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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18th May 2014)
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Kingdom, W: #4145, Private, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, The Expansion of Sudan by the British, 1896 to
1898; WO 100/80; (1890’s period);
Notes: I believe that the Army Service Number of #4145 for this Regiment would indicate enlistment between
January 1893 & April 1894; This Soldier would have spent the first 2 years of his service with the Depot 2 nd
Battalion in Chatham, Kent, or the main Regimental Depot in Warwick, before being posted to the 1st Battalion
who were stationed in Egypt in 1897; There are records for the issue of medals for #4145 Private W. Kingdom
who served with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Sudan between 1896 & 1898; This
Soldier served in the Atbara Campaign & the Battle on 08.04.1898 & on the Expedition to Khartoum in 1898;
He was awarded the Silver Queen’s Sudan Medal 1896-1898 & Clasps for Atbara & Khartoum; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdom, W: #PO/1887(S), Private, Royal Marines 2nd Battalion. RN Division, Marine Light Infantry - Died
of Sickness in WW1 - Private W KINGDOM, PO/1887(S), Royal Marines Battalion died age 22 on 18th
September 1918; Son of Eva and Cornelius Hocker (Stepfather), Native of Liskeard, Cornwall; Remembered
with honour Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport in France at VII.H.2B;
Notes: Transferred to the Kingdon List; This is actually William John Yendall Kingdon born in Launceston,
Cornwall on 15.11.1896; ADM 171/169 records that he was awarded the Victory & British war Medals; (He
was the younger brother of Claude Carne Kingdon, #178198, Private, Machine Gun Corps, WW1);
Kingdom, W: #19131, Private, Devonshire Regiment & #P13292, Private, Military Foot Police, 1914-1920
WO 372/11; WW1; Transferred to the Kingdon list;
Notes: This is probably William Kingdon born 4th Q 1877 in Bishops Nympton, son of John Kingdon b.1852
Romansleigh & Mary Ann Lock who married in 1873 in Bishops Nympton; Medals Card on file for award of
the British War & Victory medals; (He is the elder brother of Charles Kingdon, #28483, Private, Grenadier
Guards, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (I believe that another Brother, John Kingdon born 1880/82 in Bishops
Nympton served in the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at the Battle of Colenso in the Boer War);
(Probably also the Brother of Kingdon, Bertram: #4/122407, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO
372/11);
Kingdom, W E: #514302, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/24; WW1; Transferred to the
Kingdon List: Kingdon, William E: #T1005, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: This is William Edgar Kingdon 13.02.1893 in St Albans, Devonport; He received the Territorial Force
War Medal on 16.10.1922 for service with the Devon Fortress Regiment; Medals Card on file; (He was the son
of #81288, Able Seaman, Joseph John Kingdon, Royal Navy); (He was the Grandson of Kingdon, George
Frederick: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in Devonport); (He was the Nephew of Kingdon,
John: #82600, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 188/76/189);
Kingdom, W G: #47379, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to the
Kingdon List: Kingdon, Walter G: #47379, Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Walter George Kingdon born in 4th Q 1890 in Woolwich, Greater London, Kent, son of Walter
Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset & Sarah A. Gardiner from Canterbury, Kent; They Married in
1881 in Bengal, India, volume 175 folio 138 – she must have been a Widow because her name is recorded as
Bull nee Gardiner in the Bengal Marriage Index; There are two Medals Card Records on file for award of the
1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (His Father served with the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1890’s,
Sergeant Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset); (Also the Brother of #464504 Private Harry
Kingdon, ‘C’ Company, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, #439435a & 439435b);
Kingdom, Walter: #28711, Private, 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, & #34535, Private,
Border Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 - in France on 20.09.1918 Aged 20 as detailed in
CWGC; He is Remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial at Pas De Calais, France on Panel 7;
Notes: This soldier also served formerly as #35283, Private in the 2nd Hussars; This is Walter Kingdom b. 2nd
Q 1898 Tiverton 5b.397; He is the son of George Kingdom, an Agricultural labourer b.1862 in
Woolfardisworthy, Devon & Lucy Roberts, b.1868 in Witheridge, Devon, who Married in 1889 in Tiverton; In
the 1901 Census Walter Kingdom lives with his parents at Bushment Cottage in Tiverton; In the 1911 Census
Walter Kingdom was at school & lived with his parents in Howden Cottage, Tiverton, Devon where they
continued to live in 1916; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (His married
elder brother William Henry Kingdom # 3598, Corporal, Devonshire Regiment also Died in WW1 but in Iraq
on 27.05.1916); (He was the brother of Frank Kingdom, #K29527, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy);
Kingdom, Walter: #3744, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Division; ADM 159/6; (1880’s period);
Notes: The ADM 159 records have Walter Kingdom, born 04.06.1867 (no birth place) having Enlisted in the
Portsmouth Division of The Royal Marine Light Infantry on 04.04.1887; I did not find a true matching birth
record but this could be Walter Kingdom born in 1st Q 1867 Tiverton 5b.478 (in Cruwys Morchard, Devon);
He could be the son of Abraham Kingdon a Tailor baptised in Rackenford, Devon on 01.01.1837 & Mary Ann
Roberts from Cruwys Morchard who Married in Cruwys Morchard, Devon in 1859; In the 1871 Census Walter
Kingdom lives with his parents at Lower Penny Moor in Cruwys Morchard, Devon; In the 1881 Census Walter
Kingdom is still living with his parents at Lower Penny Moor in Cruwys Morchard, he is aged 14 & recorded
as being a Tailor like his Father; (In my research I lost this soldier from here which would fit in with him
having Enlisted in 1887 in the Royal Marines)? I believe that Walter Kingdom Died in Tiverton in 1940 Aged
73; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Fred: #28222 Royal Engineers; W097 Records have Kingdon, Fred but
the actual records have Fred Kingdom); Not found in other records – needs more research;
Kingdom, Walter: #14932, Private, South Wales Borderers & #369941, Private, 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
WW1;
Notes: Walter Kingdom first served in France from 10.12.1914 & was Transferred to the Class Z Reserve on
01.04.1919; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; Insufficient
information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Pay book
#141333; WW1;
Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Walter Joseph
Kingdom or Kingdon born 17.06.1895 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia; This man was living at
Dangarsleigh, near Armidale, New South Wales when he enlisted on 01.10.1916 & joined the 13th Battalion,
Armidale Depot on 01.11.1916 at the age of 21 years & 4 months, he was a Farm Hand & gave his Mother,
Mary Anne Jane Doyle (then Kingdom & later Oram), of Niagara Street, West Armidale, New South Wales as
his next of kin; I understand that his Father was Henry Kingdom b.05.03.1859 in Gostwyck, New South
Wales, who was Married to Mary Anne Jane Doyle in Uralla in 1888 & Died on 17.08.1906; At the time of his
enlistment Walter Joseph Kingdom was still serving with the 13 th Infantry; He was sent to UK with the 23rd
Reinforcements, 13th Infantry Battalion, on the troopship ‘HMAT Beltana’ on the 25.11.1916 from Sydney,
arriving in UK 29.01.1917 & sent to 4th Training Battalion; On 03.05.1917 Private Walter Joseph Kingdom
was transferred to France but was wounded in action in fighting in Belgium, with a gun shot wound to the head
by 12.08.1917 & returned to hospital in Bournemouth, England on 19.08.1917; By the 14.02.1918 he appears
to have recovered & was sent back to France to rejoin his unit, 13 th Infantry Battalion, on 20.02.1918;
Unfortunately he was once again wounded in action, this time in the leg on the 18.09.1918 & invalided back to
Southampton, England on 24.09.1918; I believe that Walter Joseph Kingdom was returned to Australia on
16.01.1919 arriving in Australia on the troopship ‘Demosthenes’ on 06.03.1919, he requested a Discharge on
27.03.1919 & was finally discharged on 26.04.1919 with no disability; Walter Joseph Kingdon Married
Charlotte E. Short in 1927 in Armidale & Died on 18.04.1968; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British war &
Victory Medals; He was the Brother of Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion,
Australian Imperial Force; He was a Cousin of Kingdom, Charles: Private, #1618A, 33rd Battalion & 50th
Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; (For my family records – this is the Grandson of George Kingdom
b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather
convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;
Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Shipwright Class 2, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1068; WW1;
Notes: This Sailor’s official Naval number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1917 & 31.12.1917 & the
prefix ‘M’ indicates that he was a Shipwright; This is probably Wilfrid Harold Kingdom born 14.09.1889 in
Plymouth, Devon; He is the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, &
Alice Mary Ann Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In 1891 & 1901 Census
Wilfrid H. Kingdom lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911
Census Wilfred Kingdom was Aged 21 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded
as being a Yachtsman; I believe that Wilfred Harold Kingdom Married Florence Elizabeth Clevevley in 1917
in East Stonehouse, Devon; Wilfred Harold Kingdom Died at Greenbank Hospital in Plymouth on 27.07.1963
Aged 73, he was living at #32, Admiralty Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth at that time; His Wife Florence
Elizabeth Kingdom Died on 14.05.1965 at Greenbank Hospital, Plymouth, Devon; Awarded & issued with the
Victory & British War Medals; (Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry,
Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother of William James R. Kingdom who probably served with the
Militia in Plymouth); (Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve);
Kingdom, Wilfred Thomas: Deckhand, Mercantile Marine: - Died in WW1- Deck Hand WILFRED
THOMAS KINGDOM; Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull), Mercantile Marine who died, presumed drowned, age
24 on 08th January 1915; Son of Richard Thomas and Priscilla Kingdom, of 2, Clumber Avenue, Flinton
Street, Hull. Remembered with honour Tower Hill Memorial;
Notes: I believe that this is Wilfred Thomas Kingdom born 1st Q 1891 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, son of
Richard Thomas Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1854 in Hull & Priscilla Hewitt Page from Hull who married in Hull
in 1875; In the 1891 Census Wilfred T Kingdom, aged 2 months, lived with his parents in Woodcok Street,
#11, Victoria Avenue, Newington, Kingston upon Hull, his Father was a General Labourer; In the 1901 Census
Wilfred ‘D’. Kingdom, aged 11, lived with his parents in #4, Brunswick Square, Newington St John,
Sculcoates, Yorkshire; (According to the East Yorkshire Regiment’s Deceased Army Form for his Brother
Charles Herbert Kingdom’s WW1 Death, his Father had not lived with his family since 1905); I did not find
Wilfred Thomas Kingdom in any 1911 Census records, so presume that he was at sea, where he continued to
serve in the Mercantile Marine during WW1; The Steam Trawler “Celia” #H989, was ‘Lost with all Hands’,
due to enemy action in the North Sea on the 8th January, 1915. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British
War & Victory Medals; (He was the brother of Private Charles Herbert Kingdom, #10/998, 10th Bn., East
Yorkshire Regiment who died on 22nd July 1916 in WW1); (He was the Brother of #SA78 Richard Ernest
Kingdom, RNR Skipper who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for WW1 services); (He was the Son
of Richard Thomas Kingdom, RNR #610/E; BT 164/10);
Kingdom, Wm: No Specific Details; (1840’s period);
Notes: In the 1841 Census Records for the Finchley Road East Barracks in Marylebone, London there is a
record for Wm Kingdon Aged 20 (b.1821), not born in Middlesex County, who is serving as a Soldier; There
is no mention of any Regiment in these records; I did not identify this man further;
Kingdom, Wm: Labourer, Kings Yards, Plymouth; ADM 106/2979; (1780’s);
Notes: There are Records for Plymouth Dockyard Workers (Artificers & Riggers) dated 1779 which has
references for a Naval Yard Labourer, Wm. (William) Kingdom, aged 28 (born 1751 but no information on
location), & he is noted as being a ‘Good Workman’; The records reveal that he is Single, although he is
recorded as having 1 Child, & had spent 2 months total service in the King’s Yards & the Royal Navy in 1779
& that he first entered this service on 12.10.1781; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, William: #706779, Rank Unspecified, Canadian Infantry, LAC Ref: RG 150, Accession 199293/166, Box 5181 – 7; WW1;
Notes: The Canadian Great War Project has a Record for William Kingdom, #706779 who served with the
Canadian Infantry; unfortunately there are no other Specified Details; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, William: #38442, Private, Welsh Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: (There is a note on his MIC card recording him as a Deserter on 01.05.1918 but this has been crossed
out following an earlier Police check on his Brother); There is some confusion with this person & his
immediate family as many records are incorrectly recorded in the name of Clifford? However, I believe that
this is William Henry Kingdom of Goytre Cottage, Port Talbot; I cannot find his birth records but he is the
son of Henry Clifford Kingdon/Kingdom b.1864 in Porlock, Somerset, a Seaman, & Maria Gubb b.1867 in
Port Talbot, who Married in 1889 in Neath; His Father died at #16, Emroch street, Goytre, Port Talbot on
02.12.1902 aged 37; His Mother then remarried to a Peter Jones in 1905 in Neath but I have failed to locate
this family in any 1911 Census records, even the family address in Emroch Street is recorded as being empty;
This soldier served in France from 31.12.1915 & was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 16.01.1919;
Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; (He is the brother of Kingdom,
Theodore: #316050, Private, 4th Monmouthshire Regiment, Territorials; #31176, Private, Army Veterinary
Corps & #370867 Sapper, Royal Engineers; WW1);
Kingdom, William: #143807, Private, Labour Corps, #28246, Private, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment,
#21149, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: This soldier served in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment #28246 in 1916, he also served in
Devonshire Regiment #21149 in 1917 & as #143807 with 261 Area Employment Company, Labour Corps in
1917; This is William Joel Kingdom born 1880 in Stonehouse, Devon; He was the son of James Henry
Kingdom, a Boatman b.1855 in Plymouth & Elizabeth Ann Pope? b.1861 from Stonehouse who probably
Married in 1878 in Stoke Damerel, but this is not proven in my research; William Kingdom first enlisted for
Short Service for the Duration of the War as #21149 with the Devon Regiment in Exeter & then Plymouth on
10.12.1915 at the age of 35 years & 8 months, he was a Coal Dealer living at #13, New Street, Plymouth; He
gave his Father’s name as his next of kin, James Henry Kingdom of the same address; He was actually
Mobilised on 06.04.1916; William Joel Kingdom lived with his parents at #16, Castle Street, St Andrew,
Plymouth in the 1881 Census; In the 1891 Census William J Kingdom lived with his parents at #61 High
Street, St Andrew, Plymouth; In 1901 William Joel Kingdom was a Coal Porter living with his parents at #22,
The Parade, Plymouth; (This family had 11 children but 5 of them had died before the 1911 Census); In the
1911 Census William Joel Kingdom is aged 30, is single & working as a Coal Dealer living with his parents at
#11, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon; His WW1 Service Medals were issued on 28.12.19120 & 18.10.1921
& sent to #30A, Southside Street, Plymouth; Other correspondence from William Kingdom gives another
address as #2, Castle Dyke Lane, Plymouth; On 02.11.1929 William’s wife wrote to the Secretary of the War
Office to claim for a possible a Pension Payment for his WW1 Service as he was transferred to the Reserve on
Demobilisation, giving their address as #7, Thistle Park Road, Coyside, Plymouth, Devon; File notes indicated
that William Kingdom had served in the Labour Corps, The Devonshire Regiment, the Oxford &
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry & had served overseas in France from 06.05.1918 to 27.02.1919 at 1 st Corps
HQ, before being Transferred to the Reserves on 03.04.1919; There is no indication of the outcome of this
claim in his files, however I did find a reference to his Marriage to a Daisy Amelia Sayers on 09.09.1917 in
Portsea, Portsmouth; His wife’s address is given as #19, Ethel Road Portsmouth & I believe that she was born
Amelia (Daisy) Sayers in Portsmouth in 1890; I also believe that William J Kingdom Died in 1963 in
Plymouth Aged 83; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (He is probably the
Brother of Kingdom, James: #A5350, #C.5096 & #D4855, Royal Naval Reserve, Merchant Seaman; BT
377/7/37303, WW1); (He is probably the brother of Kingdom, Herbert Edward Joe: #B6575& A9998,
Merchant Seaman, Navy, Royal Naval Reserve; BT 377/7/8611 & BT 377/7/28830; Post WW1);
Kingdom, William: Private, #3361, 90th Regiment of Light Infantry, Crimean War; WO 100/32; - Died at
Sebastopol in the Crimea War;
Notes: There are records from the Crimean War for the 90th Regiment of Light Infantry, (‘The Cameronians’
or The Scottish Rifles or The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry Regiment for this soldier Private William
Kingdom, #3361 who Died on the 22.12.1854 probably during the Siege of Sebastopol either from Enemy
Fire or from Disease; His Crimean Medal & Clasps became ineffective due to his death; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdom, William: #30836, Royal Navy; ADM 139/309; (1850’s period);
Notes: The ADM Records have a William Kingdom born in Locker, Cornwall in the 2nd Q of 1828 who
Enlisted in the Royal Navy on 03.04.1856, however this Sailor may well have already been serving prior to
13.06.1853 when serving sailors were given the option to ‘sign on’; Despite searching for a suitable William
Kingdon to fit this profile there is perhaps one in the 1841 Census that may be worth further investigation?
(There is a William Kingdom born 1806 who is a Seaman with a younger, 13 year old William Kingdom, all
living in Charles Place, St Jacob, Anthony, Cornwall, with a Thomas Kingdom, a Malster aged 65, born in
1776 & Ann Kingdom born 1786; There is also another William Kingdom, a Labourer born 1771 living at the
same address? There is also John & Ann Kingdom family, born 1811 & he is also a Seaman living next door in
Charles Place, this is John Thorn Kingdom)?
Kingdom, William: Able Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 27/23/8;
The ADM Record has reference to an Able Seaman, William Kingdom, Pay Book #SB 42, serving onboard
‘HMS Dryad” making a Pay Allotment to his Father, William Kingdom in 1830; Based on my theory that this
sailor (b.1806) may have been serving prior to having ‘signed on’ as #30836 in 1853, this could be the same
man?
(This man must be part of the Kingdom/Kingdon line which includes Kingdon, Christopher (Rogers);
#84867 Royal Navy; #9762A Joseph Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy; #66612 & #18070A William Joseph
Kingdom Royal Navy; #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom Royal Navy); Insufficient information to
enable identification but obviously needs more research;
Kingdom, William: #M2/098653, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: Prefix M2/ to his Regimental Number denotes he was an Electrician; William Kingdon first served in
France from 31.08.1915 & was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 21.07.1919 at the end of the War; He was
promoted to Corporal during his service; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory
medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, William: Royal Marine, Plymouth, 1851 to 1871; Greenwich Pensioner; ADM 157/218/253;
(1850’s period);
Notes: The ADM Records have papers in Folios 253-260 for a William Kingdom, born in Devon, who was
aged 22 (born 1829) when he Attested to serve in the Royal Marines at Plymouth in 1851; The record
identifies that he was Discharged as an Invalid in 1871; Insufficient information to enable identification;
I might suggest that this could possibly be William Kingdon, baptised in Oakford, Devon on 30.03.1828, the
son of William Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer b. 1787 in Rose Ash, Devon, & Mary Ann Buster from
North Molton, Devon, who Married on 20.10.1805 in South Molton, Devon; In 1841 & 1851 this William
Kingdon lives in Oakford, Devon & works as an Agricultural Labourer; I did not find William Kingdon, Royal
Marines in the 1861 Census? I also failed to find a Marriage; In 1871 Census there is a William & Elizabeth
Kingdon, b.1838 in Noss, Devonport, living at #8 Admiralty Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, he is aged 41,
was born in Oakford, Devon & is a Greenwich Pensioner; This is a only suggestion & needs more research;
Kingdom, William: #1152, Gunner, & #955391, Gunner, 6th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 19141920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: I believe this is William Kingdom born 1896 in Wandsworth, London, baptised 02.09.1897 in St
Lukes, West Norwood, the son of William Kingdon, a Scaffolder, b.1860 in Bristol & Elizabeth Caroline
Goddard from Lambeth who married in St Lukes, West Norwood, London on 30.06.1894; William Kingdom
enlisted in the Territorial Force on 14.08.1913 in London Aged 17 years & 6 months; In the 1901 & 1911
Censuses William lives with his parents in East Street, Lambeth; William Kingdon was called up for training ,
giving his address as #1, East Street, West Norwood, London & his occupation as a Printer; He served at home
before being sent to France on 16.03.1915; On 20.07.1915 he was accidentally wounded in the head by a
premature exploding shell, but recovered & rejoined the unit on 11.08.1915; This soldier was renumbered in
1917 as he was serving with a Territorial Force unit & his #955391 number fits the allocation numbers for the
1/ 6th & 2/6th London Brigade; He was again wounded in action with a slight gunshot wound (GSW) in the
back on 04.04.1917 & recovered to rejoin his unit on 10.04.1917; In August 1918 he was appointed Lance
Bombardier, was paid his WW1 Bounty & posted to ‘A’ Battery, 236th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; He was
eventually disembodied on demobilisation on 18.02.1819 in Charlton; Medals Card on file for award of the 15
Star, British War & Victory medals;
Kingdom, William: #4570A Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 139/446 & ADM 188; (1850 to 1860 period);
Notes: I believe that this is probably William Kingdom who was Baptised in Clyst St Mary, Devon on
14.02.1835, the son of a Publican, Thomas Kingdom & Anne ?? who lived in the Blue Ball Pub in Heavitree in
1835 & then in St Sidwell in Exeter in 1841 Census; I failed to locate William Kingdom or his family in either
1851 or 1861 Census records; However, I do believe that William Kingdom Married Elizabeth Pengilley in
1861 in Exeter; (She was baptised 10.03.1833 in Exeter St Thomas & in 1861 was a Servant visiting her
married sister in Alphington Street in Exeter); The ADM 188 records indicate that William Kingdom enlisted
for a period of initially 10 years on 17.02.1859 on HMS Persian & then for a further 10 years from February
1869; The ADM 139/446 records have William Kingdom as being born on 01.01.1834 in ‘Beartree, Exeter’
which I believe should be ‘Heavitree, Exeter’, & that his Continuous Service Number was #4570A. This
number was issued during the period 1859 to 1867 & records that William Kingdom volunteered for service in
the Royal Navy on 01.February 1859; In the 1871 Census I failed to find William Kingdom but Elizabeth
Kingdom is recorded as a Naval Pensioner’s Wife living at #1, Keppel Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon; In the
1881 Census I found William & Elizabeth Kingdom living at #13, Deddington Terrace, West Ham, Essex, he
is a Naval Pensioner; In the 1891 Census William & Elizabeth Kingdom live at #5, Bidder Street, West Ham,
he is a Naval Pensioner; I believe that William Kingdom died in West Ham in 1892 Aged 57; In the 1901
Census, Elizabeth Kingdom is recorded as a Widow, an underclothing machinist, & lives in #22, Kelly Road,
Canning Town, West Ham; I believe that Elizabeth Kingdom (nee Pengilley) Died in 1905 in West Ham Aged
74; (He was the Father of Kingdom, Henry Lockyer: Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy #114720; ADM
188/144; & the Father of Thomas Sidney Cornish Kingdom #121062 Royal Navy);
Kingdom, William: Petty Officer 1st Class, Captain of the Afterguard, Royal Navy (1858); Died at Sea 1858:
Notes: There is a Probate Record dated 28.01.1860 for a William Kingdom, for Letters of Administration of
the Personal estate & effects of this late Petty Officer (Captain of the After Guard) belonging to Her Majesty’s
Ship “Sappho” He is recorded as a bachelor who had deceased or died at sea, in or since January 1858; His
effects were under 100 Pounds of Queen’s Pay; I can find no suitable Kingdon candidate to enable me to
identify this Sailor; However, ‘HMS Sappho’ was a Royal Navy Brig that operated as a slaver-catcher off the
West & East African coasts for 9 years; ‘HMS Sappho’ was ordered from African waters to Sydney, Australia
in early 1858 but never arrived; She was considered foundered for no known reason & all 147 crew lives were
lost; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, William: #29607, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve & also a Merchant Seaman; Died in
Brazil 1892;
Notes: This is probably William Kingdom born 11.06.1871 & baptised 05.07.1871 Tenby, Pembrokeshire,
Wales; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1845 in Tenby & Emily Creese, b.1852 Tenby,
who Married in 1870 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1881 Census William is aged 10 & living with
his parents in Quay Hill, Tenby St Mary in Liberty, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census William
Kingdom lived with his parents in Bridge Street, Tenby, Pembrokeshire & he is a Seaman; My research
indicates that William Kingdom born 1871 Tenby & who served as an Ordinary Seaman & Royal Naval
Reservist, #29607, was originally serving onboard the vessel ‘Janet’ in 1892 and then onboard the vessel
‘Beta’ from 28.04.1892 in Swansea & was signed off on 13.07.1892 in Santos, Brazil, where he subsequently
Died of Yellow Fever in hospital? (The Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve,
#D2519, & #B2005, & #C3530, WW1); (The Brother of Kingdom, Aaron: Trawlerman, Royal Navy
Reserve, #TS/3765, WW1);
Kingdom, William: #34, Private, 2nd Regiment of Foot; Napoleonic Wars; WO 100/5 & WO 100/12; (early
1800 period);
Notes: There are Medal rolls for this Soldier, Private William Kingdom #34 who served with The 2nd
Regiment of Foot, who were also known as The Queen’s Own Regiment & The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey)
Regiment; The records indicate that he Served in Egypt in 1801, probably at the Battle & Siege of Alexandria;
William Kingdom then served during the Peninsular War in Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro on 21.08.1808 &
then in Spain; He fought at the Battles of Corruna on 16.01.1809, Salamanca on 22.07.1812, Vittoria on
21.06.1813 & the Pyrenees on 25.07.1913, for which he received mention & presumably a Cash Payment for
all 5 Battles; Insufficient information to identify further;
This is probably the same Soldier?
Kingdom, William: Private, 2nd Foot, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey); Napoleonic Wars; WO
97/1143 from Crediton & WO 120 2nd Garrison Battalion, November 1916 “Reduction”; (1798 to 1800
period);
Notes: This Regiment served in the West Indies in 1797, Ireland in 1798, Egypt in 1800 & the Peninsular War
1808 to 1814; There is a Medal Roll on record for the issue of the Military General Service Medal (MGSM),
one of the very first real campaign medals which records a Private William Kingdom of the 2nd foot (Queen’s
Royal Regiment, West Surrey) having fought in the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801) against Napoleon
Bonaparte & at the Battle of Vimiero on 12.08.1808 in Portugal during the Peninsular war; Awarded the
MGSM with clasps for Egypt & Vimiero; I have no other information on this soldier;
Kingdon, William: Militia Service, Plymouth Division; (Early 1905); Transferred from Kingdon files;
Notes: The Militia Service Records for 1806 to 1905 has a William Kingdon born in 1889 in Plymouth on the
list; I believe that this is probably William James R. Kingdom, born in 1888 in Plymouth, the son of William
Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary A. Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth
who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In 1891 & 1901 Census William J. R. Kingdom lived with his parents at
#11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census William Kingdom was Aged 23 &
living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being a Yachtsman; William J.R.
Kingdom Married Beatrice May Facey, born 1892 Plymouth, in 1916 in Plymouth, Devon; His Wife Beatrice
M Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1945 Aged 54; William J Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1959 Aged 72; (Son
of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64);
(Brother of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068);
(Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve);
Kingdom, William: #15386A Continuous Service & #43222, Royal Navy; ADM 139/554 & ADM 188/10;
(1861 to 1871 period);
Notes: This is William Kingdom born 21.08.1835 in Devonport, Devon, the Son of William Kingdom, a
Mason b.1801 in Devon & Susan ?? from Cawsand in Cornwall, who Married in ??; In the 1841 Census Wm.
Kingdom is Aged 6 & living with his parents in King Street, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon; In the 1851
Census Wm. Kingdom is Aged 15 & living with his parents in Granby Street Tenements in Stoke Damerel; I
believe that William Kingdom enlisted in the Royal Navy on 01.02.1861, his Official Continuous Service
Naval Number would support this & shortly before he Married Jane Odgers (or Hodgers) from Maker in
Cornwall in 1861 also; (There appears to be a double entry for his new wife in the 1861 Census records as she
is also noted as being a Domestic Servant working for a Retired Naval Paymaster at #1, Collingwood Villas in
Stoke Damerel); In the 1861 Census William & Jane Kingdom are also recorded as living next to Jane’s
parents (Samuel & Mary Odgers) in Little Lane, Maker in Cornwall, William Kingdom is shown as being a
Stoker in the Royal Navy; (I note here that they appear to have lost their 1st Child, Samuel William Hodge
Kingdom b.1862 & died 1863 in Stoke Damerel); In the 1871 Census Jane Kingdom is living next door to her
parents in Garratt Street, Cawsand, Rame in Cornwall with their 3 children; I presume that William was at sea
but have not located him; In the 1881 Census William & Jane Kingdom, & 4 children (their 2nd son called
Samuel is serving in the Royal Navy), live in Cremyll, Maker, Cornwall, William is a Ferry Man & son
Samuel has since left the Navy & works in the Dockyard at Devonport; I understand that both William & Jane
Kingdom Died in Stoke Damerel in 1899? (I have no idea what happened here but I note that one of their
daughters, Rosa Kingdom is living in the Western district Pauper Imbecile Asylum in 1901, perhaps there was
a traumatic event in 1899?); (He was the Father of (Samuel Odgers Kingdom) Kingdom, Samuel: Royal
Navy, Rank: 1st Class Boy & #108368, Royal Navy; ADM 188/131);
Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64; (1880’s
period); Transferred from Kingdon files:
Notes: This is probably William Kingdom born in 1861 in Plymouth, the son of William Henry Kingdom, a
Master Boatman & Boat Proprietor, b.1827 in Plymouth, & Emma Menhinnich from Cornwall who Married in
1853 in Plymouth; (There is however, some discrepancies in my records for this man – he may have been born
as William Henry Kingdom or William John Kingdom; The Royal Marine Records have his date of birth as
09.09.1861 but there are no Kingdom or Kingdon children born in the Plymouth area during that period?
However, I have concluded that this is probably the correct person as follows; In 1871 Census William
Kingdon is Aged 10 years & lives with his parents at #8, Hoe Gate Place, Plymouth St Andrews; In the 1881
Census William Kingdon is aged 19 & lives with his parents still at the same address in Plymouth, he is a
Waterman like his Father, (his Father’s wife in this census is recorded as Charlotte A Kingdon from Falmouth
in Cornwall & his parents ages do not compute with earlier records? Further research indicates that his Mother
Emma Kingdom died in 1876 aged 50 & that his Father William Henry Kingdom Married again in 1878 in
Stoke Damerel, Devon, to a Charlotte Ann Doney, however, her maiden name was Charlotte Ann White & she
had been previously Married to Thomas Doney, a Warder in Plymouth Charles & I believe that he had died in
1875 in Plymouth too); According to the Royal Marine records, William Kingdon Enlisted in the Plymouth
Division of the RMLI on 09.08.1881; William Henry Kingdom Married Alice Mary Ann Gazzard, b.1866
Plymouth, in Plymouth in 1888 & in the 1891 Census they lived at #11, Hoe Gate Place in Plymouth; William
Henry Kingdom is now a licensed boat owner; In 1901 William & Alice Kingdom still live at #11, Hoe Gate
Place, Plymouth; In 1911 William & Alice Kingdom live at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth, they had been married
for 24 years & had 7 children, only 6 of which were still living in 1911; (He was the Father of Kingdom,
Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Father of Albert Edward
Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve); (His other son William James R. Kingdom probably
served with the Militia in Plymouth); This family may need further investigation & research;
Kingdom, William A: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 146436 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to
enable identification;
Kingdom, William A: Private, Devonshire Yeomanry, & #9906, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment,
1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 - One of 3 Sons of his family to die in WW1 – Private William
Alexander Kingdom
#9906, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
who died
on 27th September 1916,
Aged 19, Remembered with honour
in the Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, on the Somme, France at I.E.35;
Notes: This is William Alexander Kingdom born 4th Q 1896 Tiverton 5b.411, Son of William Kingdom, an
Agricultural Labourer b.1864 in Rackenford, South Molton, Devon & Janet Gordon b.1863 in Bukcudleigh,
Scotland, who married in 1887 in Tiverton, Devon; In the 1901 Census young William Kingdom is aged 4 &
living with his parents at #15, West Exe South in Tiverton, Devon, his Father William is a Chimney Sweep; In
the 1911 Census I think that William Kingdom is a 15 year old Farm Labourer at Stoneland Farm in
Stoodleigh, Devon; I believe that William Alexander Kingdom enlisted for WW1 Service in1914, even though
his Regimental Number indicates that he probably enlisted between 28.05.1913 & 31.03.1914; He first served
overseas in France on 13.11.1914; Medals Card on file for award of the 1914 Star, Victory & British war
Medals; (The sons in this family are Grandchildren of Robert Kingdon b.1839 & Caroline Were); (He was the
Brother of Gordon Kingdom #8207, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment who also Died in
WW1 in France in 1916); (He was the Brother of Frank Kingdom, #10191, Private, 8th Battalion, Devonshire
Regiment who also Died in WW1 in France in 1915);
Kingdom, William Alexander: 2nd Lieutenant, 2/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, & Lieutenant,
South Staffordshire Regiment, (WO 339/48406) & 30th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, 1914-1920 WO
372/11; WW1;
Notes: This is William Alexander Kingdom born in 1892 in Southwark, London, son of James Kingdom, a
Tailor, b.1850 in Oakford, Devon & Charlotte Salter from Poplar, London, born 1852, who married on
28.09.1875 in Stepney, London; In 1901 & the 1911 Census William Alexander Kingdon lived with his
parents at #59, London Road, Southwark, London; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to 2Lt. W A
Kingdom, 3/38 MGC, #118343, & are marked as a demobilised officer; 2nd Lieutenant W. A. Kingdom first
served in France from June 1916; William Alexander Kingdom Married Sybil Mary Enid Jekyll Stonehewer
on 29.11.1916 in The Chapel of Ease of holy Trinity in All Saints, Wandsworth, London; I believe that
William Alexander Kingdom Died in Yeovil, Somerset in 1986 Aged 94; Medals Card on file for the award of
the British War & Victory Medals; His medals were sent to him on 25.03.1902 & 08.09.1921 to #14, Lebanon
Gardens, Wandsworth, London SW18; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, James H: #4778 & #721951, Private,
24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the
Brother of Frances Casserley (nee Kingdom) who was killed in the Blitz on 26.09.1940 in Lambeth, London
during WW2);
Kingdom, William C: #GS/106585, Private, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, #63452, Private, The Welsh
Regiment & #609727, Labour Corps; 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: No further information on William C Kingdom; The GS/ prefix to this soldier’s Royal Welsh Fusiliers
number indicates a General Service Enlistment for WW1; Medals Card on file for award of the British War &
Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/48; or
Kingdom, William Henry: Royal Marines, Chatham; ADM 157/1505/46; (1890’s period);
Notes: This is possibly William Edward Kingdom born 13.12.1874 (Registered 1st Q 1875) in Marylebone,
as this is the only acceptable Kingdom male birth in that location & period; If I am correct then he lived with
his parents, William Kingdom, a Railway Porter b.1854 in Marylebone & Esther Sarah McIver from St James,
who Married ca.1874 in Marylebone, at #78, Great Suffolk Street, Southwark in 1881 Census; In 1891 Census
William Kingdom is aged 16 & working as a Market Porter but living with his parents at #17, Lant Street in
Borough Road, St George the Martyr in London; The ADM 159 Record says that William Edgar Kingdom
Enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division on 28.08.1894 & gives his birth date as
13.13.1874; The ADM 157 Record says that William Henry Kingdom, born (1875) in Marylebone, London,
Attested at the age of 19 & Joined the Royal Marines, Chatham Division in 1894; This record also states that
he was Invalided & Discharged from the service in 1897; I believe that William Edward Kingdom Married
Susannah Clark in West Ham in 1898; In the 1901 Census records there is a William E Kingdom & wife Susan
from Berking, living in Bermondsey, London, William is a GPO Labourer; In 1911 Census William Edward &
Susan Kingdom live at #133, Darwin Road, South Ealing, he is a GPO Telephones Foreman; I also believe that
William E Kingdom Died in 1950 in Ealing, Middlesex, Aged 75; Not 100% but no other information; (I
believe that he was the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick J: #2173, Private, Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry &
#345090, Private, 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; &/or Kingdom,
Frederick: #341107, Royal Navy; ADM 188/515/107; (1892 period); (He is the Brother of Thomas Charles
Kingdom #723244, Rifleman, London Regiment who was a Deserter at points throughout his service); (There
is another Brother, James Henry Kingdom b.1882 in Southwark who has no Military Records but is recorded
on the Chelsea Pensioner list);
Kingdom, William Edward: Able Seaman, #J78544 & #SS124501, Royal Navy – ADM 188/804/44 & ADM
188/1130/501; WW1;
Notes: I believe that the Official Number #J78544 would indicate being issued after 1908 for Long Service of
12 years plus an optional 10 years to qualify for pension; The Official Number #SS124501 is for Short Service
of 7 years plus 5 years on the Reserve & was probably issued in 1919; Both ADM 188 records have his date of
birth as 26.09.1899 in Dorchester, Dorset; I would suggest that this Sailor joined the Royal Navy post 1915,
probably in 1917, as he was not awarded the 1914-15 Star; This is William Edward Kingdom born 1899 in
Sydling, Dorset, the son of William Thomas Kingdom, b.1865 in Cerne Abbas (baptised 21.01.1866) & Ellen
Green from Frampton, who married on 01.01.1894 in Charminster, Dorset; In 1901 the family lived in Front
Street, Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne, Dorset; In 1911 Census the family lives in the High Street, Sydling, young
William is 11 years old & his Father is a Rabbit Trapper; William Edward Kingdom probably joined the Royal
Navy during WW1 in 1917; I understand that William Edward Kingdom Died at #10, Orchard Close, Sydling,
on 17.11.1971 in Dorset & was Buried in the family grave, opposite the Church door in Sydling St Nicholas in
Dorset on 22.11.1971 Aged 72; Awarded the WW1 Victory & British War Medals & was serving on HMS
Victory’ at the time of issue; (Brother of Francis William Kingdom who served in WW1 in the Coldstream
Guards #17882 & was wounded); (Brother of Henry “Harry” Kingdom b.1897 in Frampton who served in
WW1 in the Royal Irish Regiment #8354 & who Died on 03.09.1916 at Thiepval); (Note also that there is a
Henry George Kingdom baptised 31.05.1868 in Cerne Abbes who enlisted with the Dorset Regiment on
01.10.1887 Aged 18, probably an Uncle of our 3 Kingdom Brothers? He served in England from 01.10.1887 to
14.02.1889; Malta from 15.02.1889 to 14.07.1889 & Egypt from 15.07.1889 to 23.06.1893; He Deceased on
23.06.1893); I did not research further;
Kingdom, William Edward: #247852 Royal Air Force in WW1 & #F47582 RNAS/Royal Navy – ADM
188/639/852 & AIR 79/2232/247852; WW1;
Notes: William Edward Kingdon born in 1879 in Bristol served initially as an Armourer’s Crew with the
Royal Navy as #F.47852, which indicates service with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS); On 01.01.1918
W E Kingdom appears on the Muster Roll for enlistment in the Royal Air Force as #247852 & this number
indicates transfer from the RNAS in 1918 as do his official service numbers; This is William Edward
Kingdom born 19.07.1879 in Westbury, Gloucestershire, the son of Edward James Jolly Kingdom, an
Ironmonger Commercial Traveller, b.1841 in Stapleton, Gloucestershire & Mary A. Burbidge from South
Wraxall, Wiltshire who Married in 1876 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire; In 1881 & 1891 Census William
Edward Kingdom lives with his parents in #13, Southfield Road, Westbury; In the 1901 Census William E.
Kingdom is aged 21 & lives with his parents as an Ironmonger’s Assistant in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire ;
In 1911 William E. Kingdom Married Cissie M. Currie, born 1886 in Barnstaple, Devon, in St. Thomas,
Exeter, Devon; In the 1911 Census they lived at #3, Fairlawn Avenue, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire &
William Kingdom worked as an Ironmonger’s Shop Assistant; (I believe that his Father died in Bristol on
28.03.1917); I believe that he was Awarded the British War Medal in ADM 171/107, Wm. E. Kingdom
A.C.2.; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, John Herbert: #525219, Private, Canadian Army Medical Corps,
WW1: Canada Records #439425a & 439425b);
Kingdom, William George: Royal Navy, Carpenter’s Crew in 1861;
Notes: I have very little information on this Royal Navy man but he is serving onboard ‘HMS Donegal’ in
1861, moored on the night of the Census in Hamoaze, as a Carpenter’s Crew; His name is clearly recorded as
William George Kingdom but unfortunately there is no other information or age against his name, except that
he was born in Plymouth, Devon? His Crew number on the census was #167; I have tried to locate him in other
Census records but to no avail; (This Naval Carpenter may have been awarded a Superannuated Carpenter’s
Pension of 25 pounds per year on 28.12.1884);
Further search results:
Kingdom, William: Royal Navy, Carpenter’s Crew in 1853/1855; ADM 171/21
Notes: This ADM 171/21 has a Medals Roll for issue of the Crimean War Medal for Sailors serving onboard
‘HMS Nile’ & has reference to a Wm. Kingdom, Carpenter’s Crew #558; Awarded the Crimean War Medal
which was sent to him whilst still serving on ‘HMS Nile’ on 15.04.1857; Insufficient information to
identify; Needs more research;
Kingdom, William Gilbert: #D.2522, 1st Class Deck Rating, Merchant Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve; BT
164/9/123; (1900’s);
Notes: This record has William Gilbert Kingdom born on 22.10.1861 in Brixham, Devon, & has him serving
for a 4th five year engagement in 1900; I have many Brixham Kingdom family information on file but did not
find this man’s birth, however, he was probably the son of another William Gilbert Kingdom, a Fisherman
b.1836 in Brixham; This family is quite mixed up in the records & nothing is definite, but in the 1871 Census
William Kingdom b.1862 in Brixham & aged 9 years is ‘boarding’ with a Brixham Kingdom fishing family in
Overgang, Brixham; I failed to find him in the 1881 Census but understand that William Gilbert Kingdom
Married Mary Ann Matthews, b.1864 Brixham, in 1884 in Brixham, Devon; In the 1891 Census William &
Mary A Kingdom live in Overgang, Lower Brixham, he is a Trawler Fisherman; In the 1901 Census Mary
Kingdom & children lived in Furzeham, Brixham, whilst William Gilbert Kingdom is the Skipper of the
Trawler “Progress” fishing at sea off the coast of Cornwall; Awarded the Reserve Long Service Medal as
#E2113 on 09.12.1910 in Brixham; I did not research further as this family needs more in depth research;
Kingdom, William H: #2319 TF, Private, & #200470, Sergeant, Gloucestershire Regiment, Private 19141920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: This is William Hugh Kingdom born 27.04.1888 in Bristol, the son of John Robert Kingdom, a
Lithographic Writer b.1858 in Bristol, & Agnes Elizabeth Clutterbuck from Bristol who married in Barton
Regis in 1887; In the 1891 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom lived with his parents at #3, Edgewood Villas,
Bedminster, Bristol; In the 1901 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom is living with his parents at #28, Leighton Road,
Bedminster, Bristol; In the 1911 William Hugh Kingdom is a Bank Clerk, aged 22 & boarding at #4,
Stockwell Road, Lambeth in London; I next found Wm Hugh Kingdom Aged 25, travelling as a Bank Cashier
from Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa to Liverpool on board the ‘SS Tarquah’ on 06.07.1913 & prior to his WW1
enlistment; As #200470 he served with the Gloucestershire Regiment; He also served with the 1/4th Battalion
the Gloucestershire Regiment with #2319TF, the TF denotes a Territorial Force & the Regimental Number
indicates enlistment between 05.08.1914 & 01.09.1914; His second Regimental number fits the number block
allocated for the 4th Battalion, Gloucesterhire Regiment in 1917; William H Kingdom appears to have ben
promoted to Sergeant when serving as #2319TF; This soldier first served in France from 31.02.1915 landing
with the 4th Battalion in Boulogne; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory
Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Leslie: #2419 TF, Lance Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment, 19141920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on 13.08.1915);
Kingdom, William H: #3598, Corporal, 1/4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died
in WW1 – Aged 27 in Basra, Iraq on 27.05.1916 - see CWGC info; He is Remembered on the Basra Memorial
in Iraq on Panel 11; (Note: Basra Memorial was originally erected in the city of Basra but was dismantled
and re-erected in the Desert by Saddam Hussein's regime; The panels were poorly fitted and in some cases
have now been destroyed; Many names are obscured by cement or damaged. The Indians are not named as
individuals but 'Other ranks');
Notes: This is William Henry Kingdom who was born 2nd Q 1890 in Tiverton, Devon & is the Son of George
Kingdom b.1862 Woolfardisworthy & Lucy Roberts b.1868 Witheridge; who married in 1889 in Tiverton; In
the 1891 Census William H Kingdom lived with his parents in Ditchets Cottage, Tiverton; In the 1901 Census
William H Kingdom was aged 11 & lived with his parents in Bushment Cottage, Tiverton, Devon; In the 1911
Census William Henry Kingdom lived with his parents in Howden Cottage, Tiverton, where they also lived in
1916, & he worked as a Gardener; William Henry Kingdom married Louise Clarke (b.1882?) in Tiverton in
1912 & lived probably in #15, Sharland Square, Tiverton, Devon until his untimely death in WW1; This
soldier’s unit, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, first landed at Basra with the independent 41st Indian
Brigade on 02.03.1916, and thereafter remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the War; Medals Card on file
for award of the British war & Victory medals; (His younger brother Walter Kingdom, #34535, Private,
Border Regiment & #28711, Private, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment also died but in France on
20.09.1918); (He was also the brother of Frank Kingdom, #K29527, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy, 1914-1920
ADM 188/926/27, WW1);
Kingdom, William Henry: Serving in India in 1911, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion The Kings Own Regiment;
Pre WW1;
Notes: There are no other Military Records for this soldier that I can find, however his name does appear in 3
separate 1911 Census Records; However, the Militia Service Records for 1806 – 1915 include a William
Kingdom b.1884 in Manchester, Lancashire & I have accepted that this is probably the same person;
Following up on this research I now believe that this is William Henry Kingdom, born 1883 in Chorlton,
Manchester, Lancashire; He was the son of Henry Kingdom a Copper Works Labourer, born 1859 in Great
Boughton, Lancashire & Emily Martin from Manchester, who Married in Chorlton, Lancashire in 1882; In
1891 Census lived with his parents at #28, Charlotte Street, Broughton, near Salford, Lancashire; I did not find
any members of this family in 1901 Census; In 1911 Census William Kingdom’s parents were living in #5,
Stone Street, Hulme, Manchester & had noted on the records that they had a son William serving in India at
that time; Further searches of military 1911 Census records have Lance Corporal William Kingdom, Aged 26
from Broughton, Lancashire serving at Dilkacha in Lucknow, India with the Kings Own Regiment; There is
another 1911 record for a Lance Corporal Wm. Arthur Kingdom, aged 26 from Hulme, Lancashire also
serving with the 1st Battalion The Kings Own Regiment at Landour Depot in India; I believe these to be the
same person; I believe that William H Kingdom may have Died in 1929 in West Derby, Lancashire Aged 46;
No Medals Card on file; (He was probably the son of Kingdom, Henry: Territorial Service, #18035, Private,
319 Prot. Coy, Royal Defence Corps); I did not research further;
Kingdom, William Henry: Trooper, #2503, 13th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; WW1;
Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is William Henry
Kingdom born 16.10.1891 in Drouin, Victoria, Australia who was a Bread Carter, Aged 25 years & 10 months
at his enlistment; He joined the 13th Light Horse on 17.08.1917 in Melbourne, Victoria & gave his Wife, Pearl
Kingdom of #10, Goodwood Street, Richmond, Victoria as his next of kin, this address was later changed to
#70, Lennox Street, Victoria; My research would indicate that William Henry Kingdom Married Francis Carol
Pearl McKee in 1914 in Victoria; (I believe that William Henry Kingdom was the son of William Kingdom
b.1863 in Ballarat, Victoria & Lily Mary Fuhrmann, who married in Victoria in 1889); William Henry
Kingdom was posted to the Recruit Depot at Broadmeadows on 03.09.1917 & Embarked for Suez with the 13th
Light Horse on 21.11.1917 on board the Troopship ‘Abbasseih’, arriving in the Australian Camp there on
15.12.1917, before sailing on to England on 24.01.1918; On 07.05.1918 William Henry Kingdom was sent to
France with the 13th Light Horse Regiment, Australian expeditionary Force; Unfortunately, this soldier appears
to have ben sick with rheumatism by 03.10.1918, was sent back to Australia via hospital in Cardiff Wales, &
sailed from England on 10.12.1918 suffering with Myalgia on board the Troopship ‘Somali’; In November
1918 his wife’s address was #87, Erin Street, Richmond, Victoria; William Henry Kingdom was finally
discharged from the Army on 24.02.1919 in Melbourne; Awarded the British war Medal & the Victory Medal;
Could be researched further;
Kingdom, William J: #83250, Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: William J Kingdom first served in Egypt from 01.07.1915; Medals Card on file for award of the 15
Star, British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to be able to identify further;
Kingdom, William J: #203522, Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: There is no other information for this William J Kingdom; Medals Card on file ffor award of the
British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to be able to identify;
Kingdom, William John: Shipwright 1st Class No: 345574, Royal Navy; ADM 188/524; Pre-war & WW1;
Notes: This is William John Kingdom who was born on 09.02.1887 in Torpoint, Cornwall; He was the son of
George Rogers Kingdom, a Skilled HM Dockyard Worker b.1853 in Antony, Cornwall & Mary Jane Rith
from Torpoint in Cornwall who married in 1876 in Cornwall; (This sailor’s Grandfather John Thorn Kingdom,
& many of his Uncles, all served in the Royal Navy); In the 1891 Census William J Kingdom lived with his
parents in Antony in Cornwall; In the 1901 Census he is 14 years old & living with his parents at Coombe
Park, Antony, Cornwall; William John Kingdom’s Official Navy Number would indicate enlistment as being
during the year 1902 & the sequence #345574 confirms his employment as a Royal Navy Shipwright; I failed
to locate this sailor in the 1911 Census records; I understand that William John Kingdom Married Florence
Louise Pegler, b.1890 in Torpoint, in the 3rd Q of 1911 & they had a son born in Torpoint in 1914;
Unfortunately Florence Louise Kingdom Died as a result of that childbirth on 26.04.1914; William J Kingdom
remained serving with the Royal Navy for the duration of WW1; I understand that he may have remained in
the Devonport, Devon area & remarried a young girl named Catherine May Flanagan in 1920 in Devonport,
but this needs further research? She was born in Devonport in 1902 from Irish parentage; He was awarded the
1914-15 Star, the British War & the Victory Medals & was serving at ‘HMS Defiance’ when they were issued;
Kingdom, William Joseph; Royal Navy, #66612 & Continuous Service #18070A; ADM 139/581 & ADM
188/47; (1860 to 1881 period);
Notes: This is William Joseph Kingdom born 05.08.1838 in Torpoint, Cornwall, the son of John Thorn
Kingdom, also Royal Navy & a Greenwich Pensioner b.1809 in Morice Town, Devonport & Mary Ann Rogers
from Wilcove in Cornwall who married on 10.04.1832 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1841 Census William
Kingdom lived with his parents in Charles Place, Antony, Cornwall; In 1851 Census William Kingdom was 12
years old & lived with his parents in Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon; William Kingdom volunteered for
Service in the Royal Navy on 05.04.1859 & his official Naval Service Number sequence would support that;
In 1861 Willm’ Kingdom was an Ordinary Seaman serving onboard ‘HMS Exmouth’ located in Naples Bay;
In the 1871 Census Wm. Kingdom is aged 32 & serving aboard the 3rd Class Frigate ‘HMS Agincourt’, which
was located at moorings in Hamoaze, Devonport on the night of the Census, however, William Joseph
Kingdom was recorded as not being on board but actually spent the night ashore with his parents in Wilcove,
Anthony, Cornwall; William Kingdom Married Miriam Susannah Palmer, b.1849 Devonport, in 1872 in Stoke
Damerel, Devon; In 1881 Census William, now a Naval Pensioner, & his wife are living in #29, James Street,
Stoke Damerel, however, the 1881 Census for ‘HMS Indus’ also has him recorded as an AB Pensr. (Able
Seaman, Pensioner), & the census notes that he was ‘not on board’ – perhaps he had just been pensioned off?
In 1891 Census William J Kingdom & his family are living at #74, James Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon & he
is still recorded as a Naval Pensioner but is also serving in the Steam Reserve; I believe that William Joseph
Kingdom Died in 1899 in Devonport Aged 58; In 1901 Census his widow Miriam Kingdom became the local
Church Caretaker & lives at #74 James Street with her daughters as she continued to do in 1911; I believe that
she Died in 1925 in Devonport Aged 76; (Son of John Thorn Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #9762A
Joseph Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom Royal Navy);
(Brother of #84867 Christopher Kingdon Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman,
#84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);
Kingdom, William L: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred
from the Kingdon List: Kingdon, W L: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO372/11,
WW1;
Notes: This is William Llewellyn Kingdom born 4th Q 1892 Oakford/Tiverton; He was the son of William
Kingdom, an Innkeeper b.1861/3 in Oakford, Devon & Catherine Emily Dyer b.1864 Swindon, Wiltshire, who
married in Tiverton, Devon in 1891; In the 1901 Census William Llewellyn Kingdom lived with his parents at
#64, Bampton Street, Tiverton; In the 1911 Census William Llewellyn Kingdom lived with his parents at the
Castle Inn, Bampton, Devon, he was working as a Motorists Attendant; The MS/ prefix to his regimental
number denotes service as Mechanical Specials with the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport); William
Llewellyn Kingdom enlsted as a Motor Lorry Driver at the age of 22 on the 11.09.1914; He gives his mother &
Father as his next of Kin at their address, Barnhay House, Bampton, Devon; I believe that he first served in
France from 23.09.1914 & served there for 4 years & 178 days duration; He was awarded a Good Conduct
Badge on 04.10.1917; William Llewellyn Kingdom Married Bertha Maud Luscombe from Penzance,
Cornwall, on 14.11.1917 in Tiverton, Devon; Upon completing his Army Service on 08.03.1919 he passed a
Light Car Driving Test at ‘Y’ Siege Park Headquarters, RASC M.T; He was transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve on
17.04.1919 giving his permanent address as #16, Westexe South, Tiverton, Devon; I understand that William L
Kingdom Died in Plymouth, Devon in 1958 Aged 66; His Wife, Bertha Maud Kingdom Died in Plymouth in
1981 Aged 89; 2x Medals Cards on file for the award of the 1914 Star as Kingdon W.L, & The British War &
Victory Medals as Kingdom William L; (Brother of Percy Arthur Kingdon: #R/32668, Private, King's Royal
Rifle Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11b.1899; & also a Royal Air Force Officer in late WW1; AIR 76/277/105);
(Brother of Kingdom, Horace D: #30429, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11
– Died in WW1); (All 3 Brothers are recorded on the Bampton, Devon Memorial Roll);
Kingdom, William T: #555062, Private, 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles), 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1;
Notes: (For my own personal family reference this soldier is part of our Coldridge Kingdon line); This is
William Tremlett Kingdon born 01.02.1898 in Sandford, Devon, the son of Fred Kingdon, a Farmer, b.1859
in Bampton & Fanny Maunder from Morchard Bishop who Married in 1896 in Crediton, Devon; In the 1901
& 1911 Censuses William T Kingdon lives with his parents in Down Hayne Farm, Sandford, Devon, (1911
address is for Cheriton Fitzpaine); This soldier’s Regimental Number indicates enlistment prior to January
1917 when the new 6 figure Territorial force numbers were started; The Spring 1919 Absent voters List for
South Molton, Devon, the Parish of Sandford has reference #4324 for Kingdon Wm. Tremlett – Downhayne –
Queen’s Westminster Rifles; I believe that William Tremlett Kingdon Died in 1975 in Crediton Aged 77;
Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; His Medals were Returned under King’s
Regulations 1743 - The wording in the Kings Regulations 1743 is " Medals which, at the end of 10 years, still
remained unclaimed, will be sent to the India Office (If granted for India Service), or to the deputy director of
ordnance stores, Royal Dockyard (Medal Branch), Woolwich (if granted for other services) to be broken up.
A.O. 402 1913;
Kingdom, William Wilfred: #209300, Gunner, Royal Navy, ADM 188/365 & ADM 196/156: - Died in
WW1 - Gunner William Wilfred Kingdom “HMS Good Hope", Royal Navy, who died on 01st November
1914: Remembered with honour Plymouth Naval Memorial;
“A service on ‘HMS Australia’ over the spot in the Pacific where the ‘Good Hope’ & the ‘Monmouth’ went
down. The crew with bared heads, lined up on the deck while the chaplain read the burial service for the brave
men of Admiral Craddock’s Squadron, who met their fate ike true British sailors.”
Notes: This is William Wilfred W Kingdom born on 18.11.1883 in Plymouth; He was probably the son of
William Kingdon, a Railway Guard, b.1862 in Morebath, Devon & Elizabeth Ann Bond from Calstock,
Cornwall who married in 1882 in Plymouth; In 1891 Wilfred Kingdom lived with his parents at #29, Frederick
Street, Plymouth; In the 1901 Census I believe that he was already in the Royal Navy, was aged 18 and serving
onboard “HMS Magnificent” in Gibraltar, however there seems to be a Wilfred Kingdon still living at home
with his parents at #29, Frederick Street in Plymouth, but this may be a mistake as there are no other W.
Kingdon or W. Kingdom births in Plymouth in the period 1882 to 1885; William Wilfred Kingdom enlisted in
the Royal Navy as a Seaman between 01.01.1900 & 31.12.1900 as his official naval sequence number would
confirm; I believe that William Wilfred Kingdon Married Lily Maria Truscott from Stoke Damerel, Devonport
in 1st Q 1906 in Plymouth; In 1911 William W. Kingdom is a 28 year old Leading Seaman (Married), in the
Royal Navy, serving at Keyham Barracks, Tamar, Devonport, his wife & family live at #43, Cecil Street,
Plymouth; I understand from Naval Records that William Wilfred Kingdom was promoted to Acting Gunner
on 03.01.1914; Whilst serving on “HMS Good Hope” Acting Gunner William Wilfred Kingdom’s ship was
sunk & he died at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile on 01.11.1914 whilst in the South Atlantic
looking for the German ship ‘Admiral Graf Spee’, she was sunk by the ‘Scharnhorst’; Medals Roll on file,
awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal & 1914-15 Star; (He was the Brother of Cecil Kingdon,
BT 351/1, a Merchant Seaman during WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick: #134456,
Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery);
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