was only
formed in Saltash in June 1916, moved to Plymouth & in April 1917 became the 3 rd Labour Battalion, staying
in England for the duration of the War. His details appear on the 1919 Absent Voters List for Barnstaple
Division, Parish of Heanton Punchardon, North Devon, but all research of this area & his address in Wrafton,
near Braunton, Devon, has failed to identify him for the time being? This could be Frederick William
Kingdon born in Barnstaple in 1897? If I am correct, this is probably Frederick William Kingdon, the son of
Charles Walter Kingdon, a Coal Porter & Mason, b.1861 in South Molton, Devon (illegitimate son of Eliza
Kingdon from Knowstone who eventually married James Richards a Blacksmith from Pilton) & Mary Jane ??
from Barnstaple who married in 1887 in Barnstaple; In the 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lived with his
parents in #3, Allen’s Court, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple; There is a Frederick Kingdon aged 13, boarding with
his brother Charles Kingdon aged 20, with a middle aged widow in Allen’s Court, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple,
he is a Scholar; I believe that Frederick William Kingdon Married Edith May Wakley, b.10.05.1900, in
Barnstaple, Dvon in 1928; Frederick William Kingdon died on 27.08.1955, aged 58 & is buried alongside his
wife Edith in the Town UnCon F Cemetery, Barnstaple, North Devon; There is no medals card on file;
(Probably the Brother of Kingdon, Charles: Royal Field Artillery No: 151312 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO
372/11, WW1);
Kingdon, Frederick: #VX123170, Australian Army in 1939-1945, WW2;
Notes: This man’s records in Series B883 in Canberra have not yet been made available; This is Frederick
Kingdon born on 31.08.1923 in Plumstead, London, 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, Frederick Kingdon sailing with his mother onboard the ‘SS Barrabool’ on 13.12.1924;
In the early days in Victoria, Australia Frederick Kingdon lived with his parents in Tragowel, Wimmera,
Kerang, Victoria, from 1931 to 1937; Frederick Kingdon enlisted in Mangalore, Victoria, Australia for service
in WW2, giving his father’s name Frederick Kingdon as his next of Kin; I believe that Frederick Kingdon
married a Mabel Beatrice (??) around 1948 & from 1949 to 1954 they lived at Holdsworth Road & Wood
Street, Sandhurst East, Bendigo, Victoria, Frederick was a Pottery employee; In1963 they lived at #66,
Frederick Street, Sandhurst East, Bendigo; From 1968 to 1977 they lived at #522, Hargreaves Street, Golden
Square, Bendigo, Frederick was still a Pottery employee; (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;
Kingdom, F: #54710, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; - also recorded as:
Kingdon, Frederick G T: #54710, Driver, ‘A’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Transferred from the Kingdom List:
Notes: This is probably Frederick George Turner Kingdon born 06.07.1893 in Poplar, Bow, Greater London
(baptised 10.09.1893 in Lambeth), son of Benjamin George Kingdon, a Laundryman b.1858 in Taunton,
Somerset & Elizabeth Turner, also from Taunton who married in 1884 in Taunton; In the 1901 Census
Frederick G Kingdon is aged 7 & living with his parents in #61, Lion Road, Bexley, Kent who are both
Laundry workers; In the 1911 Census Frederick George Kingdon Aged 19 is a Driver serving with the ‘AA’
Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in Cantonments, Patchejstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; During WW1 this
soldier served with the ‘A’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in France from 11.11.914; Frederick G T Kingdon
Married Alice Wade in Woolwich, Kent in 1922; I believe that she had been working in the Union Workhouse,
High Street, Woolwich in 1919; Following their marriage they lived in #67, Wickham Lane, Plumstead,
London for a time; I understand that F.G. Kingdon originally intended to emigrate to Australia on 18.03.1922
onboard the ‘SS Ormuz’ (but this record has been crossed out on the passenger lists); It would appear that he
finally travelled on 11.02.1923 onboard the ‘SS Berrima’ & that his family followed on 13.12.1924 onboard
the ‘SS Barrabool’; From 1931 to 1937 they lived at Tragowel in Wimmera, Kerang, Frederick George
Kingdon was a Labourer; From 1949 to 1954 they were living in Arblaster Street, Bendigo, Victoria &
Frederick George T Kingdon is now a Farmer; In 1963 they lived at #15, Hayes Street, Ironbank, Victoria &
Frederick George T Kingdon is a Railway Employee; I believe that he died shortly after as in 1968 his wife
Alice Kingdon lives alone at the same address; 2x Medals Card on file for award of the 1914 Star, British War
& Victory Medals; (He is probably the Brother of Ernest John Kingdon #220465, Petty Officer, Royal
Navy); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy; ADM
188/911); (He was the Father of Horace Frederick Kingdon, #V245087, Australian forces WW2); (He was
the Father of Frederick Kingdon, #VX123170, Australian forces WW2);
Kingdon, Frederick George: - Died in WW1; Private Frederick George Kingdon, #22491, 16th Waikato
Coy. 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who died aged 29 on 23rd June
1917; Remembered with Honour Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial in Belgium;
Notes: This is Frederick George Kingdon who was born in 1887 in Silverton, Devon, England the son of
George Kingdon, a Butcher b.1861 Silverton & Emily Harriett Norris from Forest Hill, London, who married
on 14.06.1886 in Silverton, Devon; In the 1891 Census Frederick G. Kingdon lived with his parents in
Silverton Village in Devon; In the 1901 Census Frederick Geo Kingdon lives with his parents at #25, Dalmain
Road, Lewisham, London & in the 1911 Census is now aged 23 & working as a Carman, living with his
parents at #40, Dalmain Road in Lewisham; On the 29.09.1911 Fredk G. Kingdon sailed from London,
England to Sydney, Australia onboard the ‘SS Orvieto’, his occupation is given as being a Packer; He travelled
onwards to New Zealand; I believe that Frederick George Kingdon Enlisted at #5 Group Office, Buckle Street,
Wellington, New Zealand, on 15.06.1915; In the New Zealand Army Nominal Roll for 1916, #22491 Private
Frederick George Kingdon is recorded as being in ‘J’ Company of the Otago Infantry Battalion, 16 th
Reinforcements who departed from New Zealand on board the “Navua” on 20.08.1916, sailing from
Wellington, New Zealand to Devonport, England; His occupation is recorded as Labourer & his Mother’s UK
address is given; #22491 Private Kingdon F.G. is reported Missing in Action on 18.07.1917, Casualty List
#625/3, by the 16th Reinforcements Force, under the 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment list of the
NZEF Summary of Casualties, up to & including 14.08.1917; Notification of this soldier’s death was recorded
in the Summary of Casualties dated up to & including 14.11.1917 as #22491 Private Kingdon F.G. of the 1st
Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 16th Reinforcements was Killed in Action, report dated 23.09.1917
under Casualty List #676/1, NZEF; I have no doubt that Frederick George Kingdon died following the Battle
of Messines on 07.06.1917 when the New Zealand Division retook this heavily defended strong strategic
position from the Germans; The Messines Ridge Cemetery Memorial commemorates those Soldiers who died
but have no known grave; Frederick George Kingdon’s name is also included on his parents Gravestone in the
Ladywell Cemetery in Lewisham, Greater London, England; I understand that his name is also recorded on the
New Zealand National War Memorial located at Buckle Street in Wellington; (He was the brother of Kingdon,
Walter F: 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) No:
555062 Rank: Rifleman 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, Frederick J: #129253, Devon Regiment, WW1 period;
Notes: On the Absent Voters Spring 1919 List there is reference to a Fredk J. Kingdon of the above unit being
absent from the Ellacombe Polling District, Torquay Division; I have failed to identify this soldier as there are
no Military Records for this #129253 on file? A search of his given address of #37, Princes Road West,
Tormoham, Torquay in the 1911 Census also fails to identify him? Insufficient information;
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;
Notes: (Both his Service & Pension Records were badly damaged by fire & water during WW2); This is
actually Frederick Percy Kingdon born 1896 in Portland, Dorset; 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 the 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lived with his parents at #9, Victoria Square in
Portland, Dorset; In the 1911 Frederick Percy Kingdon lives with his parents at #54, Nortoft Road in
Bournemouth Hampshire, His Father is a Stone Mason, his Mother owns a Sweet Shop & Frederick Percy
Kingdon is an Errand Boy for Welshbank; Frederick Percy Kingdon appears to have already been placed on
the Dorset Special Reserve when he enlisted at the age of 19 years & 7 months, in Bournemouth on
28.08.1914, giving his occupation as a Grocer, but I believe that he joined in Dorchester for service with the 5 th
Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment; Unfortunately he only served until 26.10.1914, a total of 59 days as he
was medically re-examined & Discharged under Kings Regulations Para 392 (iii), marked as ‘For Medical
Reasons’? I believe that he had Flat Feet & Hammer Toes & had not served overseas during his service time; I
understand that he was awarded the Silver War Badge;
Additional service & pension records would indicate that Frederick Percy Kingdon, incorrectly recorded as
Kingdom, managed to get himself re-enlisted for military service with the Royal Army Medical Corps on
24.09.1917 when he was aged 21, giving his occupation as a Porter; He initially served with the 5th Training
Battalion, RAMC but I believe that he then served for 1 Year & 329 days with the R.A.M.C. under #126610 at
20th Station Hospital; He served this period with a downgraded Medical Fitness Grade; He served at Home
from 24.09.1917 to 18.03.1918, he was sent to join the British Salonika Army (BSF) between 19.03.1918 &
13.04.1918, arriving in Constantinople on 14.04.1918, where he continued to serve both there & with the
British ‘Army of the Black Sea’ until returning to the UK on 02.07.1919; He was finally discharged on
18.08.1919; I believe that Frederick P Kingdon married Florence E. Harris in 4 th Q 1941 in Bournemouth &
died in Bournemouth in 1st Q 1948 Aged 50; Claimed & awarded the Silver War Badge #157462 on
23.03.1917; Medals Card on file; Awarded the Victory medal for his RAMC service; (He is the Brother of
Henry William Kingdon: #440914, Private, ‘D’ Company & #1250407, 76th Depot Battery, Canadian
Overseas Expeditionary Force); (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, Frederick R: #286416, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1;
Sapper Frederick Robert Kingdon #286416, "G" Depot Company, Royal Engineers who died age 29 on 18th
March 1919, Son of William and Mary Ann Kingdon, of 51, Manor Row, Dawlish. Remembered with honour
in Dawlish Cemetery;
Notes: This is Frederick Robert Kingdon born in 1890 in Dawlish, Devon; He was the son of William
Kingdon, a Gardener b.1852 in Silverton, Devon & Mary Ann Routley from Sowton, who Married in 1882 in
St Thomas; In the 1891 Census Frederick R. Kingdon lived with his parents at #8, Brook Street, Dawlish,
Devon; In the 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lives with his parents in Manor Row, East Dawlish; In the 1911
Census Frederick Robert Kingdon is a Plumber, Aged 21 & living with his parents at #36, Manor Row,
Dawlish, Devon; Frederick Robert Kingdon’s Death record in England is 1st Q 1919 Newton Abbot 5b.196
Aged 29; Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals only; ((He was the Brother of Kingdon,
Arthur G: #T6886, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was the Brother of Kingdom,
Charles: #172009, Driver, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, Frederick S: Rifle Brigade No: B/200829 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The prefix B to his Regimental number indicates that he was an Army Reservist whose number had
been re-allocated, or that he was a previously discharged Army Reservist who was re-enlisting for WW1
service; I would assume the latter in this case; He was attested 09.12.1915, put on the Reserve 10.12.1915 &
Rejoined 29.05.1916; Frederick S Kingdon also served as #186408 in the Army Service Corps; This is
Frederick Stanley Kingdon born in Dalston, Middlesex in 14.11.1889 & baptised in Hackney on 05.01.1890;
The son of Henry James Kingdon, a Brass Finisher, b.1851 in Cardiff, Wales? (some records have him born in
Clerkenwell, London) & Elizabeth Green Lowe from Hackney who married on 04.11.1871 in St James,
Shoreditch, Hackney; In1891 Frederick S Kingdom is aged 1 year & living with his parents at #14 Downham
Road, Hackney; In 1901 Frederick S Kingdon lived with his Widower Father at #35, Sidney Road, Hackney; I
have a London Schools Record for Fred Stanley Kingdon attending Sidney Road School from 18.10.1898 until
25.08.1902; In the 1911 Census Frederick Stanley Kingdon lives with his Brother Percy Victor Kingdon at
#33, Clifden Road, Clapton; At the time of enlistment at Hackney Baths in London he gives his address as #33,
Clifden Road Lower Clapton, London; His records have him working as a Tailor’s Cutter; Frederick Stanley
Kingdon Married Rebecca Cracknell on 23.12.1911 in Hackney; (I believe that she was a Pauper in 1901 in
Edmonton Strand Union Infant Workhouse School); He enlisted in 1915 & served for 311 days with the Army
Service Corps, for 1 year & 307 days with the Rifle Brigade for a total service time of 2 years & 253 days, 110
days of which were spent in France; During his service in France he was gassed at least once & probably
wounded in 1917; Transferred to the Reserve on 04.02.1919 from the 5th Battalion Rifle Brigade in
Winchester; Frederick Stanley Kingdon claimed a pension for having been gassed during WW1 on 10.07.1918
but I believe that this was denied & rejected in March 1920; His medals were delivered to him on 28.07.1921;
I believe that Frederick S Kingdon Dies in Hackney in 1946 Aged 56; Medals Card on file for Victory &
British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Herbert James: #143716, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Rank: Private, who served in England 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, Fred S: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 162987 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Fred Sherwood Kingdon born 28.09.1887 in Backwell, Somerset, the son of John Kingdon, a
Railway Station Master, b.1846 in Selworthy, Somerset & Caroline Sherwood from Farnborough Hampshire,
who married in 1878 in Taunton, Somerset; In 1891 Census the family lived in the Railway Cottages,
Backwell, Somerset; In 1901 Fred Sherwood Kingdon lives with his parents in Moorside, Backwell, Somerset;
In the 1911 Census Fred Sherwood Kingdon was a 23 year old Steam Roller Driver’s Assistant living with his
married sister (Winifred Alice & Edward Thos. Henry Hawkins) at Hill View, West Town, near Bristol,
Gloucestershire; Fred Sherwood Kingdon enlisted on 19.11.1915 Aged 28 years, he stated that he was a
Railway Porter living at #83, St John’s Lane, Bedminster, Bristol; He was sent to the Army Reserve on
20.11.1915 & finally Mobilised on 02.06.1917; He served in France & then Germany with the 14 th Siege
Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery; It would appear that he actually joined his Unit on 02.06.1917 in Plymouth
Citadel; On 07.03.1919 whilst serving in Germany he overstayed a leave permit for 6 days & was fined 7 days
pay as a result; I believe that Fred Sherwood Kingdon Married Winifred Norris Mead, b. 20.05.1894 in Bristol,
on 19.01.1918 in Holy Trinity Church, Clifton, Bristol; At the end of his service he was sent to a Discharge
Area for Demobilisation on 27.09.1919; He was transferred to the Z Reserve on 23.10.1919; After discharge
Fred Sherwood Kingdon went to work for Great Western Railway on 11.05.1925 being ex Bristol Joint Staff
previously; I believe that Fred Sherwood Kingdon Died aged 85 in Weston Super Mare in 1973 & his wife
Winifred Norris Kingdon in1979 in Weston Super Mare Aged 85; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of
Andrew Henry Kingdon #219925 RASC who also served in WW1);
Kingdon, Frederick W: Royal Engineers No: WR/335967 Rank: Acting Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11,
WW1;
Notes: The prefix WR to his Royal Engineer’s number indicates service with the Waterways & Railways
Units; (I would presume that Frederick W Kingdon may well have been a Liverpool Docker before the War);
This soldier also served as #17875 with the Liverpool Regiment (The King’s) & his number suggests that he
enlisted along with many others after 04.08.1914; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify;
G
KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdon, G. & Kingdom, George: #13228, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This soldier first served in France from 03.09.1915 & was Transferred to the Class ‘Z’ Reserve on
04.04.1919; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star under Kingdon G. & a Medals Card on file for award
of the British War & Victory medals under Kingdom, George; Insufficient information to identify this man
clearly;
Kingdon, George: ‘C’ Company, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No: 1424 Rank: Private 1914-1920
WO 372/11, WW1; Also Recorded as: Kingdon, G: Devonshire Regiment No: 265174 Rank: Private 19141920 WO 372/24, WW1;
Notes: Also served as #1424 Devonshire Regiment with a regimental number which does not help identify his
enlistment date as this is a Territorial Force number, however I believe that he served before 30.09.1914 in
Barnstaple; The second regimental number of #265174 was issued to the 6th battalion during the 1917
renumbering of Infantry Regiments; Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment
fighting in Mesopotamia has reference to a Private G. Kingdon #1424 serving with ‘C’ Company & I believe
that he served with this unit in Mesopotamia until they returned to england in August 1919; George Kingdon is
recorded on the Spring of 1919 Absent Voters List for the Parish of Queens Nympton, South Molton, Devon;
His address is given as Cheyney which confirms his identity as follows: This is George Kingdon born
03.05.1892 & baptised 29.05.1892 in George Nympton, Devon, the son of William Kingdon, a Farm Labourer,
b.1863 in Kings Nympton, Devon, & Elizabeth Jane Webber from Chulmleigh, Devon who Married in 1884 in
South Molton; In 1901 Census George Kingdon lives with his parents at Sampsons Farm, Kings Nympton,
Devon; In 1911 Census George Kingdon is aged 18 & a Farm Labourer living with his parents at #6, Cheyney
Cottages, Queens Nympton, Devon; On his return from the War George Kingdon married (Bessie) Elizabeth
Westcott, born 29.11.1895, from Bishops Nympton on 07.08.1920 in the Ebenezer Chapel in South Molton,
Devon; I believe that George Kingdon died on 18.12.1968 Aged 76; This soldier was awarded the Territorial
Force War Medal for service with the Devon Regiment (the TFWM was issued to soldiers who had served
before 30.09.1914 for at least 4 years & had also served outside the UK during the War; Medals Card on file
for award of the Victory & British War Medals; His Granddaughter Jan Preston’s cousin has his medals at
home; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, William H: ‘C’ Company, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment No:
2705 & #266045 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdon, George: London Regiment No: 800308 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: Also served as #5749 when first enlisted in the 30th Battalion London Regiment at the age of 38,
enlisted on 23.03.1916 & discharged on 08.12.1918 – Record Card gives cause of discharge as Army Order
291/18 2a which equates to Silver War Badge, this was issued on 09.01.1919 for Wounds received during his
service; George Kingdon was aged 25 at the time of his discharge; His Army Service Records say he had a
Shrapnel wound on 08.04.1918 in his forearm; He was reported Missing on 30.08.1918, Reported as a Prisoner
of War also on 30.08.1918; He was captured at Bullecourt & interned in Giessen, Germany; Repatriated &
Posted to Depot on 04.12.1918; On 08.12.1918 he was declared no longer physically fit for War Services; He
was awarded a small Pension on 09.12.1918 which was to be reviewed in 52 weeks; This is George
Howardson (Hoursdon) James Kingdon born in 1877 in Hoxton, London, the son of James Kingdon b.1846
North Molton, Devon, a Tailor & Sophia Lightfoot from Peckham who married in 1876 in Clerkenwell;
George Kingdon lived with his parents in Finsbury in 1881, he was a Port Errand Boy living with parents in
Shoreditch in 1891 & a General Labourer living with parents in Shoreditch in 1901 Census; In 1911 Census
George Kingdon still lives with his parents, is single & a Florist’s Salesman, at #38, Bevenden Street, Hoxton,
Shoreditch, London; At the time of enlistment in 1916 he was a Florist’s Salesman; In 1922 George Houdson
James Kingdon lives with his Mother Sophia, brother Zealey William & sister Sarah Ann at #38, Bevenden
Street in Hoxton; In 1939 George Howardson James Kingdon lives in #76, Aske House, Shoreditch with his
Brother Zealey William Kingdon & Sister Sarah Ann Kingdon; In 1957 George Kingdon lives at #48, Aske
House, Academy Buildings in Ashford Street, with his Brother Zealey William & his sister Sarah, none of
them seem to have married; George H J Kingdon died in 1959 in Shoreditch Aged 81; Awarded the Silver War
Badge #B60923; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Zealey William: #14659, Private,
Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/60);
Kingdon, George: #3418A, Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve, BT 377/7/2083; - Died in WW1; Seaman George
Kingdon #3418A, “HMS Goliath"; Royal Naval Reserve who died on 13th May 1915; Foster-son of Alice
Vincent, of Brax Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey, Surrey. Remembered with honour Plymouth Naval Memorial on
Panel 8;
Notes: ‘HMS Goliath’ was a pre-Dreadnought battleship, torpedoed and sunk by a German-commanded,
Turkish torpedo boat, On the night of the 13th May ‘HMS Goliath’ was providing artillery support for the
forces at Gallipoli, she was torpedoed by the Turkish destroyer Muavenet-I-Miliet off De Tott's Battery in the
Dardanelles and sank rapidly with the loss of 570 men; Seaman George Kingdon was killed as a direct result
of enemy action but his body was never recovered for burial; There are conflicting name records, but George
Kingdom/George Kingdon was born on 25.06.1892 in London according to the UK National Archives
records, but I failed to find a birth record; His Foster-Mother, Alice Vincent, previously a Nurse, appears to
have fostered a number of ‘foundling’ children over the years, including this George Kingdom; In 1901 Alice
Vincent lives in Chertsey, is already a widow with her own children & a London born Nurse Child, but there is
no sign of George? One has to assume that he was fostered after 1901; (Even when Alice Vincent’s husband
was alive they seem to have always boarded other orphan children); There is however, a 1901 Census record
for an 8 year old foundling, George Kingdon, with no known details, living in the District Foundling Hospital,
Gray’s Inn Lane, St Pancras, London which could be this man; In the 1911 Census Alice Vincent is living in
Chertsey as a 60 year old Widow, with her 2 single daughters Alice & Emily & another male foundling child;
In 1911 Census I believe that George Kingdom is an 18 year old (born in 1892), single man, and serving sailor
(Able Seaman) at the Royal Naval Barracks in Keyham, Devonport, giving his birth place as London; In the
London Gazette dated 06.01.1925 there is a record of a ‘Claim’ under Case #6721/1915 for Payment of Dues
of 55 pounds, 2 shillings & 2 pence for RN Seaman G. Kingdon who died 13.05.1915 on ‘HMS Goliath’;
ADM 171/122 WW1 Medals Roll includes Seaman Geo. Kingdon, 33418/A having been issued medals but
this is also referenced as I.C.6721/1915, which I presume indicates his death in 1915; Awarded the 1914-1915
Star, the Victory & the British War Medals;
Kingdon, George: Devonshire Regiment, No: 2621 & #265977, Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: This soldier served as #2621 Devonshire Regiment with a regimental number which does not help
identify his enlistment date as this looks like a Territorial Force number, however I believe that he may have
served before 30.09.1914 in Barnstaple; The second regimental number of #265977 was probably issued
during WW1; Further research of the records from Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6 th Battalion the Devonshire
Regiment, who served in Mesopotamia, refers to a Private G. J. Kingdon with the same number of #2621,
serving with ‘C’ Company; The 1st/6th Devons did not return home to England until August 1919; There is a
South Hams district WW1 Book Of Remembrance for the Parish of East Allington which records a George
Kingdon, 3rd Devonshires, being associated by birth, schooling or residence to this area, but I have not found
any supporting evidence; This is George J Kingdon born ??; Medals Card on file for the award of the Victory
& British War Medals; There are too many George Kingdons to choose from, therefore insufficient
information to enable a proper identification;
Kingdon, George: Ship’s Pay Book #581, ‘HMS Swiftsure’, Royal Navy in 1794, Seaman’s Wills; ADM
48/50/91 & ADM 142/7, f.126; (1794 period);
Notes: The ADM 48 Records has reference to a Will for Seaman, George Kingdon, Ship’s Pay Book number
581, serving on ‘HMS Swiftsure’ & dated 01.08.1794; There are no other details; At that time in Naval history,
‘HMS Swiftsure’ was on the Irish Station escorting British convoys & had earlier, on 05.05.1794, captured the
French ship ‘Atalante’; Following this engagement she was repaired at Portsmouth in England & sailed for
Jamaica where the ship remained until returning to Portsmouth for refitting in early 1796; Insufficient
information to identify this Sailor;
Kingdon, George: #1799, Colour Sergeant - 2nd Afghan War (1880’s);
Notes: Colour Sergeant George Kingdon, #1799 of the 2nd Battalion the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, the 60th
Foot, was serving in the Second Afghan War & fought at the Battle of Ahmed Kehl on 19.04.1880 & on the
March to Kandahar 01.09.1880; The 60th Foot marched with General Stewart from Kandahar to Kabul &
fought at Ahmed Kehl en route, they then marched back from Kabul to Kandahar with General Roberts a few
months later; The Medal Roll for George Kingdon was recorded on 31.03.1882 & the indications are that he
was still with the Service Corps, at this date in time they were just over 2 months back in England, having
returned from South Africa in January 1882; Awarded the Afghan War Medal, the Ahmed Kehl Clasp & the
Kandahar Clasp plus the Kandahar Bronze Star; (There is an error medal roll also for this man but incorrectly
scanned under the 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment); I failed to identify this soldier further;
Kingdon, George: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in Devonport, (1870-1880 period);
Notes: There are no ADM records that I can find for this man but he is recorded in 1861 & 1871 as a Stoker; I
do believe that this is George Frederick Kingdon, b.1830 in Devonport & Baptised on 19.09.1830 in Stoke
Damerel; He was the son of Joseph Kingdon, a Shipwright born 1799 in Devonport & Susanna ?? b.1803 in
Ottery Saint Mary, Devon; In the 1841 Census George Kingdon is aged 11 & living with his parents at the
Back of higher Somerset Place, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon; In the 1851 Census George Kingdon is
aged 21, working as a Labourer & living with his parents at the Back of Church Place Cottage in Stoke
Damerel; George Kingdon Married Jane Giles, b.1831 in Walkhampton, Devon, in Stoke Damerel in 1851;
(Note – there is however a 2nd 1851 Census which may be a duplicate for this family which has them living at
#35, Tavistock Street, Stoke Damerel, with slight differences in individual ages); In the 1861 Census George &
Jane Kingdon live in Johns Street, Stoke Damerel, George is a Stoker & Jane is a Seamstress; In the 1871
Census George Kingdon is at sea as a Stoker onboard the Paddle Tug “Trusty” around Devonport Dockyard;
In the 1871 Census, his wife, Jane Kingdon is living in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall with their young family; In
the 1881 Census George & Jane Kingdom, now a Naval Pensioner, live at #5, Mary Street, Antony, Cornwall;
In the 1891 Census George & Jane Kingdon live at #94, James Street in Stoke Damerel, Devon, George is
recorded as a Pensioner HM Navy; I understand that George’s wife, Jane Kingdon, Died aged 63 on
17.02.1894 & was buried in the Stoke Damerel Burial Ground, Milehouse, Plymouth; In the 1901 Census
George Kingdon, now a Widower, aged 72 & a Retired Naval Worker, lives at #10, Ross Street, Tamar,
Devonport; I understand that George Kingdon Died at the age of 81 years on 28.12.1910 & was buried
alongside his wife in the Stoke Damerel Burial Ground; (He was the Father of #81288, Able Seaman, Joseph
John Kingdon, Royal Navy); (He was the Father of Kingdon, John: #82600, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM
188/76/189); (He was the Grandfather of Kingdon, William Edgar: Royal Engineers Regiment No: T1005
Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11; See also: Kingdom, W E: Royal Engineers No: 514302 Rank: Sapper
1914-1920 WO 372/24); (He may be the Brother of Kingdom, John Joseph: Royal Navy, No: #30146; ADM
139/302/46);
Kingdon, George: Royal Field Artillery No: 45713 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is George (Henry) Kingdon born 1890 in Barnstaple, Devon, the son of John E. Kingdon a
Fisherman, Shipbuilder & Bargeman b.1855 in Barnstaple & Elizabeth Limebeer from Barnstaple who married
in ?? (she may have been previously married as there is a stepdaughter in 1891 Census); In 1891 George lived
with his Parents in Potters Lane, Barnstaple; In 1901 George Kingdon was aged 11 & living with his Parents in
Signal Terrace, Barnstaple, Devon;
Kingdon, George: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 174744 Rank: Sergeant, WW1;
Notes: This Soldier is also #174744 Sergeant George Kingdon of the Royal Garrison Artillery; Served in
France from 18.08.1914; Records are very mutilated but he enlisted in Barnstaple originally on 01.01.1907;
Further research reveals that he probably was attested on 31.12.1906, was a Chauffeur by trade & joined the
Army on 02.01.1907 in Newport; He initially served as a Horseman with the 78th Battery, No 4 Depot, Royal
Field Artillery & served as a Gunner #45713 for the next 6 years until being Transferred to the Reserve on
expiration of his Service on 11.12.1913; During that period he may well have served in Rawalpindi, probably
from 18.11.1908 to 09.12.1913, as a Sobriety Certificate was issued there on 15.11.1913 despite the fact that
his Regimental Conduct Sheet had an entry for drunkeness dated 15.07.1912, then his record sheet was
destroyed in Rawalpindi on 15.11.1913; Follow up research indicates that Gunner G. Kingdon was serving
with the 4th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in Rawalpindi in India in the 1911 Census; At the outbreak of WW1
he was Mobilised at Newcastle On Tyne to 26th Brigade Royal Field Artillery on 07.08.1914; He was
promoted to Acting Bombardier on 26.11.1914 but seems to have committed a Criminal Act for which he was
given a Field General Courts Martial on 16.12.1914 & reduced to the ranks on 25.12.1914, but there is some
confusion as to when or where this happened as the unit records in France state that he was evacuated ‘Sick’ in
November of 1914? Another record sheet states that he was Courts Martialled at the Base Camp during his
sickness; He was again promoted to Bombardier on 23.05.1915 & posted generally as a Corporal through
1915, 1916 & 1917; He was appointed to Sergeant on 01.02.1917 & then posted & transferred up to
27.02.1917 in that rank; I believe that he was invalided to UK from France on 08.07.1915 but the records are
vague, however a Notice was sent to his records office in July 1915 stating that Corporal G. Kingdon #45713
of the 50th Battery, RFA had been wounded in action on 18.07.1915 & had been sent to Queen Mary’s Military
Hospital; It would appear from the records that in 1913 he gave his Next of Kin as his Father John Kingdon of
#15, Highfield Road, Ilfracombe, Devon; He also recorded an elder Brother Sidney Kingdon living at #10,
Union Road, Barnstaple, Devon; Another Brother Bruce Kingdon but who had already emigrated to Canada &
will serve as #622376, 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment), and die aged 27 on
25.10.1916 in the Somme; He also reported a younger Brother Jack Kingdon who was serving with the Royal
Artillery; He added at some stage Mrs. E Canon of #37, Princess Street, Derby, Barnstaple as a contact; None
of these addresses turned up a Kingdon result in a 1911 Census search; There is then a sequence of letters
written from 1917 through June 1920 which the Army seemed to pass from unit to unit regarding this soldier?
They originated in Long Buckby, Rugby from a Rose Cope (previously living at #75, Meeson Road, Stratford,
West Ham) & deal with payments for an illegitimate child born on 27.07.1917 (probably Charles C. Cope); It
seems that an order for payment was made against George Kingdon on 03.02.1917 in the County Borough of
West Ham for Child Maintenance; This order was paid & the woman received 5 shillings a week up until
08.05.1919 but then payment ceased & she took out a warrant against #174744 Gunner George Kingdon at #4
Higher Maudlin Street, Barnstaple Derbyshire? Throughout the course of this situation Sergeant George
Kingdon had been continuing payments but then a sequence of events seemed to cause them to stop & the
correspondence re-started; A Bastardy Order was taken out in West Ham Police Court on 03.09.1917; As a
Sergeant, George Kingdon was transferred on 27.02.1917 to the 52nd Anti-Aircraft Company, Royal Garrison
Artillery in Glasgow; At this later stage he was also serving as an Officer’s Groom; I believe that Sergeant
George Kingdon was transferred to the Z Reserve on 11.07.1919; He may have been awarded a small pension
in April 1919 as I understand that he made a disability claim for having lost some fingers on his right hand in
1915 due to a Gun Shot Wound; In 1930 he lives in #14, Princess Street, Castleford, Yorkshire; There are over
113 paper records for this man in his Army files, not all of which are legible; Amongst his records is a
notification that George Kingdon Married Lily Fawcett, aged 20, on 01.12.1917 in Allerton, Bywater,
Yorkshire & that she lived at #3, Providence Place, Castleford, Yorkshire; His Marriage records state that his
name is George Henry Kingdon, a 29 year old serving soldier on active service; George & Lily Kingdon had a
son Bruce Edwin Kingdon born 13.07.1918 in Castleford who will Die in 1944 whilst serving in WW2; I
believe that George Kingdon Died in Pontefract in 1952 Aged 61; Medals Card on file; (Probably the Brother
of Kingdon, John (Jack): Royal Field Artillery No: 49756 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/23); (He was
the Brother of Kingdon, Bruce: #622376, Private, Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment), who died in
WW1); (He was the Brother of Sydney John Kingdon, WW1 Merchant Seaman); (He was the Father of
Bruce Edwin Kingdon: #4692108, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who Died in WW2);
Kingdon, George: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916, (WW1 period);
Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1, but he is recorded as a Reservist in the 1st
Division in 1916, recruited in #9 Recruitment Centre in Christchurch, stating that he was a Labourer in
Yaldhurst; This is George Kingdon b.1872 in New Zealand, the son of Josiah Stephens Kingdon, b.1842 in
Bodmin, Cornwall, England & Catherine Johnson who Married in 1868 in New Zealand; In 1896, through
1919 George Kingdon is recorded as a Labourer living in Yaldhurst, Riccarton, Canterbury; I believe that
George Kingdon never married; In 1928, 1935 & 1938 he is recorded living at #20, Peer Street, as a Labourer
& his sister Frances Mary Kingdon lives there also; George Kingdon died in 1946 Aged 74; (He was the
Brother of Kingdon, Albert John: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of
Kingdon, Charles Ford: New Zealand, 2nd Division Reservist, 1917 WW1); (He was the Brother of
Kingdon, James Alexander: #41577, ‘F’ Company, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army,
WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Stanley Craig: #8/3828, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment,
New Zealand Army, WW1);
Kingdon, George Alfred Blee: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is George Alfred Blee Kingdon born in Birmingham in 1888 (but lived initially in India with his
parents), he is the son of Oliver Kingdon b.1857 Clerkenwell who served in India as a Warrant Officer &
Maud Matilda Bateman from Ireland (who married in Bengal, India in 1882), finally returning to UK around
1895; In the 1901 Census young George Kingdon lives with his parents in Goring Row, Southgate, Enfield,
Middlesex; (Lieutenant George Alfred Blee Kingdon is the Grandson of Oliver Kingdon b.1831 South Molton
& 1st Wife Jane Blee, who married in 1856 in Hackney, London); In 1911 George Alfred Blee Kingdon is aged
22 & living with his parents at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London, he is a Clerk in a Coat Factory;
On 12.06.1915 George Alfred Kingdon was promoted from being a Corporal with the 14 th (County of London)
Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish) to be a 2nd Lieutenant with the London (Howitzer)
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; George Alfred Kingdon served in France as a 2nd Lieutenant from June 1916;
He was promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to Temporary Lieutenant whilst serving with the London (Howitzer)
Brigade on 21.02.1916 – London Gazette Supplement 09.03.1916 page 2551; Lieutenant G.A. Kingdon of the
8th London Brigade, Royal horse & Royal field Artillery, was promoted to Captain on 21.05.1920; His WW1
Medals were sent to him at #84, Brownlow Road, London N.11 on 25.11.1920; This Officer was still serving
with the Territorial Army Reserve when he was Gazetted from the rank of Provisional Major to Captain on
23.01.1924; Medals Card on file; (Brother of Captain Oliver Kingdon MC who Died in WW1 in 1918 in
France); (Son of Oliver Kingdon #1120 6th Dragoon Guards 1873 to 1891); (Also the Brother of Kingdon,
Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, George Brice: Army Catering Corps, No: 1599231 Rank: Private 1939-1945 – Died in WW2;
Private George Brice Kingdon Died age 29 on 25th February 1945, Son of William George & Lucy Kingdon,
of Bridgewater, Somerset; Remembered with honour Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium;
Notes: This is George Brice Kingdon born in 1916 in Bridgewater, Somerset, the son of William George
Kingdon, a Journeyman Carpenter, b.1882 in Kittisford, Somerset, & Lucy Brice from Wivelscombe, who
Married in 1907 in Bridgewater, Somerset; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & 1939-45 War Medals;
Kingdon, George Bodley: Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy & Flying Officer in Royal Air Force; ADM
196/150; - Died in WW2, in an air crash on 01.08.1940;
Notes: This is George Bodley Kingdon born on 22.03.1908 in Blackheath, the son of Zachary Harris
Kingdon, a Civil Engineer, b.1856 in Exeter & Florence Kate Brindley from Sheffield, Yorkshire who married
on 24.07.1890 in Greenwich, Kent; In 1911 Census George Bodley Kingdon was aged 3 & living with his
parents at #5, Grimstone Villas, Plymouth, his Father was working as an Electrical Engineer with the
Admiralty & was a Civil Servant at Devonport Dockyard in 1925; On 01.01.1929 George Bodley Kingdon
went to Devonport High School & “HMS Worcester” Naval Training Ship; He joined the Royal Navy as a
Cadet on “HMS Thunderer” & later as a Sub Lieutenant at the age of 20 years; I believe that Midshipman G.B.
Kingdon was serving onboard ‘HMS Royal Oak’ in 1926, 1927 & in 1928; He was promoted from Acting Sub
Lieutenant to Sub Lieutenant on 01.01.1929 & then to Lieutenant on 01.10.1930; (He attended a Lieutenant’s
Course in Portsmouth in 1929); On 11.05.1930, at the age of 22, he was granted a temporary Commission as
Flying Officer on attachment with the Royal Air Force on 11.05.1930, passing his Aviator’s Certificate on
18.12.1930; In 1931 he was a Pilot Lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm, #448 Flight, serving onboard the Aircraft
Carrier ‘HMS Glorious’ in the Mediterranean; His promotion to Pilot Lieutenant was dated 01.10.1930 & in
January 1933 he was attached to the Royal Air Force serving onboard ‘HMS Victory’ in #409 Flight based in
Portsmouth; His Flying Officer RAF rank was dated 11.05.1930; In 1934 he was attached to the RAF, serving
with Fighter Squadron 802, onboard the Aircraft Carrier ‘HMS Courageous’; From 1935 to 1937 he was
serving with #403 Flight onboard the Cruiser ‘HMS Berwick’ in the 5th Cruiser Squadron, China Sea; By
16.12.1938 George Bodley Kingdon was in Command of the Destroyer ‘HMS Boadicea’ (H65) at the age of
30 & on North Sea Patrol in 1939; On 01.08.1940 he was Killed in an air crash at the age of 32, whilst serving
as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy on ‘HMS President’ with the Naval Intelligence Department (NID)
& he is buried in Plymouth, Weston Mill, Military Cemetery; Awarded 1939-45 Star & War Medals; (He is the
Brother of Kingdon, John Francis: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 434077 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Roger: Royal Engineers Rank: Lieutenant
1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, William Stephen: Served
in the Royal Air force in WW1, AIR 76/277); (He is the Brother of Zachary Edward Kingdon, Captain,
OTC, Infantry Unit, who became District Commissioner in Tanganyika); (This family originates from the
Thorverton, Devon line of Kingdons);
Kingdon, George Charles: Private, #11322; Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division; ADM
159/19, WW1; See Also: Kingdon, George Charles: Marine, #23622; Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham
Division; ADM 159/139, WW2; Notes: This is George Charles Kingdon born 10.04.1886 in Lambeth,
Surrey, the Son of John Kingdon b.1851 in South Molton & his 1st wife Elizabeth Ann Piller from
Drewsteignton, Devon; In 1891 Census George Charles Kingdon lives with his parents at #123 Mayall Road,
Lambeth, his Father is a Carpenter; Unfortunately his Mother appears to have Died in 1892 in Lambeth; In
1901 Census George Charles Kingdon is now 14 years old & works as a Milkman, living with his Father &
Step Mother, (Mary Cecilia Coomber from Hastings, who married his Father in 1894 in Lambeth), at #127,
Mayall Road, Lambeth; George Charles Kingdon enlisted in the Portsmouth Division of the royal marine Light
Infantry on 29.08.1901; In the 1911 Census for Royal Navy Vessels a Private George Charles Kingdon Aged
28 (born 1883 Brixton), serving on board ‘HMS Minotaur’ at Hong Kong in China; Even though there are
birth date discrepancies I believe that this is the same young man;
Follow up research reveals that Royal Marine Light Infantry Private, #PO/11322, George Charles Kingdon,
(Portsmouth Division) was transferred to the Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division as Private
#CH/23622 at some point in his Army service; The record says that he was Discharged to Pension but this may
be a mistake; I also understand from the records that George Charles Kingdon Died on 25.12.1943 in Hendon,
Middlesex & is buried in Lambeth Cemetery, he was Aged 57; I therefore believe that this soldier/sailor served
for a long time with the Royal Marines; ADM 171/169 records that #PO. 11322 Private Geo. C. Kingdon’s
WW1 medals were forwarded to him at the Royal Marine Light Infantry Depot in Gosport at the time of issue;
He was awarded the WW1 Victory Medal, the British War Medal & the 1914-15 Star;
I also have noted his name associated with service in South Africa in the Boer War during 1901;
Further research revealed a record for Service in WW2 for Marine George Charles Kingdon #CH/23622, the
son of John & Elizabeth Ann Kingdon who also served in the 1914–1918 WW1, who died on 25.12.1943
Aged 57; At the time of his death George Charles Kingdon was living at #5, Rattray Road, Brixton, London
S.W.2 but he died in the Colindale Hospital in Hendon, London N.W.9; I do not believe that he ever married;
He is buried in Lambeth (Tooting) Cemetery, London, in Section J.3. Cons Grave 190;
He was awarded the 1939-45 War Medal & the 1939-45 Star; His Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct
Medal was issued on 14.02.1936; (Brother of Kingdon, Abraham John: Private, #11852, Royal Marine Light
Infantry: Portsmouth Division; ADM 159/181); (Brother of Kingdon, William Henry: #5495, #50818,
#T/54683, #185478, 6th Sherwood Foresters, Durham Light Infantry & Labour Corps);
Kingdon, George Frederick: #7881, Sergeant, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM
159/48, WW1;
Notes: (These notes should be read in conjunction with those recorded against #568, Henry Kingdon,
Grenadier Guards as there is some very confusing information associated with this family); This is probably
George Frederick Kingdon, born in Chelsea on 17.09.1874, Baptised on 22.10.1874 in Christchurch,
Chelsea; He is likely to be the son of Henry Kingdon b.28.06.1837 in South Molton, a Grenadier Guardsman
from the mid 1850’s who served for over 20 years; His wife was Elizabeth Perryman from Bishops Nympton,
Devon & they married in Bishopsgate, London on 19.05.1857 but then appear to have lived separate lives?
George Frederick Kingdon’s baptism record has his parents as Henry & Caroline Wenham (Caroline Wenham
being a woman that Henry Kingdon lived with in Chelsea?) & indicates his Father was a Soldier; In 1881
Census George Fred Kingdon is aged 6 & living with his Father, Henry Kingdon an Unemployed Pensioner, at
#67, St Philip Street, Battersea, London, (Caroline Wenham is recorded as a Housekeeper at that address &
also as Henry Kingdon’s sister in Law); In 1891 Census I believe that Frederick Kingdon, now aged 16, is
living in the Working Boys Home, Shaftsbury Avenue, St Giles, London as a Domestic Page Boy; I believe
that George Frederick Kingdon Enlisted in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry on
07.05.1894; In 1901 Census for Scotland I found a George Kingdon aged 26 (b.1875 in Chelsea), serving as a
Private in the Crew of Royal Navy ship ‘HMS Caledonia’, probably as a Royal Marine; I then found a
Marriage record for George Frederick Kingdon, (aged 34) & Sarah Ruth Aylett, (aged 27), on 08.10.1908 in St
Matthew’s Church, Fulham, his occupation is Marine & his Father is recorded as Henry Kingdon (Guardsman,
Deceased); In 1911 Census there is a Private George Kingdon, Married, aged 36 (born Chelsea), serving on
board ‘HMS Argyll’ in Gibraltar; I believe that George Frederick Kingdon was promoted to Sergeant at some
point & served in WW1; There is a Manifest Record for the ‘SS Empress of Russia’ sailing from Yokohama
on 20.12.1917 to Vancouver, arriving on 08.01.1918, & on board is a 43 year old British male, who turns out
to be #7881 Sergeant George Frederick Kingdon, Royal Marine; George Frederick Kingdon was eventually
Discharged to Pension; Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (Probably the son of Kingdon,
Henry; #568, Grenadier Guards); His family needs further research;
Kingdon, George Frederick Samuel: #4570, Private, North Staffordshire Regiment, WW1;
Notes: This is probably George Frederick Samuel Kingdon born 1881 in Feltwell, Norfolk & Baptised in
Northwold on 06.03.1881, the son of James Kingdon, an Excise & Inland Revenue Officer, b.1853 in
Thetford, Norfolk & Jessie Pratt from Northwold, Norfolk who Married in 1878 in Thetford; In the 1881
Census George F S Kingdon is aged 3 Months & lives with his parents at The Beck in Feltwell, Norfolk, his
Father is Ride Officer of the Excise Inland Revenue; In the 1891 Census George F S Kingdon is aged 10,
attending school & lives with his parents at #75, Poolstock Lane, Wigan, Lancashire; In the 1901 Census
George F S Kingdon is aged 20, a Brewer’s Clerk & living with his parents at #185, Horninglow Road,
Horninglow, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire; In the 1911 Census George Frederick Samuel Kingdon is living
with his married Brother Edward Pratt Kingdon at #20 Pelham Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire & is a
Collector for a Gramophone Record Company; On 01.01.1916 in Burton on Trent George Frederick Samuel
Kingdon, aged 35 years, enlisted in the Army to serve 4 years’ in the United Kingdom as #4570 in the 3/6th
North Staffordshire Regiment; This was a home base Reserve Battalion; He gives his address as c/o #7, Union
Street, Burton on Trent, where I believe his Mother was living; It appears from his records that his Embodied
Service was only from 01.01.1916 until 06.03.1916 when he was Discharged in Derby under King’s
Regulations, Para 392 (iii a) on Medical Grounds, probably mental instability, having served only 66 days; The
records indicate that he had a sister who was in an asylum ca.1916? No Medals card is on file as he only
served for 66 days & never served overseas; (He is probably the Cousin of Albert Arthur Kingdon, #5633,
RSM, Norfolk Regiment); (The Cousin of Edward Kingdon, #1445, WOII, Coldstream Guards & 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); (He was the Brother of Henry Capp
Kingdon: probably #7108, Sergeant, Lincolnshire Regiment); (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, 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);
Kingdon, George Harry Ernest: No details, British Army Service in 1939-45, WW2;
Notes: This is George Harry Ernest Kingdon born 26.11.1916
in #5, Thorpe Road, Tottenham, London, the son of Harry
Stanley Kingdon, a Royal Marine Soldier in 1916, born
17.11.1884 in Islington, & Lilian Rose Hicks born 1887 in
Tottenham who Married on 17.10.1915 in Edmonton,
Middlesex; I have no details of his WW2 Military Service;
George H Kingdon Married Gwendoline Martha Negus, born
04.03.1922, in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1941; George Harry E
Kingdon Died in 1998 in Mansfield Aged 81; His wife
Gwendoline
Martha
Kingdon
died
in
Mansfield,
Notttinghamshire in 2002 Aged 80; (Notes: His Great
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); (He is the son of Kingdon, Harry Stanley:
#13691, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham
Division; ADM 159/58; (Boer War & WW1 periods;
Kingdon, George Henry: #F1155, Rank L.M (Landsman) Royal Navy & Royal Naval Air Service in WW1,
ADM 188/562/155; Transferred from the Kingdom List:
Kingdom, George Henry: Served with the Royal Air Force in 1918-1919 as #201155; AIR 76/277, Late
WW1;
Notes: I have no other military record for a George Henry Kingdom other than the RAF in WW1, but this
record does indicate a birth date of 09.10.1893; Research would suggest that this is therefore likely to be
George Henry Kingdon born 09.10.1893 in Islington & baptised along with his elder sister Rosie in the
parish of Holy Trinity, Islington on 31.03.1895; This is the son of George Kingdon, a Brass Finisher & Cab
Driver, b.1854 in Clerkenwell, London & Harriett Susannah ?? ,b.1862 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk who Married
in 1st Q 1888 in Islington, but I cannot be certain? (This couple had 8 children in total but it appears that 6 had
died by 1911 & only 2 were still living); In the 1901 Census George Kingdon is aged 7 years & living with his
parents at #20 Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway, Islington, London, (his age & his sister’s age are mixed up
in the records); In 1911 Census there is a George Kingdon, a single man working as a Clerk & aged 17 living
with his parents in #14, Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway, Islington; In 1919 I believe that he still lived with
his parents in Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway & he is still living there in 1935; Following further research
efforts I believe that this should be L.M. #F1155 George Henry Kingdon; (LM was the Royal Navy
abbreviation for Landsman, later Landman, which was a term for a man without any Naval training who
served on board a warship); George Henry Kingdon was serving in the Royal Navy as #F1155, the ‘F’ prefix
indicating that he was serving with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS); The official #F1155 would indicate
that his initial enlistment was between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914; He was subsequently Transferred on
Enlistment into the newly formed Royal Air Force as #201155 Kingdon G. H. on 01.09.1915, however the
AIR 76/277 reference would indicate that this probably occurred between 01.01.1918 & 31.12.1919, which
needs looking into; Further discovery in AIR 79/1823/201155 has records for George Henry Kingdon serving
in the RAF in the date range 01.01.1918 to 31.12.1928; This is George Henry Kingdon born 09.10.1893 in St
Mary’s, Islington, London, as originally thought above; On the WW1 Naval Medals Roll it indicates that he
was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal & the 1914-15 Star; Needs further research:
Kingdon, George Herbert: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11,
WW1;
Notes: This Officer served in WW1 in Gallipoli from 30.06.1915; On 30.07.1917 temporary Lieutenant G.H.
Kingdon was promoted to the rank of temporary Captain, attached to the Nottinghamshire & Derby Regiment,
(The Sherwood Foresters); A London Gazette Supplement dated 04.09.1918 confirmed that temporary
Lieutenant G.H. Kingdon, from a Service Battalion, was to be promoted to a temporary Lieutenant on
26.03.1918 but with seniority from 31.12.1914; WO 338 records have reference to Lt. G H Kingdon (also G H
Kingdom), 9/45, #26900 & are marked that he was a demobilised officer; Further research reveals that George
Herbert Kingdon may have also served with the Royal Air Force in WW1 between 1918 & 1919 – see AIR
76/277 records; His medals were sent to Byshotte Rayles, Wokingham, Berkshire on 11.09.1921; I believe that
this is George Herbert Kingdon born 22.07.1891 in Sheffield, son of William Edward Kingdon, a
Tobacconist, b.1861 in Worcester & Annie Lock from West Buckland in Devon, who married in Barnstaple in
1st Q 1886, later of Bemerton, Buxton, Derby; They lived in Sheffield in 1901 Census at #81, Fitzwalter Road;
In 1911 his brother James manages the family Tobacconists shop at #39, Fitzwalter Road, Sheffield & George
Herbert & Arthur Francis Kingdon live with their brother there; I believe that George Herbert Kingdon Died in
Worthing, West Sussex in 1975 Aged 84; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1915 Star, the British War
& Victory Medals; (Brother of Captain Arthur Francis Kingdon, 6th Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment,
who died on 09 October 1917 on the Somme); (Brother of Kingdon, William Edward: Royal Army Medical
Corps Rank: Captain 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdon, George Wesley: Private #1282609, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, (post WW1 period);
Notes: Canadian enlistment papers exist for this George Wesley Kingdon, dated 07.07.1919 in London,
Ontario; There is no indication of Unit but his Regimental Number is #1282609; I believe that this is George
Wesley John Kingdon born 25.07.1900 in Nissouri Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, the son of
William J Kingdon, a Farmer, b.14.08.1856 in the USA (but recorded as being English) & Elizabeth (Sarah
Elizabeth) Lidstone b.25.07.1867; (His Grandmother is Elizabeth Kingdon born in England in 1828 I believe,
& a Widow in 1901); In 1901 Census George Kingdon is 8 months old & living with his parents in Nissouri,
Ontario; In 1911 Census George Kingdon is aged 10 years & lives with his parents in the Nissouri West
Township, Middlesex County, Ontario; At his enlistment in 1919 he gave his address as #463, Tecemesh
Avenue, London, Ontario, his Father William Kingdon of R.R No3, Thorndale, Ontario as his NOK & his
occupation as a Farmer; I believe that George Wesley Kingdon Marries Olive Isabella Garbuth (b.06.03.1896)
on the 11.06.1921 in Hamilton, Ontario; I have not researched further;
Kingdon, Gerald V: Sergeant, #14094, Royal Marines; (1951-1969 period);
Notes: ADM 171/155 records the issue of a Long Service Gratuity Payment to Sergeant Gerald V. Kingdon,
#14094, of the Royal Marines; A Claim was made, #121445 on 04.11.1969, Approval was given on
21.11.1969 & the Award issued in January 1970; This award was issued to Royal Marines who had served a
minimum of 15 to 18 years service, indicating enlistment around 1950-51 in this case; I believe that this is
probably Gerald Vincent Kingdon, born 14.12.1936 in St Pancras, Greater London, & who Died in 1990 in
Plymouth, Devon Aged 53; He was the son of Charles J L Kingdon & Florence M Felton who Married in 1923
in Northampton; I understand that Gerald V Kingdon Married Jayne E Dean in 1961 in Devon, probably in
Plymouth; Awarded the Royal Marine Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in 1969; I did not research
further;
Kingdon, Godfrey Pennington: Royal Fusiliers & Machine Gun Corps Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO
372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Godfrey Pennington Kingdon born
14.04.1896 in Paddington, London & baptised 08.06.1896 at
St Saviours, Paddington; He was the son of Harry Kingdon b.
1860 Paddington & Lilian Sophia Bedford from St James, his
Father was a Barrister at Law & lived at #31 Mansion Hill
Court in 1901; In the 1911 Census Godfrey Pennington was
aged 14 & lived with his Widowed Mother at Bath Street
House, East Street in Farnham, Surrey; 2nd Lieutenant G.P.
Kingdon from the Royal Fusiliers was promoted to Lieutenant
in the Machine Gun Corps on 13.12.1915 but with Seniority
from 04.12.1914; The WO 338 records have reference to 2Lt.
Godfrey P Kingdon, 16/7 MGC, (#2946), marked as a
demobilised officer, P/175429/1; I believe that he was still
serving with the Machine Gun Corps in 1921; His address in
1925 was #21, Alexandra Mansions, King’s Road, London
S.W.3; His address in 1938 was #102, Colesherne Court,
London S.W.5, he was recorded as an Artist; He obtained a Certificate to fly a Gipsy Aeroplane at Hampshire
Aeroplane Club on 26.10.1938; He may have worked in the Oil business & traveled 1st Class from India to
London on the SS Rawalpindi in 1933; He Died in 1974 in Winchester Aged 78; Medals Card on file for the
award of the British War & Victory Medals, which were sent to #21, Alexandra Mansions, King’s Road,
London SW.3 in 1925;
Kingdon, Gordon James: #91593, Staff Sergeant, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 31st Battery, Canadian
Artillery: Canada records 439433a & 439433b, WW1;
Notes: Also called James Gordon Kingdon & Kingdom in various Canadian Records; I believe that this is
Gordon James Kingdon born 19.06.1887 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the son of James Brayley Kingdon, a
Blacksmith & Iron worker b.08.03.1857 in Wentworth & Minnie Brown b.10.11.1859 in Cainsville, Ontario,
who Married on 23.05.1882 in Wentworth, Ontario; (Grandparents were Abraham Kingdon/Kingdom b.1828
in South Molton, Devon & Elizabeth Lock Brayley b.1834 in Filleigh in Devon, who Married in South Molton
in 1852 & emigrated to Canada ca.1853); In 1891 Gordon Kingdon lived with his parents in Hamilton,
Ontario; In 1901 Census Gordon Kingdon is aged 14 & lives with his parents in Hamilton; In 1911 Census
Gordon Kingdon is a Bookkeeper, probably in his Father’s Iron Manufacturing business, living with his
parents in Hamilton, Ontario; In this period, Gordon James Kingdon had already been in Detroit, USA, from
23.09.1911 to 22.12.1911; However, there may be a bit of a record mix up here because on 01.01.1912 there is
another border crossing in Detroit, Michigan for a 23 year old Tire Builder Gordon Kingdon, visiting the USA;
On 08.08.1915 Gordon James Kingdon, Aged 28 years & 1 Month, enlisted in the Canadian Artillery, giving
details which match my records; He was working in Structural Steel at the time; I then lose him until he
returned from WW1 in 1918 suffering from ‘Shell Shock’ on board the ‘SS Araquaya’, having served with the
31st Battery, Canadian Artillery; There is a further border crossing record in Buffalo, from Canada to the USA,
for a James Gordon Kingdon, born 19.06.1887, working as a Journalist & visiting the USA on 16.10.1926;
This record indicates a wife, Olive Kingdon living in Winona, Ontario, Canada; I have not researched
further;
Kingdon, Gordon William: Chelsea Pensioner (No other details), No Military Records but may have Served
in the Guarding & Fighting in the Khyber Pass in Afghanistan; (1891-1911 period);
Notes: There is a Chelsea Pensioner Records list which includes a Gordon William Kingdon, born 1875 in
Toronto, Canada but there are no other details available, however, I believe that this Pensioner was William
Kingdon born 08.06.1875 in York, Ontario, Canada; (His later marriage record 7 also his death record
confirms his parentage but has his name as Gordon William Kingdon); He was the son of William Kingdon
born in Taunton, Somerset, England on 14.06.1840, (records at St Mary’s Church), & Mary Ann Rose, born
06.10.1854 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, who probably Married in 1870 in St Saviours, Southwark, London I
believe; I cannot locate a sailing or passenger record for his parents but they did emigrate to Canada ca.1874;
In 1881 Canada Census William Kingdon lived with his parents in Toronto, Canada; I also could not find any
passenger or sailing return records from Canada to UK for this family but In 1891 Census William & Mary
Ann Kingdon had returned to UK with their family & were living at #4, Crofts Street, Roath, Cardiff, Wales,
& they were also at this same address in the 1901 Census; Young William Kingdon aged 15 lived with his
parents in Roath, Cardiff in 1891; I would suggest that between 1891 & 1911 this Gordon William Kingdon
served in the Army in India but there are no details available; Gordon William Kingdon Married Emily (Jane)
Eastman, born 1872 in Hampshire, England, in the 4th Quarter 1895 in Hartley Wintney, Hants; In the UK
1911 Census we find Gordon William & Emily Kingdon living & working as a Painter at #1, Eton Villa Park
Road, Farnborough, Hampshire; At this stage they have already Adopted the Orphaned son of Gordon
William’s brother, Frederick Kingdon, a Tailor who died in 1909, Ernest Kingdon who was born in 1905 in
Winchester, Hants; The problem now occurs that there is even more confusion with this family’s names as the
only Kingdon birth in 1905 in Winchester, Hants is for Charles Thomas Kingdon; Gordon W & his wife Emily
Kingdon, with adopted son Ernest kingdon, then sail to Canada on 16.05.1911 on board the vessel ‘Albania’;
In the 1911 Canadian Census William & Emily & Ernest Kingdon live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; I
believe that Gordon William Kingdon Died on the 25.02.1919 in Canada Aged 45; ; (His Brother was probably
Kingdon, Sidney Walter: #8147, Manchester Regiment); ); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: Royal
Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (I also believe that his Father was probably
Kingdon, William: Private, #3063, 2nd European Light Infantry, East India Company Army); This Family
needs a lot more research although I am in touch with a descendant since August 2012 & will request
clearer details as there are discrepancies in names despite confirmation in many records that we are
dealing with the same persons;
Kingdon, Guy Havelock: 2nd Division, New Zealand Army, Reservist ,WW1 period;
Notes: This is Guy Havelock Kingdon born 1872 in New Zealand, the son of Paul Kingdon, a Lawyer
b.21.08.1824 in Devon of the Kingdon/Thorverton line, & Rachel Ellen Parker who married in 1857 in
Islington, England & soon after moved to Wellington, New Zealand; In 1896 & 1900 Guy Havelock Kingdon
is recorded as a Farmer in Riversmere, Otaki, Wellington; Guy Havelock Kingdon Married Annie Ellen Booth
in New Zealand in 1898 but unfortunately she Died in childbirth in 1899 Aged 34; In 1903 Guy Havelock
Kingdon Married his Sister in Law, Alice Elizabeth Booth, 4 years after the death of his first wife; In 1905 &
1906, Guy is a Sheep Farmer in Otaki; In the 1911 & 1914 Electoral Rolls Guy Havelock Kingdon is a Stock
Agent & with Alice Elizabeth is in Weraroa, Otaki, Wellington; Guy Havelock Kingdon was recruited for
WW1 Service as a Class ‘B’ recruit (married with 2 children) in Levin in 1917, he is recorded as a Stock
Agent; I do not believe that this man was ever called up or that he actually served during WW1; In 1919 they
are recorded at the same address in Weraroa, he is a Stock Agent; In 1928 & 1935 he is a Stock Agent living in
Somersal Lane, Marton, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; In 1938 Guy Havelock & Alice Elizabeth Kingdon
are recorded in Bulls, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; I have not found a death record, but I understand that
his 2nd Wife, Alice Elizabeth Kingdon, nee Booth, Died between 1939 & 1945 as in the 1946 electoral records
for Guy Havelock Kingdon, his (3rd)wife is declared as Gertrude Emma Kingdon & they are living at #15,
Gray Street, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; Guy Havelock Kingdon died in 1949 Aged 76; I believe that
Gertrude Emma Kingdon died in 1967 Aged 80; (This family is well documented in the Kingdon Book ‘A
Second Look’ dated 1974); (He is the brother of Kingdon, Thomas Medland: #29419, ‘E’ Company, 1st
Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th Reinforcements, WW1);
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