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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18th May 2014)
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Kingdom, H: #3/18991, Private, 3/6th Battalion, & #267096, Private, ‘C’ Company, 1/6th Battalion,
Devonshire Regiment, & #229435, Lance Corporal, Military Foot Police, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, Boer War &
WW1;
Notes: This is Henry Kingdom who had previously served in the Devonshire Regiment prior to re-enlisting
for WW1 Short Service at the age of 35 on 14.07.1915 in Exeter, Devon & was posted to the 3rd Battalion,
Devonshire Regiment on 22.07.1915; This Soldier served at Home with the 3rd/6th Reserve Battalion from
31.01.1916 until being Posted to the 1st/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment with the Indian Expeditionary
Force on 16.02.1916; He served in Basra, Baghdad for a long time & suffered with enteritis in 1916 &
admitted to hospital in Amara for 2 weeks; He also did his Provost Training at the Advanced Base in Baghdad
during 1917; Whilst on Leave in India in 1918 he had a number of #P11758 recorded? This number also
indicated on his WW1 Medal Card & would indicate that he enlisted with the Military Foot Police between
26.06.1917 & 12.12.1917; He was discharged to the ‘Z’ Reserve on 27.04.1919; His discharge documents also
show the number #229435 & an unreadable number for a L/Cpl Henry Kingdom, with the correct address, but
from the Military Police, Foot Branch; It also shows a #5218 of 2nd Devonshire Regiment as former Regiment
served; This number indicates original enlistment towards the end of 1898; In that record the date of discharge
is unreadable, as is the Cause of Discharge but it looks as if he had previously served in South Africa; Further
research indicates that he had served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment as Lance
Corporal #5218 & that he had retired on 03.05.1912; Awarded the South African Medal & Clasps for the
Orange Free State & Transvaal Campaigns but these may have been forfeited at a later time? (I now
understand that #5218 Lance Corporal H Kingdom, Devon Regiment was Discharged on 19.11.1910 under
Section 18 of the Army Act & that his King’s South Africa Medal was subsequently Forfeited & Returned on
06.05.1912; WO 100/389); I have no idea why he was ‘Discharged’ from the Devon Regiment in 1910? I
believe that he was temporarily transferred to the Military Police in 1917 & appointed acting L/Cpl? (Further
research of Colonel Flick’s Devonshire Regiment Diary, reveals a Private H. Kingdon #267096, Serving with
‘C’ Company of the 6th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment being transferred to the Military Foot Police on
12.05.1917); Throughout these records he gives Grants Cottage, Exebridge, Devon as his permanent address;
In all, he serves in the Army for a period of over 5 years & 288 days; Henry Kingdom was born in 1880 in
Rackenford, Devon, he is the son of Robert Kingdon, a Roads Repair Contractor b.1839 Rackenford &
Caroline Were who were married in 1858 in Tiverton, Devon; (This family had a total of 16 children of which
only 8 were still living in 1911); In the 1881 Census Henry Kingdom lives with his parents in Holmeade
Cottages, Tiverton, Devon; In the 1891 Census Henry Kingdom lives with his parents in Chapel Street,
Tiverton; I cannot find him in the 1901 Census records so I presume this is a period when he served with the
Devonshires in South Africa? In 1911 he calls himself Harry Kingdom & lives with his parents in Back Lane,
Tiverton, working as a Farm Labourer; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals;
(Brother of Kingdom, Albert: #3/7024, Private, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO
372/11/167767, who Died in Flanders during WW1 in1915); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Frank: #384,
Private, Devonshire Regiment, & #1187, Corporal, Military Foot Police, who Died in Service); Needs more
research;
Kingdom, H. A: Temporary Captain, #176667, Royal Regiment of Artillery, WW2;
Notes: The London Gazette Issue #37575 dated 21.05.1946, Third Supplement dated 23.05.1946, Page 2448
records that Temporary Captain H A Kingdom of the Royal Artillery was Mentioned in Despatches in
recognition of gallant & distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre; I believe that this Officer may
have lived in East Molesey, Outer London, Surrey following the war; Awarded the 1939-45 War & Star
Medals; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Harold: Sub-Lieutenant (A), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; - Died in WW2; Died Aged 20 in an
Air Crash during Aviation Training with “HMS Saker” on 18.12.1943 in Baldwin County, Alabama, USA;
Harold Kingdom was Buried on 21.12.1943 & Remembered with Honour in Fort Barrancas, Pensecola,
Warrington, Florida, USA; His Grave Post Refernce is Section 23, Grave 1999;
Notes: This is Harold Kingdom who was born on 22.01.1923 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales; He was the
son of Ernest Clifford Kingdom, born in 1894 in Cardiff, Wales, & who served with the British Army in
WW1, & Mary Ann Johnson, born 25.08.1896 in Pontypridd, Wales, who Married in Pontypridd in 1922; At
the time of his Death he was living in Pensacola, Escambia County in Florida, USA; His parents lived in
Treherbert, Glamorgan, Wales at that time; “HMS Saker” wasa hore based transit accommodation of the Royal
Navy which in general became the collective title for personnel serving or training in the United States of
America in WW2; His burial cemetery address is Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road, Pensacola, FL 32508;
Awarded the 1939-45 War & Star Medals; (He was the Son of Kingdom, Ernest C: #8321, Private, Army
Cyclist Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdom, Harold F: #16857, Private, Devonshire Regiment, & #245769, Private, Labour Corps, 1914-1920
WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Harold Frank Kingdom born 1893 in Burrington, Devon, son of Thomas Kingdon, a Farmer
b.1861 Meshaw, Devon & Sarah Ann Chapple from Meshaw who Married in 1886 in South Molton, Devon; In
the 1901 & 1911 Census Harold F. Kingdom lived with his parents at Leachland Farm,
Burrington/Chulmleigh, Devon & prior to enlistment he was a Postman & Farm Labourer; Harold Frank
Kingdom enlisted on 11.12.1915 in Barnstaple, but was not mobilised until 31.01.1916, having spent 51 days
on the ‘A’Reserve with the 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; He embarked for France on
17.07.1916 & served with the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment; He was wounded in the thigh on
27.10.1916 whilst moving from the reserve area to the front line trenches & was returned to England for
treatment at the Queen Mary’s Military Hospital in Whalley, Lancashire; Following treatment & recovery he
then served in Exeter at the Devonshire Regimental Depot at the end of 1916 before being posted to the 3rd
(Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in Devonport for 1 month in March/April 1917; This was a
Training Unit used to Garrison & protect Plymouth; This soldier also served as #245769 in the 448
Agricultural Company, Labour Corps from 23.04.1917 until his discharge; Private Harold F Kingdom was
eventually discharged to the ‘Z’ Reserve on 19.03.1919, Aged 25 years and having served for a total of 3 years
& 47 Days, with 118 Days served abroad; He returned to live at Leachland Farm in Burrington, Chulmleigh,
Devon, following his Discharge from the Army with a pension; Harold Frank Kingdom Married Annie Cole,
born 1892 in Creacombe, Devon, in 1919 in South Molton, Devon; I understand that Harold Frank Kingdom
Died on 23.02.1942 in Exeter aged 48, he was living at #73, Buller Road, St Thomas, Exeter at the time;
Medals Card for award of the Victory & British War Medals on file;
Kingdom, Harry; #34585, Private, ‘E’ Company, 18th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, (2nd
London Welsh), 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This soldier served with the 18th Battalion of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this was a Reserve Battalion
(2nd London Welsh) which was formed at Gray’s Inn in London & moved to Bangor in 1915; It appears that he
enlisted on 12.10.1915 but was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) for Sickness on
18.05.1916, having never served overseas; This is Harry Kingdon on his Pension Records & his Records
Card but there is something very peculiar about his records? On the Discharge Proceedings record it indicates
that this soldier had served in the Kitchens as a Cook for most of his service but was being discharged as he
was no longer physically fit for war service, although he was declared fit for employment in civilian life; Harry
Kingdon gives his future address as #105, Provost Street, Hoxton, London; There are notes in his records
which correct his claimed age of 38 years to that of 58 on one page & 54 on another, but I have failed to find
any proof of this for any Harry Kingdon on record; In 1916 the medical board assessed his age as bing 54
making him born in 1862; On his Short service enlistment record he claimed to be aged 38 & to be living at
#105 Provost Street, Hoxton & that he had served previously with the 19th Middlesex Regiment for 3 years but
this Service Battalion was not formed until April 1915; This enlistment was dated 12.10.1915 in Holborn & he
gives his Wife as being Constance Sullivan who he claimed to have Married in St Luke’s, Old Street on
10.02.1901 but I cannot find any records for this marriage despite digging through St Luke’s Parish Records;
The Army Service record states that he had served for a period of 219 days & was suffering with chronic
rheumatism in his legs & hands, caused by a bacterial infection which was aggravated by alcohol & that had
originated in Glagow in 1910; I believe that he was allotted the Chelsea Number of #87143; Despite the lack
of information I did find a 1911 Census Record for a Harry Kingdon (b.1871, St Giles, Middlesex) &
Constance Kingdon (b.1875 in Ireland) working as a Potted Meat Chef; living at #37, Harleyford Road,
Vauxhall; There are no other records for either of these people that I can find? Awarded Silver War Badge
#151031; Records Card on file; This man needs more research;
Kingdom, Harry: #15894, Private, 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Hussars of the Line & #8354, Private, 2nd
Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Private Harry Kingdom #8354, 2nd
Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment who died aged 19 on 03 September 1916, Son of W. Kingdom, of Sydling,
Dorchester. Remembered with Honour Thiepval Memorial; His panel reference is Pier & Face 3A; (Thiepval
Cemetery is generally for soldiers who have no specific grave);
Notes: “Harry” Henry George Kingdom was born in 1st Q 1897 in Frampton, 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 Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne, Dorset and
‘Harry’ is recorded as Henry Kingdom; In 1911 Census the family lives in the High Street, Sydling, Henry
(Harry) is a 14 year old Odd Job Boy for Common Carriers & his Father is a Rabbit Trapper; I believe that
“Harry” Kingdom enlisted in 1915 & first served in France on 14.06.1915 until being ‘Killed in Action’ there
on 03.09.1916; He is also recorded in the “Ireland’s” Memorial Records 1914-1918 List;; Medals Card on file
for award of the 1914-15 Star, the British War & the Victory Medals; (Brother of Francis William Kingdom,
#17882, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded in WW1); (Brother of Kingdom, William
Edward: Able Seaman, #J78544 & #SS124501, Royal Navy – ADM 188/804/44 & ADM 188/1130/501);
(Note also that there is a Henry George Kingdom from Cerne Abbes who enlisted with the Dorset Regiment on
01.10.1887 Aged 18, who is probably an Uncle of our 3 Kingdom brothers? His regimental number is
unreadable);
Kingdom, Hector: #S.Z/650, Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, WW1;
Notes: The ADM 171/127 records indicate that a Hector Kingdom was awarded medals for service during
WW1; I have failed to identify any Hector Kingdom in the records other than this Ordinary Seaman in the
RNVR who had obviously undertaken naval training in his spare time but was not professionally employed at
sea? His RNVR number indicates service entry in Sussex (S) & the prefix ‘Z’ indicates that he had joined after
the outbreak of WW1 (Z/650); In order to have been eligible for his medal he would have had to have entered
a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 05.08.1914 & 11.11.1918; Awarded the British war
Medal only; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Henry: Dorsetshire Regiment, # unreadable in his records; (1887-1893 period);
Notes: Henry George Kingdom baptised 31.05.1868 in Cerne Abbas, near Dorchester, Dorset & who enlisted
with the Dorset Regiment on 01.10.1887 Aged 18 years & 4 months, in Dorchester; This is Henry George
Kingdom b.1868 in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, the son of John Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1833 in
Halstock, Dorset & Mary Brown from Piddlehinton, Dorset who Married on 16.04.1858 in Piddlehinton,
Dorset; In 1871 Henry G Kingdom lived with his Parents in Acreman Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorset; In 1881
Census his Mother had already died & Henry Kingdom lived with his Widower Father at #30, Acreman Street,
Cerne Abbas, he was aged 14 & already working as an Agricultural Labourer; At the time of Enlistment Henry
Kingdom claimed to have already served time with the 3rd Dorset Regiment; His Attestation Papers also record
that he had previously bee rejected as Unfit for military Service due to his being insufficiently developed,
however, in 1887 the Army now accepted him; 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; His name as Henry Kingdon b.1869
Dorchester appears on a Chelsea Pensioners List; I believe that he Died on 23.06.1893; The Records have him
as being Deceased on 23.06.1893 but I’m not sure if this was a military or a civilian death or even where he
died?; I also failed to locate this man in the 1891 Census; (He is probably an Uncle of Francis William
Kingdom #16564, Private, 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Hussars of the Line & #17882, Guardsman,
Coldstream Guards, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; & his Brother, Kingdom, Harry: #15894, Private, 9th
Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Hussars of the Line & #8354, Private, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, 19141920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1; & his Brother, Kingdom, William Edward: Able Seaman, #J78544 &
#SS124501, Royal Navy – ADM 188/804/44 & ADM 188/1130/501);
Kingdom, Henry: Territorial Service, #18035, Private, 319 Prot. Coy, Royal Defence Corps; (Militia, Boer
War & WW1);
Notes: Records difficult to read; This is Henry Kingdom born in 1860 -1866 in Chester (I later found a birth
record for Henry Kingdom born in 1859 in Great Boughton, Cheshire); I now believe that this is Henry (Harry)
Kingdom the son of John Kingdom, a Labourer b.1811 in Bristol & Phoebe Mills b.1820 in Tipton,
Staffordshire who Married in Dudley, Staffordshire in 1847; In 1861 Henry Kingdom lived with his parents in
St Mary on the Hill, Chester; In 1871 Census ‘Harry’ Kingdom lived with his parents at #178, Handbridge in
St Mary, Chester; In 1881 Census Henry Kingdom is a working lodger at #2, Windsor Street in Salford; Henry
Kingdom may well have served with the Militia as his name appears on the Service Records List for Militia
between 1806 & 1915; This Soldier may have also served as #4498 with the 3rd Battalion The Cheshire
Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War; Henry Kingdom enlisted at the age of 49 Years, he was
Married & his Service was reckoned from 10.04.1914; Henry Kingdom’s wife’s address was given as Emily
Kingdom, #5, Stone Street, Manchester in 1914 but the records for this address have a William Kingdom,
b.1860 in Chester, & Emily Susan Kingdom, b.1843 Manchester, living there in 1911, he is a Labourer in a
Copper Works; I believe that the name William Kingdom in 1911 records may have well been a mistake by the
enumerator; 1911 records also state that they have a son William Kingdom, born 1884 in Manchester, who is a
Soldier serving in India; Further searches reveal that Henry & Emily Kingdom lived at #28, Charlotte Street, in
Broughton, Near Salford, Lancashire in 1891 alongwith their son William Henry Kingdom born in 1884 so this
appears to be the correct family; I did not manage to locate Henry & Emily Kingdom in the 1901 Census; I
believe that Henry Kingdom actually transferred from the Territorial Force & served in the Regular Army from
13.11.1917; Henry Kingdom was Medically Categorised as Biii on 29.05.1918; Henry Kingdom was
Demobilised for Dispersal on 14.02.1919; Follow up research has a Henry Kingdom Marrying Emily Martin in
1882 in Chorlton, Lancashire; I believe that Henry Kingdom Died in 1928 in South Manchester Aged 68; No
Medals Card on file; Awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal for service with the Cheshire Regiment; This
Family needs more research; (Probably the Father of William Henry Kingdom a Lance Corporal serving in
India with the 1st Battalion King’s Own Regiment in 1911 Census);
Kingdom, Henry: Unknown Soldier – Deserter in Middlesex in 1838;
Notes: There are UK records for a Henry Kingdom having Deserted from the Army in 1838 in Kensington,
Middlesex; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Henry: Unknown Soldier – Deserter in Middlesex in 1840;
Notes: There are UK records for a Henry Kingdom having Deserted from the Army in 1840 in Chelsea,
Middlesex; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Henry: Unknown Soldier – Deserter in Surrey in 1838;
Notes: There are UK records for a Henry Kingdom having Deserted from the Army in 1838 in Lambeth,
Surrey; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Henry Lockyer: #114720, Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy; ADM 188/144/220; (1881-1910
period);
Notes: This is Henry Lockyer Kingdom born 24.02.1865 in Morice Town, Devonport, Devon; He is possibly
the son of William Kingdom, a Royal Navy Seaman & Pensioner b.1834 in Heavitree, Exeter, & Elizabeth
Pengelly/Pengilley, baptised 10.03.1833 in St Thomas The Apostle, Exeter, who Married in Exeter in 1861; In
1871 Census Henry L Kingdom is aged 6 & lives with his Mother (a Naval Pensioner’s wife, Father away
from home?) at #1, Keppel Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon; This Sailor’s official naval number indicates
enlistment between 01.01.1881 & 31.12.1881; In 1881 Hy Kingdom is serving with the Royal Navy on ‘HMS
Impregnable’ the Naval Boy’s Training Ship, as a 16 year old 2nd Class Boy, stationed in Hamoaze,
Devonport; I did not find this Sailor in the 1891 Census yet? I cannot be sure but I think that in 1901 Census,
Henry Kingdom aged 36 is married to Janet ??, aged 26, from Edinburgh, & living in #29, Victoria Street,
Gillingham, Kent, he is a Petty Officer 1st Class in the Royal Navy & they have a daughter Hetty born 1897 in
Queensferry, Edinburgh, but the census has his birth place as Plymouth which needs investigation; I also failed
to find this family in the 1911 Census; I believe that Henry Lockyer Kingdom Died on 17.12.1957 & was
Buried on 20.12.1957 in St James Hospital, Manston, Ripon, Yorkshire Aged 92, at the time he was living in
Whitmoor Lane, Castleford; Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory & the British War Medals; (Son of Kingdom,
William: #4570A Royal Navy Pensioner); (Brother of Thomas Sidney Cornish Kingdom #121062 Royal
Navy); Needs more research as much missing information; (Probably related to Kingdon, Edwin Peter
Pengelley: Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A & Royal Navy #63488);
Kingdom, Henry Norman: #631666, Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Air Force, 1939-1945 – Died in WW2 –
Henry Norman Kingdom #631666, Royal Air Force who died age 18 on 12 September 1940, Son of Mrs.
E.M. Kingdom, of Sydling, Dorchester, Dorsetshire. Remembered with Honour in Wyton (St Margaret & All
Saints) Churchyard in Huntingdon;
Notes: This is Henry Norman Kingdom, born 1921 in Sydling, Dorset, the son of Francis William Kingdom,
born 1894 in Sydling, an ex WW1 Coldstream Guards soldier & Edith Mabel Norman also from Sydling, who
Married on 14.08.1920 in Dorset; The churchyard at Wyton, Huntingdon, contains 24 graves from WW2 &
most are buried in a plot set aside for casualties from the nearby airfield at Wyton during the Second World
War; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & 1939-45 War Medals; (He was the son of Kingdom, Francis W: #16564,
Private, 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Hussars of the Line & #17882, Guardsman, Coldstream Guards, 19141920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdom, Herbert: #011013, Private, Army Ordnance Corps & #320705, Private, Norfolk Regiment, 19141920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This soldier first served in France from 01.11.1915; No other information; Medals Card on file for
award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Herbert Edward Joe: #B6575 & A9998, Merchant Seaman, Navy, Royal Naval Reserve; BT
377/7/8611 & BT 377/7/28830; Post WW1;
Notes: This is Herbert Edward Joel Kingdom born 03.04.1901 in Plymouth, 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 has not yet been proven in my research; (This family had
11 children but 5 of them had died before the 1911 Census & I believe there was an earlier Herbert Joel
Kingdom born in 1898 who then died in 1900 aged 1 year); In the 1911 Census Herbert Edward Joel Kingdom
is aged 10 & living with his parents at #11, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon; (He obviously served with the
RNR post WW1); I could find no other information; (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, William (Joel): #143807, Private, Labour Corps, #28246, Private, Oxford
& Buckinghamshire Regiment, #21149, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1);
Kingdom, Herbert W: #37295, Private, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1; Private H W Kingdom
#37295, 1st/5th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
who died
on 15th June 1918 during the battles in Cologne, West Germany. Remembered with honour
Cologne
Southern Cemetery in Germany, Grave/Memorial reference VIII. D. 8; (The UK Soldiers Died in the Great
War records that this soldier had also formerly served as #8/6398, Private, Territorial Reserve Battalion,
DCLI);
Notes: Herbert Walter Kingdom b. Thelbridge, Devon in the 2nd Q 1899 Crediton 5b.374; He was the son of
Walter Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer b.1864 Woolfardisworthy, Devon, & Eliza Ann Bristow, who
married in 1892 Thelbridge, Devon; (This family were often known by the name Kingdon); They lived in Mill
Barn Cottage, Mill Barn Farm, Thelbridge in the 1901 Census; In the 1911 Census Herbert Walter Kingdom is
aged 11 & living with his parents at Hope Cottage, Thelbridge, Devon; There are no records indicating when
this soldier first enlisted or when he first served in Europe; Medals Card on file for award of the British War &
Victory Medals;;
Kingdom, Horace D: #30429, Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1; Private Horace Donald Kingdom
#30429, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
who died of
wounds, aged 21, on 06th May 1917; Son of William and Catherine Emily Kingdom, of 125, Brook St.,
Bampton, Devon. Born at Stoodleigh, Devon. Remembered with honour
Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in
France, Grave/Memorial reference IV. B. 4;
Notes: This is Horace Donald Kingdom born in Stoodleigh, Devon in 1st Q 1896 Tiverton 5b.401; He was the
son of William Kingdom, an Innkeeper, b.1861 in Oakford, Devon & Catherine Emily Dyer b.1864 Swindon,
Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton, Devon in 1891; In the 1901 Census Horace Donald Kingdom lived with
his parents in #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton; In the 1911 Census Horace Donald Kingdom, aged 15, lived &
worked for his Uncle Thomas Kingdom as a 15 year old Horseman on his Great Torr Farm, Kingston,
Kingsbridge, Devon; Unfortunately there is no indication of when this soldier enlisted or first went to France
but it was probably 1915 or 1916; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals;
(Brother of Kingdom, William Llewellyn: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
(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); (All 3 Brothers recorded on
the Bampton Memorial Roll in Devon);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, I J: #1986550, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Prisoner of War #11400, 1939 -1945 WW2;
Notes: There is a record of a British Army
Prisoner of War, I J Kingdom, being held
in Stalag XX-B, Marlbork in Poland during
WW2;
Marienburg Stalag XXB or Stalag 20B
Marienburg Danzig was a Nazi POW
camp. Located near Marienburg, it was
originally a hutted and tented camp with
double boundary fence and had
watchtowers; British, Poles and Serbs
were held here in 1940. An administration
block including a hospital was erected in
the latter part of 1940, mainly by prisoner
labour; By 1941 a theatre had been built;
POWs were sent out to labour in nearby
farms, sawmills, factories, goodsyards and
cutting ice on the river Vistula;
I have no other information on this soldier;
However, it is possible that this is Ivor
John Kingdom born 1910 in Newport,
Monmouthshire, Wales; He was the son of
Abraham Steer Kingdom, a Dock Labourer
b.1882 in Newport & Emily Morris who
Married in Newport in 1904; In the 1911
Census Ivor John Kingdom lived with his
parents at #12, David Street, Newport,
Monmouthshire; I have not found any
military records but believe that Ivor J
Kingdom Married Margaret E Fitzgerald in
1935 in Newport Market, Monmouthshire, Wales; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, Isaac: #3347/B, Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve, Navy Trawlers, WW1; BT 377/7/25645; WW1;
Notes: This is Isaac Kingdom born in 1876 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; He was the son of Samuel John
Kingdom baptised 21.06.1841 Tenby, Wales, a Fisherman & Mary Ann Lewis, b.1843 Brixham, Devon, who
Married in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1865; In the 1881 Census Isaac Kingdom Aged 4 is living with his
parents in St Julian Street, St Mary Tenby in Liberty Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census Isaac
Kingdom Aged 14, already a Seaman, is living with his parents at York House, Crackwell Lane, St Mary
Tenby in Liberty; In the 1901 Census Isaac Kingdom Aged 25 is living with his Widower Father in Crackwell
Lane, St Mary Tenby in Liberty; Isaac is a Fisherman; In 1901 Isaac Kingdom Marries Mary Ann Jacob
(b.1871 Boulston, Pembrokeshire), in 2nd Q 1901 Pembroke 11a.1878, Wales; In the 1911 Census Isaac &
Mary Ann Kingdom live at #2, Green Hill Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; Record says they had been
married 10 years with 1 living child; Isaac Kingdom now aged 35 is a Fisherman; During WW1 trawler
fishermen were recruited into the Royal Naval Reserve & served as Minesweepers & Patrol Vessels & I
believe that Isaac Kingdom was a Seaman #3347/B; I understand that in 1921 Isaac Kingdom was joint owner
of the Brixham Trawler/Cutter #93851 ‘Genista’ BM197 (DH20); Isaac Kingdom died in Portsmouth,
Hampshire in 1960 Aged 84; The Royal Naval Reserve Medals Roll, ADM 172/122, records the issue of the
1914-18 Star, the Victory & The British War Medals; ADM 171/70 records the award of the Reserve Long
Service Medal on 18.07.1912 whilst serving on ‘Neyland’ with his brother; (He is the Brother of Lewis
Kingdom, #D1032 Royal Naval Reserve, pre WW1);
Kingdom, Isaac: #S4/157557, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is Isaac Kingdom born in 07.05.1891 in East Anstey, Devon, the son of Eli Kingdom, an
Agricultural Labourer b.1864 in Knowstone, Devon & Annie Scoins from East Anstey who Married in 1889 in
South Molton, Devon; In 1901 Census Isaac lived with his parents on Creacombe Moor, Devon; I believe that
he lived in Exeter St Thomas in 1911 but I have not yet found the Census record; Isaac Kingdom Married
Elizabeth Emily Redman from Littleham, Exmouth in Devon on 14.06.1914 in Exeter St Thomas; Isaac
Kingdom enlisted in Axminster on 13.11.1915 at the age of 24 years, he was a Baker & Confectioner living at
#16, Brewery Lane Sidmouth & was Married & Joined the Army in Aldershot on 20.11.1915; (Also recorded
as #159559 Army Service Corps but I think that this was a mis-print); The prefix S4/ to his Regimental
number denotes service with the 4th New Armies Supply (S4 Labour) as a Baker; Isaac Kingdom appears to
have served in Home Stations until 21.01.1916 when he was sent to Egypt, where he stayed until 19.04.1919;
This soldier was transferred to the Reserve on 28.05.1919 from the Dispersal Hospital in Birmingham, his
address was given as Knowstone, South Molton, Devon; His claim for disability pension for Flat Feet &
Bronchial Pneumonia appears to have been rejected in 1919; He had been hospitalised in Egypt for 2 weeks
during the War & invalided home in 1919; Children shown on his military records are Henry Eli Kingdom
b.25.09.1914 in Exmouth & May Kingdom b.26.11.1915 in Ottery St Mary; I have an Arrival in UK record for
Isaac Kingdom, a Confectioner, born 07.05.1891 in England, sailing from New York to Southampton on
16.01.1957 aboard the ‘SS Liberte’, he gave his address as #330, Wilton Road, Birmingham; (His wife died in
Birmingham in 1946); I believe that Isaac Kingdom Died in Birmingham in 1966 Aged 74; Medals Card on
file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (He is the brother of Kingdom, John: #16100, Private,
Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in 1915 in WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdom,
George: #L7253, Officer’s Clerk Class 2, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1002);
J
KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, J. & Kingdon, Jack: #3980, Rifleman, 1/8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, 19141920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Rifleman Jack Kingdon
#3980, "C" Coy. 1st/8th (City of London)
Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
who died aged 20
on 27 December 1915, Son of the late
John and Kitty Kingdon, of 53, North Street, Okehampton, Devon. Remembered with honour
on the Loos
Memorial, in France on Panel 131; Transferred to the Kingdon list:
Notes: This is Jack Kingdon born 1896 in Okehampton, son of John Kingdon b.1859 Stoke Cannon & Kitty
Yeo, who married in 1879 in Okehampton; 2x Medals Cards on File, Kingdon, Jack & Kingdom J; Awarded
the Victory & British War Medals & the 15 Star accordingly; (He was Brother of Herbert John Kingdon,
#347413, Petty Officer Ship’s Chief Cook, Royal Navy, ADM 188/527, WW1); (He was also Brother of
Kingdon, Ernest W: L/5257, Acting Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);
Kingdom, J A: #R82313, Warrant Officer 1st Class, Royal Canadian Air Force, Prisoner of War #833, 1939 1945 WW2;
Notes: There is a record of a Royal Canadian Air Force Prisoner of War, J A Kingdon, held in Stalag Luft 4
(L4), Sagan & Belaria in Poland during WW2; This was the infamous POW Camp from which the ‘Great
Escape’ was made but I don’t believe that J A Kingdom was involved; I have no other information on this
soldier; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, J. C.: #44720 Royal Flying Corps in WW1; Royal Air Force Muster Roll & AIR 79/417/44720;
WW1
Notes: The Muster Roll for the Royal Air Force in WW1, records that #44720 J. C. Kingdom transferred from
the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 01.08.1916; AIR 79/417/44720 Records
indicate that this is John Charles Kingdom; Unfortunately it has been quite difficult to identify this man, but I
would suggest that it is Isaac John Charles Kingdom born 24.03.1898 in Barry, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales;
(Later records have him recorded as John I.C. Kingdom, as John Charles I. Kingdom & John Charles Isaac
Kingdom); If I am correct then he was the son of Isaac Kingdom, a Coal Miner & later a Labourer in
Lancashire, born in Carhampton, Somerset in 1861, & Mary Ann Hadland, born 1862 in Marden,
Herefordshire & who Married in 1893 in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales; This family moved from Barry in
Cardiff, Wales to Oldham in Lancashire between 1901 & 1911; In the 1901 Census young Isaac Kingdon lived
with his Mother at #33, Brook Terrace, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, his father was working away from home as
a Coal Worker in Gelligear, Glamorgan; In the 1911 Census John Kingdom was aged 13 & working as a
Grocer’s Errand Boy & living with his parents at #65, Stirling Street, Oldham, Lancashire, his Father was a
Labourer in the Textile Trade; Royal Air Force records would indicate that John Charles Kingdom was
transferred from the Royal Flying Corps on 01.08.1916; John I. C. Kingdom Married Naomi Wright,
b.29.03.1904 in Oldham, in 1926 in Oldham, Lancashire; (His Father had died in 1922 & his Mother died on
03.03.1933 whilst living at #169, Middleton Road, Oldham, her Probate Administration was given to John
Charles Isaac Kingdom, who was recorded as being a Textile Spinner at that time); I believe that John Charles
I. Kingdom Died in Oldham in 1973 Aged 75 & that his wife Naomi Kingdom Died in 1990 Aged 86,
registered in Devizes, Wiltshire;
Kingdom, James: Riggers Labourer, Plymouth 1779; ADM 106/2979; (1763-1779 period);
Notes: There are Records for Plymouth Dockyard Workers (Artificers & Riggers) dated 1779 which has
references for a Riggers Labourer, James Kingdom, aged 44 (born 1735 but no information on location), & he
is noted as being a ‘Good Workman’; The records reveal that he is Married with 3 children & had spent 15
years & 1 month total service in the King’s Yards & the Royal Navy in 1779 & that he first entered this service
on 10.12.1763; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, James: #3727, Private 11th Regiment of Infantry; (21 years service 1855-1877);
Notes: This military man served in the 1st Battalion, 11th Regiment of Infantry, as #3727 and served for 21
years & 318 days in the Army, of which 12 years were in the East Indies; He served from 15.06.1855 to
01.05.1877; On the 18.12.1876 he was the subject of a Regimental Board held at Jubbulpore, India to verify
the claimed discharge of #3727 Private James Kingdom after his second period of limited engagement; His
Discharge was finally approved on 01.05.1877 in Horse Guards, London, England; James Kingdom was born
in the Parish of Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon and was a Labourer by trade, probably agricultural; He
attested for the 11th Regiment at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales on 18.06.1855 at the age of 18 years, he was
therefore born in 1837; He was discharged from Netley on 01.05.1877 aged almost 40 years, his intended place
of residence is recorded as Barnstaple, Devonshire; (I have a suspicion that he was the son of James Kingdon
b.1810 Stoke Rivers & Elizabeth Yeo from Stoke Rivers who married in Landkey on 05.04.1830; If this is so
then James Kingdon was born in 1838 in Swimbridge; The family live in Stoke Rivers in 1841 & in
Swimbridge in 1851); There are too many options for his parentage before service and his history after
discharge to be certain? Needs more research? {James Kingdom or Kingdon #49513 may very well have
been the Father of this WW1 Soldier - Kingdon, James A: Devonshire Regiment No: 6856 Rank: Private 19141920 WO 372/11; Notes: I believe that this is James Arthur Kingdon born in Exeter in 1883; (This could be
James Arthur Kingdon b.1883 in Dawlish who is living in Black Torrington, Halwell in 1891 Census with
parents, James Kingdon b.1838 Swimbridge a Gamekeeper & Elizabeth? b.1850 Buckland Filleigh – but this
needs more research}; Chelsea Pensioner #49513? (I also believe that #3727 James Kingdom/Kingdon
(b.1838 Swimbridge) may well be the Father of Samuel Kingdon #3620 & #H47718 who enlisted in 1895 &
served until 1919 with various Hussars & Cavalry Regiments); Further research reveals that Private James
Kingdom was serving with the 1st Battalion, 11th Regiment in Weymouth Barracks in 1861 Census, giving his
birth place as Devon County, England, he is Single & Aged 22 years;
Kingdom, James or Kingdome, James: Private, Pay Book #ML 93, Royal Marines; Trafalgar Roll 1805;
Notes: There are records for a James Kingdom for service as a Royal Marine on board ‘HMS Mars’ at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805; Awarded the Naval General Service Medal, Clasp issued for Trafalgar T/15 for
service on HMS Mars; Insufficient information to identify further;
In this painting of the Battle of Trafalgar by Nicholas Pocock, ‘HMS Mars’ is in the right foreground, just
behind the captured Spanish ship Bahama;
Kingdom, James: #A5350, #C.5096 & #D4855, Royal Naval Reserve, Merchant Seaman; BT 377/7/37303,
WW1;
Notes: The BT Records have this Seaman’s date of birth, as 22.06.1891 in Plymouth, however, there are no
James Kingdom or James Kingdon births in that area of Devon around that period? I have therefore opted to
suggest that this is James Henry Kingdom b.1889 Plymouth, 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; In the 1891 Census James H Kingdom lived with his parents at
#61, High Street, St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1901 Census James H Kingdom aged 11 was living
with his parents at #22, The Parade, Holy Trinity, Plymouth; (This family had 11 children but 5 of them had
died before the 1911 Census); In the 1911 Census James H Kingdom is aged 21, working as a Boatman &
living with his parents at #11, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon; James H Kingdom Married Elizabeth Sarah
Davis in Plymouth in 1922; James H Kingdom Died in 1969 in Plymouth Aged 79; Medals Awarded #A5350
Seaman, under Jas Kingdom, 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is probably the Brother of
Kingdom, William (Joel): #143807, Private, Labour Corps, #28246, Private, Oxford & Buckinghamshire
Regiment, #21149, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; 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, James: #11048, Private, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment & #19386, Private, Machine Gun Corps,
1914-1920 WO 372/11;
Notes: I believe that the #11048 with the Welsh Regiment would indicate an enlistment date of between
29.12.1913 & 17.04.1914; This soldier first served in France from 22.08.1914 & I believe that he may have
been Transferred to the Reserve on 22.01.1916, but this date noted on his Medals Record Card may well
indicate the date of his Transfer from the Welsh Regiment to the Machine Gun Corps; Medals Card on file for
award of the 14 Star, British war & Victory Medals; Possibly James Kingdom b.1883 in Mountain Ash, South
Wales, a Colliery Underground Worker in Llanwono, Glamorgan, Wales in 1911 Census; Or possibly James
Kingdom b.1895 in Penygraig, Glamorgan, Wales, a Coal Mine Hewer living as a 16 year old Boarder in #67,
Glanlay Street, Llanwono in 1911 Census; Insufficient information to identify accurately;
Possible Family (Brother Kingdom, John: #201919, Private, Welsh Regiment, #49023, Private South Wales
Borderers & #93412, Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother Kingdom, Frederick:
#13957, Private, ‘C’ Squadron, 8th (Service) Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI), 1914-1920
WO 372/11, WW1); Needs Further Research;
Kingdom, James: Private, 6th Battalion, HQ The Welsh Regiment & #545103, Private, Labour Corps, 19141920 WO 372/11;
Notes: Served with the Labour Corps 552 Company & was ex 6th Battalion HQ The Welsh Regiment; This
soldier enlisted on 14.01.1915 & was Discharged under Army Order 29/19 Para 2 for Sickness on 11.12.1918;
Awarded Silver War Badge #B100023; Records Card on file; Possibly James Kingdom b.1883 in Mountain
Ash, South Wales, a Colliery Underground Worker in Llanwono, Glamorgan, Wales in 1911 Census; Or
possibly James Kingdom b.1895 in Penygraig, Glamorgan, Wales, a Coal Mine Hewer living as a 16 year old
Boarder in #67, Glanlay Street, Llanwono in 1911 Census; Insufficient information to identify accurately;
Possible Family (Brother Kingdom, John: #201919, Private, Welsh Regiment, #49023, Private South Wales
Borderers & #93412, Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother Kingdom, Frederick:
#13957, Private, ‘C’ Squadron, 8th (Service) Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI), 1914-1920
WO 372/11, WW1); Needs Further Research;
Kingdom, James: Corporal, 1st Battalion Military Train, Second China Opium Wars; - Died in China in
1860;
Notes: This is Corporal James Kingdom who was the son of Harriett Kingdom of Barnstaple, Devon, but
unfortunately I have been unable to locate either of them yet; This soldier served with the British 1 st Battalion
Military Train in China & Died on 28.09.1860, probably as a result of wounds received at either the Battle of
Zhangjiawan on 18.09.1860 or the Battle of Palikao on 21.09.1860; Awarded the China Medal; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdom, Jas: London School Board Training Ship in 1901;
Notes: I have failed to identify this particular young man but in the 1901 Census for Ossett, Grays, Thurrock
on the River Thames in Essex, he is identified as Jas (James) Kingdom, a 13 year old boy, born in 1888 in
Clerkenwell, who is effectively ‘under detention until the age of 16 years, living on board the London School
Board’s Training Ship the “Shaftesbury”; In general these boys were orphans or waifs & strays, often with
criminal misdemeanors behind them, who were sent for training; Needs more research, insufficient
information to identify;
Kingdom, James Arthur: #4170, Engineer, Royal Naval Reserve; ADM 171/122; WW1;
Notes: The Royal Naval Reserve WW1 Medals Roll has reference to this Merchant Seaman; I believe that this
is James Arthur Kingdom born in 1892 in Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; He comes from a
Trawler Fishing family & was the son of John William Kingdon, a Fisherman baptised 02.01.1861 in Holy
Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, & Ann Elizabeth Leng, who married in 1882 in Sculcoates, Hull; In the 1901
Census Ernest Kingdom was aged 8 & lived with his Mother in, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, I believe that his
Father was probably fishing at sea on the day of the census; In the 1911 Census I failed to find James Arthur
Kingdom; I understand that James probably served on board WW1 Navy Trawlers out of Hull in WW1; I
understand that James Arthur Kingdom married Eleanor Mabel Pearson in 1913 in Hull, Yorkshire & that they
had at least 8 children; Medals awarded 1914-15 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (He was the son of
John William Kingdom Merchant Seaman, #DE.370; Royal Naval Reserve, Navy Trawlers; BT
377/7/71054); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Ernest: Rank Tr., #TS/3949, Royal Naval Reserve, WW1;
BT 377/7/122279); Needs more in depth research as there is some confusion in his family tree line;
Kingdom, James Briant or Bryant: Stoker in the Royal Navy in 1881 Census for Tamerton Foliot, Devon;
Notes: This is James Briant Kingdom born 1860 in Tamerton Foliot, the son of John Kingdom an
Agricultural Labourer b.1806 in Plymouth & Mary Bryant who’s marriage I did not find; In the 1861 Census
James B. Kingdom is aged 7 months & lives with his parents at Salts Wharf, Tamerton Foliot, Devon; In the
1871 Census James Kingdom is 11 years old & lives with his widowed Father in the Village part of Tamerton
Foliot; In the 1881 Census James Kingdom is aged 20 & living with his married Brother John James Kingdom
in Cottages, Tamerton Foliot, the record indicates that he is a Royal Navy Stoker; (He is probably the Uncle of
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, No: 154961 Rank: Stoker; ADM 188/224/461); Unfortunately this is as
far as I could go with this man as I failed to find any other record for him?
Kingdom, James H: #4778 & #721951, Private, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London
Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This is James Henry Kingdom born 1878 in Lambeth, the son of James Kingdom b.1850 in Oakford,
a Tailor & Charlotte Salter from Poplar, London who married on 28.09.1875 in Stepney, London; In the 1881
Census James Kingdom lived with his parents at #111, Union Road, Newington, London; In the 1891 Census
James Kingdom, aged 13, lived with her parents at #59, London Road, Southwark; I failed to locate this man
in the 1901 & the 1911 Censuses; James Henry Kingdom enlisted on 18.08.1915, and I believe that he was
wounded & ended up on the Silver War Badge List, being Discharged on 27.12.1917 under King’s
Regulations Para 392 (xvi) due to Wounds he received, he was aged 40 & had obviously served overseas; The
number #4778 would indicate enlistment between 03.08.1915 & 06.09.1915; This soldier originally signed up
for 4 years’ Service in the United Kingdom with a Territorial Force aged 37 years & 8 months, on the 18th
August 1915 in New Street, Kennington; He gave his address as #46, Gladstone Street, Blackfriars; His Next
of Kin was his Father living in Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London; He was Embodied on 18.08.1915,
Transferred on 31.12.1915 & later Attached Sups. from 17.06.1917 to 27.12.1917; He served at Home from
18.08.1915 to 01.01.1916; He served with the British Expeditionary force in France from 02.10.1916 until
16.06.1917 & at Home again from 17.06.1917 until discharge; He served for 2 years & 132 days being
discharged on 27.12.1917 in London; He had suffered Gun Shot Wounds to his left arm, a fractured humerus
& left leg on 07.06.1917; He gave his discharge address as #11, Caldecor Road, Camberwell; I believe that he
was awarded a Pension; Awarded Silver War Badge #221008; Medals Card on file for award of the British
War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of William Alexander Kingdom, 2nd Lieutenant, Royal
Warwickshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the Brother of Frances Casserley (nee Kingdom)
who was a Civilian killed in the Blitz on 26.09.1940 in Lambeth London during WW2);
Kingdom, James Henry: No Military Records – Noted on the Chelsea Pensioners Lists; Pre WW1 period;
Notes: There is a Record for a Chelsea Pensioner James Henry Kingdon born 1882, London, Surrey; Whilst
there are no actual WW1 or Military Service Records that would fit this man’s profile I have researched my
Kingdon files & would suggest that this is James Henry Kingdom, baptised 04.06.1882 in Christ church
Southwark; He is the son of William Kingdom, a Labourer b.1854 in Wimbledon & Esther Sarah McIver,
b.1853 in St James, London, who Married in 1874 in Marylebone; In 1891 Census James Kingdom was aged 9
& lived with his parents at #18, Lant Street, St George the Martyr in London; I failed to locate him in either the
1891 or 1901 Census records; However, James Henry Kingdom, a 28 year old Postman living at #6, Turquand
Street, Married Emma Ringsell, b.1884 in St Saviour, on 18.12.1910 in St John’s Parish Church, Newington,
London; In the 1911 Census we find James & Emma Kingdom living at the same address in Walworth,
London, James Kingdon is a parcel Postman working for the General Post Office; I believe that James Henry
Kingdom Died on 21.05.1960 & is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery; (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); (He is possibly the Brother of
Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/48);
Kingdom, John: #SR/2707, Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The prefix SR/ on his Regimental #2707 denotes that he was a Special Reserve Soldier; This soldier
also served as a Gunner, #277707, RGA, presumably having enlisted for regular service in WW1; It appears
that he first served in France from 03.04.1915, continued to serve throughout WW1 & was finally transferred
to the Class Z Reserve on 24.03.1919; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, the British War & Victory
Medals; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John: #36166, Private, Wiltshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) had 8 Battalions during WW1 but I have no idea in
which one this soldier may have served; I would suggest that he may have enlisted sometime in 1917; Medals
Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, John: Private, #695, 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment; WO 100/52; Second Afghan War 18781880;
Notes: The records for the Second Afghan War, 1878-1880, refer to #695 Private John Kingdom having
served in the Service Company with the 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, formerly the 70th Regiment
of Foot; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, John: #201919, Private, Welsh Regiment, #49023, Private South Wales Borderers & #93412,
Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
Notes: Also served as a Private with the South Wales Borderers #49023 & as a Private with The Royal Welsh
Fusiliers #93412; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory Medal only; There are 2 possible candidates
living in Wales in the 1911 Census; John Kingdom b.1887 in Glamorganshire, a Miner & Hewer aged 24 who
is boarding in #29, Phillip Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales; & John Kingdom b.1888 in Barnstaple,
Devon, England, a Coal Miner & Hewer aged 23 who is Boarding at #40, Pomfray Street, Nantyffyllon,
Higher Llangynwyd, Glamorgan, Wales; Insufficient information to enable accurate identification;
Possible Family (Brother Kingdom, James: #11048, Private, 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment & #19386,
Private, Machine Gun Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother Kingdom, James: Private, 6th Battalion, HQ
The Welsh Regiment & #545103, Private, Labour Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother Kingdom,
Frederick: Shropshire Light Infantry No: 13957 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Needs Further
Research;
Kingdom, John: #16100, Private, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1; Private John Kingdom
#16100, 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died of wounds, aged
19
on 01 October 1915; Remembered with honour & buried
in Chocques Military Cemetery in France, his
Grave reference is I.E.104;
Notes: This is John Kingdom born in 1896 in Knowstone, Devon, the son of Eli Kingdom, an Agricultural
Labourer b.1864 in Knowstone, Devon and Annie Scoins,; (Also has a Gravestone with his parents in
Knowstone); In the 1901 Census John Kingdom lived with his parents in Creacombe Moor; In the 1911
Census, John Kingdom was a Farm Cattle Boy on a local farm, living with his parents at Westcott in
Knowstone, Devon; I believe that he first served in France from 17.08.1915; His Father was living in Barton
House, South Molton, Devon at the time of his death, his mother had died in 1918; There is a Gravestone for
him in St Peters Churchyard, Knowstone, Devon; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War &
Victory Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Isaac: #S4/157557, Private, Army Service Corps, 19141920 WO 372/11, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, George: #L7253, Officer’s Clerk, Class 2, Royal
Navy; ADM 188/1002);
Kingdom, John: #3567 & #201541, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: This soldier was originally Territorial Force but would have been renumbered during 1917 & probably
served with the 4th Battalion as this number fits the correct allocataed number block; If this is correct then he
could have served in India, Palestine or Mesopotamia depneding oon whether he was 1st/4th or 2nd/4th Battalion;
Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable
proper identification;
Kingdom, John: Lieutenant, Royal Navy, Seaman’s Wills, PROB 11/1675/278; (1823 period);
Notes: There is a record of a Will for Lieutenant John Kingdom of the Royal Navy dated 05.09.1823, with
admon. being granted to his Father William Kingdom; This is John Kingdom born in St Andrews, Holborn,
London, Middlesex & Baptised there on 21.06.1792; He was the son of William Kingdom, b.1755 Camden.
London, & Hephzibah Dutton from St Dunstan in the West, who Married in St George’s, Bloomsbury,
Camden, London on 07.05.1785; I believe that John Kingdom Married Caroline ?? (b.1795 in London) in
ca.1815 but I have no records; Lieutenant John Kingdom may have died in Sierra Leone in 1823, probably
whilst serving with the West Africa Squadron on Anti-Slavery patrol, where many British Officers & Sailors
were killed in action or died of disease; Insufficient information or records to enable clearer identification;
Kingdom, John: #1961, Seaman & also Carpenter’s Crew, Royal Navy; ADM 139/20 & ADM 188 (1850’s
period);
Notes: The ADM 139/20/1961 Records have references to a John Kingdom having Volunteered for Royal
Navy Service on 01.07.1853 with a Continuous Service Number of #1961; These records have his date of birth
as 02.02.1831 in Plymouth, Devon; The ADM 188 Records have reference to John Kingdom, Royal Navy,
Carpenter’s Crew, having signed up on 01.07.1853 for a period of 7 years; He was serving on ‘HMS Arrogant’
at the time; (I have failed to find any other supporting records but there is a John Kingdom, aged 28, born in
1833 in East Stonehouse, Devon, boarding with his wife Johan(?) aged 26, born in 1835 in Ireland, lodging
with a family at #18, Union Place, East Stonehouse, Devon in the 1861 Census; John Kingdom is recorded as
being a Royal Navy Seaman); Insufficient information to identify but I believe these to be the same sailor;
Kingdom, John: Midshipman & Master’s Mate, Royal Navy; Peninsular Wars 1810 – 1811;
Notes: In various Naval History records & in Naval Letters dating from the years 1810 & 1811 there is
mention of a Midshipman John Kingdom & Master’s Mate John Kingdom carrying out Royal Navy duties in
and around the Mediterranean; On 05.09.1810 Midshipman John Kingdom, serving on the 38 ton Frigate
‘HMS Surveillante’ was sent with 5 others & a master’s mate to cut out a French brig which had sought
protection of land batteries, they succeeded; On 06.09.1810 John Kingdom & 2 others were sent late at night to
destroy a new battery, which they did without a casualty; In 1811 Captain Sir George R. Collier of ‘HMS
Surveillante’ wrote to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton advising him that Mr Kingdom, Master’s Mate, was
despatched to blow up the guard house & signal station on the heights of Machichaco, which service he
executed perfectly; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John: #39520, Private, Manchester Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: John Kingdom was probably was a Territorial Force man who joined up late in WW1 as his #39520
would indicate that it was in the number block changed in 1917 & that he probably served with the 1/10th or
2/10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, both of which were formed in Oldham, Lancashire; Medals Card on
file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; On the premise that this soldier lived in Lancashire, there
is 1 possible John Kingdom b.1898 in Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan in Wales, aged 13 years in the 1911
Census who is a Grocery Errand Boy living with his parents at #65, Stirling Street, Oldham, Lancashire;
Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, John: Unknown Soldier – Deserter in Devon in 1837;
Notes: There are UK records for a John Kingdom having Deserted from the Army in 1837 in North Molton,
Devon; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John: Private, Royal Marines, Chatham, 100th Company; Attestation 1811;
Notes: The ADM 157/9/64 records have Attestation Papers for a John Kingdom, born in St Phillips, Bristol,
Somerset (Gloucestershire) to serve in the Royal Marines at Chatham between 01.01.1811 & 31.12.1811
(when aged 21); Other information states that he was Discharged, (discharge date not given) & a reason for
discharge is also not given; This young man had obviously volunteered to join the 100 th Royal Marine
Company at Chatham in order to claim the high bounty amount of 12 pounds, which I understand was used as
an incentive to recruit men into the service & serve in the last 4years of the Napoleonic Wars & then possibly
into the 1812 War with America? Unfortunately there is no other information available; Insufficient to enable
identification;
Kingdom, John: #257, Private, 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry; 1840’s
Notes: There is a record in the Soldiers of Oxford Museum for a John Kingdom having served with the 43rd
Regiment of Foot & who was Discharged at the end of his service on 08.08.1843 in Chatham, Kent; There is
no other information available but I would guess that this soldier had probably been serving with the Regiment
in Fort York, Canada, taking part in the suppression of the Rebellions of 1837; The Regiment left Canada for
England in 1846; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John Ayres: Rank unknown, His Majesty’s 94th Regiment of Foot (Scots Brigade) India in 1804;
Notes: There is a list of Officers who were serving with the 94th Regiment of Foot, known as the ‘Scotch
Brigade’, between 1800 & 1869 which records John Ayres Kingdom; From 25 th June 1804 to 24th December
1804 this Regiment was in camp near Futtypore (Fatehpur); I have no other information;
Kingdom, John A: #G/8667, Private, Middlesex Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: The prefix G/ to his Regimental number appears on various Home Counties ‘Regiments’ Service
Battalions in WW1; This soldier first served in France from 15.06.1915; This is John Arthur Kingdom born
1900 in Edmonton, Middlesex; He is the son of Fred Kingdom, a Confectioner b.1860 in Marylebone, London
& Isabella Mary Ward b.1863 from Southwark; In the 1901 Census John A Kingdom lives with his parents in
#20, Hilda Terrace, Edmonton, Middlesex; In the 1911 Census John A Kingdom is aged 11 years & lives with
his parents, mostly Cocoa Factory workers at #15, Wingmore Road, Tottenham; This Soldier was Discharged
from ’B’ Company of the 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 23.10.1915 in Gillingham, Kent; He was
discharged for having incorrectly declared his age as 19 years & 10 months when in fact his Birth Certificate
indicated his age as 18 years & 307 days; His trade is declared as that of Labourer & he intended to live at #15,
Wingmore Road, Church Road, Tottenham; The records also state that he had served at Home since
27.02.1915 & prior to 15.06.1915, then in France until 02.09.1915, being underage to have served at the Front
& finally he was back in the UK until 23.10.1915, having served a total of 239 days; His Enlistment papers,
dated 27.02.1915 give his Father as Frederick Kingdom of #15, Wingmore Road, Tottenham, London; I
believe that John Arthur Kingdom Married Sophia Alice Pitts (baptised 12.06.1898 in Tottenham), in 1924 in
Edmonton, Middlesex; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1915 Star, British War & Vistory Medals,
which surprises me (perhaps he eventually got to serve in WW1 later?); (He is the Brother of Kingdom,
Frederick J: #L/31062, Driver, 1st Brigade Headquarters, Royal Field Artillery & #431062, Royal Horse
Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1);
Kingdon, John H: (Should be Kingdom – Transferred from Kingdon list); #740835, Acting Bombardier,
Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Lance Bombardier John Henry Kingdom,
#740835, 392nd Battery, 172nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died of pneumonia age 35 on 20 December
1918; Son of John and Maria Kingdom; Husband of Charlotte Kingdom, of 27, Temple St., Newport,
Monmouthshire, Wales; Remembered with honour Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel, Grave reference A. 30;
Notes: This is John Henry Kingdom born 1885 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, son of John Kingdom, a
Coal Worker, b.1859 in Burnham, Devon & Maria Steer from Colebrook, Devon; In the 1891 Census John
Henry Kingdom lives with his parents in Bolt Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; In the 1901 Census he
is a Barber & living with his parents at #2, Pill Wharf, Newport; John Henry Kingdom Married Charlotte
Coles in 1st Q 1909 in Newport, his wife was born in 1890 in Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire; In the 1911
Census John Henry & Charlotte Kingdom are living at #48, Raglan Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales,
he is a Hairdresser; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals;
Kingdom, John H G: #1360 & #200135, Private, South Wales Borderers, Territorial Force, 1914-1920 WO
372/11 – Died in WW1; Private J G Kingdon #200135, 1st/1st Brecknock Bn., South Wales Borderers who
died on 22 November 1918; Remembered with honour Tehran War Cemetery, Iran, Grave / Memorial
reference III.F.3; (CWGC has him named Kingdon); Transferred to the Kingdon List;
Notes: Information from the South Wales Borderers Museum – Private John Henry George Kingdom was
renumbered to #200135 as a member of the 1st Brecknock Battalion South Wales Borderers during the Army
renumbering on 01.03.1917; This unit were Territorial soldiers who first landed in a theatre of war in Aden on
03.07.1915; The Regimental Museum thinks that he was not killed in action but died of wounds or disease on
22.11.1918; I believe that he enlisted on 03.07.1915; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War
& Victory Medals; (He was the son of Kingdon, John Henry: #4679, Private, 6th Dragoon Guards & 3rd
Battalion, Dragoon Guards; Who I also believe to be Kingdon, J. H: #4348 Private 12th (Prince of Wales’s
Royal) Lancers – Boer War Deserter);
Kingdom, John Herbert: #525219 or #525217, Private, Canadian Army Medical Corps: Canada Records
#439425a & 439425b, WW1;
Notes: This is John Herbert Kingdom born 01.11.1884 in Westbury, Bristol, & baptised on 27.11.1884 in
Redland, St Nathanael, Glocestershire, England; He was 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 the 1891 Census John Herbert
Kingdom lives with his parents in #13, Southfield Road, Westbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; In the
1901 Census John H Kingdom lives with his parents in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, he is aged 17 years;
In 1911 UK Census John Herbert Kingdom is aged 26, a single man, boarding at #12, Lonsdale Road, Barnes
in Surrey & working as a Linen Salesman; John Herbert Kingdom sailed from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada,
arriving on 11.08.1911 on the ‘SS Laurentic’, destined for Montreal; On the 13.04.1917 in Victoria, British
Columbia, there are Attestation Papers on record for a Farmer, John Herbert Kingdom, born 01.11.1884 in
Bristol, England; He is aged 33 years & gives his Mother’s address as #8, Belvedere Road, Redlands, Bristol,
England; I believe that his Father had died in Bristol, England on 28.03.1917; Upon enlistment John Herbert
Kingdom was Farming at Royal Oak, P.O. R.RNo,1, British Columbia; He was posted to the Canadian Army
Medical Corps Training Depot, No 11, Canadian Expeditionary Force; I have found no further Military
Service Records for this soldier until his return to Canada on the ‘SS Grampian’ in 1919, apparently ‘Unfit’ so
have to assume that he served in Europe; I believe that John Herbert Kingdom Married Emma Stark on
11.02.1935 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; John Herbert Kingdom Died in British Columbia, Canada
on 03.12.1962 Aged 77; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, William Edward: #247852 Royal Air Force in WW1
& #F47582 RNAS/Royal Navy – ADM 188/639/852 & AIR 79/2232/247852; WW1);
Kingdom, John James: #124287, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: I believe that this is John James Kingdom born 1894 in Liverpool, the son of James Kingdom, a
Printing Stereotyper b.1869 in Chester & Eliza Williams b.1866 in Chester who Married in 1892 in Chester,
Cheshire; In the 1901 Census John J Kingdom lives with his parents at #45 White Rock Street, West Derby,
Lancashire; In the 1911 Census John James Kingdom is aged 16 years & is an Estate Office Clerk living with
his parents at #59, White Rock Street, West Derby Road in Liverpool; John James Kingdom enlisted in the
RAMC on 09.08.1917 & was discharged on 24.11.1919 at the age of 25 under King’s Regulations, Para 392
(xvi) Army Order 29/19 due to Sickness, he was aged 25 & had never served overseas; John J Kingdom
probably Married Elizabeth Wright in 1933 in West Derby, Lancashire; I understand that John James Kingdom
Died in 1970 in Liverpool Aged 76; Awarded Silver War Badge #B341149; Records Card on file;
Kingdom, John Joseph: #30146, Sailor, Royal Navy, ADM 139/302/46; (1850’s period); Transferred to the
Kingdon List;
Notes: ADM 139 has reference to John Joseph Kingdom, #30146, serving in the Royal Navy; His date of birth
is given as 14.02.1833 in Stoke Damerel, Devon & his Date of Volunteering for service is recorded as
16.07.1856; This Sailor’s official ‘continuous service’ number would indicate enlistment between January
1853 & 1859; There are some confusing records for John Joseph Kingdon / Kingdom but I believe that this is
actually John Joseph Kingdon born & probably baptised on 26.03.1833 in Stoke Damerel & that he is the son
of Joseph Kingdon, a Shipwright born 1799 in Devonport & Susanna ?? b.1803 in Ottery Saint Mary, Devon;
In the 1841 Census John Kingdon is aged 8 & living with his parents at the Back of Higher Somerset Place,
Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon; In 1851 Census there is a Jno Kingdom, born in Devonport in 1833, being
a patient in Woolwich Royal Ordnance Hospital, Greenwich, London but it is recorded that he was a serving
Private in the Royal Sappers & Miners, which is rather confusing? This man needs further research; (I
believe that he may be the Brother of Kingdon, George: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in
Devonport);
Kingdom, John Rogers: Continuous Service #31681 & #62768, Royal Navy, ADM 139/317 & ADM
188/42; (1870-1890 period);
Notes: This is John Rogers Kingdom born 14.08.1841 in Wilcove, Torpoint, Cornwall, the son of John Thorn
Kingdom, also Royal Navy & 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 the 1841 Census John
Kingdom is aged 2 months & living with his parents at Charles Place in Torpoint, Antony, Cornwall, his
Father is recorded as a Seaman; In 1851 John Kingdom is recorded as being aged 9 & living with his parents in
Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon, his Father is a Greenwich Pensioner; The records indicate that John
Kingdom volunteered for Royal Navy Service on 01.10.1856 which his official naval number series of #31681
would suggest; In the 1861 Census John Kingdom is Aged 16 & recorded as being a Seaman in the Royal
Navy but living with his parents in #5, Coombe Park, Antony, Cornwall, his Father is a Greenwich Pensioner
& Agricultural Labourer; In 1871 Census I have John Kingdom Aged 29 as the Coxswain Pinnace serving
onboard ‘HMS Defence’ in the harbour in Malta; In 1873 the Royal Navy changed serving sailors official
numbers, John Rogers Kingdom became #62768 at this point; In 1877 John Rogers Kingdom married Sarah
Ann H. Sindon, b.1854 in Newhaven, Sussex, in Eastbourne, East Sussex; In the 1881 Census John Kingdom
is Aged 39 & is now a Commanding Boatman with the Coast Guard, serving & living in Birling Gap,
Eastdean, Sussex; In 1891 Census we find John R. Kingdom & wife Sarah living at #11, Cornwall Road,
Bexhill, Sussex, he is recorded as a Naval Pensioner; I believe that John Rogers Kingdom died in 1895 in
Battle, Sussex Aged 53; (Son of John Thorn Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #9762A Joseph Rogers
Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #66612 & #18070A William Joseph Kingdom Royal Navy); (Brother of
#84867 Christopher Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman,
#84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);
Kingdom, John T: #81419, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; Transferred to
Kingdon List;
Notes: Query on #81418 marked in most records? There was concern that there were 2 different soldiers here
as #81418 John Kingdon had enlisted in Cardiff Aged 18 on 15.08.1914? I believe that #81419 had also
enlisted in Cardiff on 15.08.1914 so I have presumed that this is John Tucker Kingdon born on 15.02.1898 in
Kings Nympton, son of James Kingdon, a Farm Labourer b.1856 in Bishops Nympton & Martha Tucker who
married in 1876 in South Molton; Medals Card on file for the award of 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals;
(Brother of Kingdon, E: #4209, Private, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment; Boer War);
Kingdom, John Thorn: Royal Navy; No other military information? (1841-1851 period);
Notes: This is John Thorn Kingdom, a Greenwich Pensioner & ex Royal Navy seaman, born 26.05.1809 in
Morice Town & Baptised 11.06.1809 in Stoke Damerel, the son of William Kingdon & Jane Thorn;
Unfortunately I can find no Naval Records for this man but as he was recorded as a Seaman in 1841 & a
Greenwich Pensioner in 1851 he certainly served with the Royal Navy; John Thorn Kingdom Married Mary
Ann Rogers from Cornwall on 10.04.1832 in Stoke Damerel; In the 1841 Census John & Mary Kingdom, & he
is recorded as a Seaman, are living at Charles Place, Antony, Cornwall; In 1851 Census this family live in
Coke Houses in Stoke Damerel; In 1861 Census they live in #5, Coombe Park, Antony, Cornwall; In 1871
Census they live in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall; In 1881 Census they live at #10, Wilcove in Antony; John
Kingdom Died in 1883, St Germans, Cornwall, his wife Mary Ann Kingdom Died in 1890; (He is the Father of
#84867 Christopher Kingdon Royal Navy, the Father of #66612 & #18070A William Joseph Kingdom
Royal Navy, the Father of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom Royal Navy, & the Father of Kingdom,
Joseph Rogers: Royal Navy, #9762A; ADM 139/498); (He is also probably the Father of Kingdom, Thomas:
Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);
Follow Up Research Notes: I would suggest that the following record for Naval Personnel who served with
the Navy pre 1853 may well belong to this man;
John Kingdom, Rating, Royal Navy – Born in Devonport in 1809, who was Aged 19 years when he first
entered the service; The dates served are recorded as 22.01.1829 to 26.05.1856 & there is a further record
‘Original page number 6, which records Date & Type of application: Admiralty 04.09.1839 & others’, which is
not quite understood by this researcher?
Kingdom, John W: #47940, Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: No other records, no details on Battalion he served with or when he enlisted; Medals Card on file for
the award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John William: #709, Private, Northumberland Fusiliers & #54392, Private, 4th (Hull) Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment, & #139275, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, WW1;
Notes: There are 16 pages of Service Records for this Soldier but no Medals Card; I believe that this is John
William Kingdom born 1894 in Hull, the son of John William Kingdom, a Trawler Fisherman, b.1858 in Hull
& Elizabeth Ann Fisher from Brixham who Married in 1881 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; His Father
Dies in 1895 at the age of 37 & in the 1901 Census John W. Kingdom, Aged 6, lives with his Widowed
Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West Sculcoates, Hull; In 1911 Census John William Kingdom is aged 16 & a
Tailor’s Apprentice living with his Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West Sculcoates; At the age of 20 years & 1
month, John William Kingdom enlisted for the Duration of the War in Hull on the 23.11.1914, he was living at
#2, Seaton Street at the time & stated that he was a Tailor by trade, giving his Mother as his Next of Kin; His
enlistment paper has many number annotations – 4th Hull Battalion, East Yorks Regiment #709 – Training
Battalion – T.R/5/84553 - #54392 Northumberland Fusiliers & #139275; I will decipher these as I research his
Army Service Records; The Officer who approved his enlistment was Commander of the 4 th (Hull) Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment, which I believe was a Territorial Force & was raised in Hull on 03.11.1914;
Deciphering his records it appears that John William Kingdom was transferred from the East Yorks Regt. to
the Northumberland Fusiliers on 12.06.1917 & then transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps on
27.11.1917; This soldier was demobilised on 24.08.1919 to the Class Z reserve; The records are not clear but
he seems to have served for 4 years & 275 days, mostly at Home I believe; In 1919 his Protection Certificate &
Certificate of Identity shows him as #139275 of the 19th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, with an
address as #9, The Limes, Ella Street, Hull; On 26.07.1919 John Kingdom left the Lord Derby War Hospital
which was situated on the Winwick Rectory Estate north of Warrington, Lancashire, built as an asylum in
1896, it was used as a military hospital with 2,160 beds during both World Wars. Between 1915 and 1920 over
56,000 wounded soldiers were treated there and the hospital resumed its work as an asylum in 1921. The
Hospital closed in 1997 having provided care for 100 years and many of the buildings were demolished to
make way for new housing; Private John William Kingdom appears to have suffered a 30% disability in his
lower limbs but it is not clear from what injury this occurred? There is a Ministry of Pensions card on file ref:
#Z/RAMC/9645 which indicates some form of pension payments were made; In 1920 John William Kingdom
asked the Army for references in order that he could obtain a job as a Night Attendant under the Hull Board of
Guardians; John William Kingdom Married Gladys May Cross, born 1897 in Hull, in 1920 in St. Pauls,
Sculcoates & they appear to have had 4 sons; It is likely that John W Kingdom Died in 1947 in Hull, Yorkshire
East Riding Aged 52; There is no Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Cornelius Lawrence:
#M12042, Engine Room Artificer Class 3, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1042/42, WW1);
Kingdom, John William: Merchant Seaman, #DE.370; Royal Naval Reserve, Navy Trawlers; BT
377/7/71054, WW1;
Notes: The BT 377 Records have this Merchant Seaman’s date of birth as 11.10.1862 in Hull, Yorkshire; I
have most births on file for Kingdom fishing families in Hull & cannot match this to any of my records but it
could be John William Kingdom, who was baptised on 02.01.1861 in Holy Trinity Church, Hull, Yorkshire;
Son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman, baptised 27.04.1828 Ramsgate, Kent & Christiana Andrew baptised
11.01.1829 in Hull who Married 09.02.1848 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; In the 1861 Census John W
Kingdom lives with his Mother at #3, Myton Square, Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, his Father is most probably
fishing at sea; In the 1871 Census John W Kingdom is Aged 11 & lives with his parents at #4, Paradise Lodge,
Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, his Father is a Fisherman; In the 1881 Census John William Kingdom is probably
fishing at sea as I failed to find him; In late 1881, early 1882 John William Kingdom Marries Ann Elizabeth
Leng from Guisborough, Yorkshire, in Kingston Upon Hull; In the 1891 Census John William Kingdom is at
sea but his wife & children lived at #57, Scarborough Street, Newington, Yorkshire; In the 1901 Census Ann
Elizabeth Kingdom lives in Newington, Sculcoates, Hull, John William Kingdom is again at sea fishing; In the
1911 Census John W & Annie E Kingdom live at #60, Scarborough Street, Hessle Road, Sculcoates, Hull, he
is a Steam Trawler Fisherman; I understand that John William Kingdom died in 1941 in Hull Aged 83; (He
was the Father of Kingdom, Ernest: Rank Tr., #TS/3949, Royal Naval Reserve, WW1; BT 377/7/122279);
(He was the Father of James Arthur Kingdom #4170, Engineer, Royal Naval Reserve); Needs more
research;
Kingdom, Joseph: Private, Royal Marines; Trafalgar Roll 1805;
Notes: The Trafalgar Roll dated 21.10.1805 has a record of an Award of the Trafalgar Medal to Joseph
Kingdom for service as a Royal Marine on board ‘HMS Mars’ at the Battle of Trafalgar; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdom, Joseph Rogers: Royal Navy, #9762A; ADM 139/498; (1860’s)
Notes: This is Joseph (Josh) Rogers Kingdom born 08.09.1845 in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon, the son
of John Thorn Kingdom, also Royal Navy & 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 1851
Census Joseph Kingdom lives with his parents in the Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon; Joseph Rogers
Kingdom volunteered for Royal Navy Service on 20.06.1860, which his official number sequence would
support; In the 1861 Census he is a 2nd Class Boy Sailor onboard the training ship ‘HMS Implacable’ in the
Hamoaze Estuary; I believe that Joseph Rogers Kingdom Married Emma Brooks b.1847 in Torpoint, Cornwall
in Stoke Damerel in 1867; Unfortunately Joseph Rogers Kingdom Died on 23.05.1869 in St Germans,
Cornwall Aged 23; His Widow Emma Kingdom is a General Servant in the Baker’s Shop, #47, Fore Street,
Antony, Cornwall in 1871; I believe that Emma Kingdom, Widow, then marries Samuel Sims, a Gardener
from Cornwall, in 1872 in Stoke Damerel & lives in Antony in the 1881 Census; (Son of John Thorn
Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #84867 Christopher Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #66612 &
#18070A William Joseph Kingdom Royal Navy); (Brother of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom
Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);
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