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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (23rd February 2013)
Kingdom, A: Welsh Regiment No: 202417 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also recorded as #2099 for service in the Glamorgan Yeomanry; Served with the 4th Battalion The
Welsh Regiment; This is Arthur Kingdom born on 12.06.1893 in Aberkenfig, Glamorgan the son of ??
Kingdom b.?? in ?? & Susannah (Kingdom) Morris? from ?? who married in ??; Arthur Kingdom enlisted in
Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales on 12.04.1915 at the age of 21 years & 10 months, he was a Clerk & gave his
Mother’s address as 128, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig & served with the Glamorgan Yeomanry until
22.06.1916; He was transferred to the 4th Reserve Welsh Regiment as a Private in January 1917; According to
his records this soldier never served overseas; He was finally Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392
(xvi) due to sickness on 03.08.1917 in Shrewsbury having served 2 years & 114 days with the Territorial
Forces all in the Home Station; He gave his retirement address as #1, Dynevor Place, Swansea; It appears that
he had suffered a fall from a lorry which gave him a thigh problem in 1915 whilst serving in Dorchester; His
Chelsea Pension number was #105010H & it commenced from 21.03.1917; Awarded Silver War Badge
#231023; Records Card on file; Not Identified fully;
Kingdom, A: Devonshire Regiment No: 4764 Rank: Private, Boer War;
Notes: QSA Medal Roll for the Devonshire Regiment serving in South Africa during the Boer War have a
Record for #4764, Private A. Kingdom; I have failed to identify this Kingdon soldier, however, his Military
Number of #4764 would suggest that he enlisted between 29.07.1896 & 04.12.1897; His QSA medal would
suggest that he served in South Africa between 11.10.1899 & 31.05.1902; His KSA medal would suggest that
he served in South Africa on or after 01.01.1902 & had completed 18 months service prior to 01.06.1902 &
that he had fought in 1902; Awarded the Queen’s south Africa Medal & the King’s South Africa Medal, plus
Clasps for Elandslaagte (1899), the Defence of Ladysmith, King’s South Africa 2 & for Service in Belfast;
I have not found any further records for this person to enable me to identify him further;
Kingdom, Aaron: Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve, #TS/3765, WW1; ADM 171/122
Notes: This is Aaron Kingdom born 31.03.1882 & baptised on 07.06.1882 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales;
He was the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1845 in Tenby & Emily Creese, b.1852 Tenby, who
Married in 1870 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census Aaron Kingdom lived with his parents
in Bridge Street, Tenby; In the 1901 Census Aaron Kingdom was a Fisherman & lodging at #18, Queen Street,
Pembroke Dock, Pembroke; Aaron Kingdom Married Ethel Sarah Ann Smith in Tenby in 1907 & in the 1911
Census they lived at #24, Trafalgar Road, Tenby, Aaron was a Fisherman; The ADM 171/122 records have
Aaron Kingdom serving in the WW1 Royal Navy Reserve in the Trawler Section & he appears to have served
for the duration; Aaron Kingdom died on 02.05.1959 & is buried in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, he was
aged 77; Awarded the 1914-1918 Star, the Victory & the British War Medals;
Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force;
Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Albert Frederick
Kingdom born 23.06.1899 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia; This man enlisted on 01.10.1916 & joined
the 13th Battalion, Armidale Depot on 13.04.1918 & 06.05.1918 at the age of 18 years & 10 months, he was a
Labourer & his Mother was, Mary Anne Jane Doyle (then Kingdom & later Oram, of Niagara Street, West
Armidale, New South Wales who he gave as his next of kin; I understand that his Father was Henry Kingdom
b.05.03.1859 in Gostwyck, New South Wales who was Married in Uralla in 1888 & Died on 17.08.1906; At
the time of enlisting, Albert Kingdom had already served for 2 years & 6 months with the 13 th Battalion S.C;
However, on 07.08.1918 Albert Kingdom was Discharged, having been found medically unfit for further
service but the reasons are unreadable on the record sheet; Albert Frederick Kingdom Married Maud May
Geneve Cosgrove in 1922 in Armidale & Died on 07.12.1943 in Mayfield; (He was the Brother of Kingdom,
Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; (For my family records
– this is the Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the
“Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;
Kingdom, Albert: 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, #27421 Rank: Private;
Kingdom, Albert: 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, #38821 Rank: Private;
I believe that this is the same man? All of his vital statistics match up plus his signature is the same; It is fairly
obvious that he tried to enlist twice & was discharged as being unfit for service on both occasions!
Notes: This is Albert Kingdom born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales in 1875 or 1883 depending on which
Enlistment Record you use; He could easily be the son of Richard Kingdom b.1846 in Bristol & Mary ?? from
Cardiff who married in ??; (This family had 12 children); In 1891 Census Albert may be aged 17 & living
with his parents in Canton, Cardiff; In 1911 Albert Kingdom aged 38 is a Labourer & living with his parents in
Cardiff, there is a Sister called Minnie;
Case 1: This man was examined on 01.02.1915 in Cardiff aged 31 years & 11 months (born 1883) & enlisted
in The Welch Regiment as Private #27412; On 12.03.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para
392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient soldier & unfit for service, having served only 40 days and was
suffering from bad ankles & arthritis; At enlistment he gave his sister Miss M Kingdon of #5, Humphreys
Street, Cardiff as his next of kin, (this could be Minnie Kingdom born 1890 in Cardiff;
Case 2: This man tried to enlist for a second time in 1915 & was again examined on 05.08.1915 in Cardiff
aged 40 years, (born 1875), & recommended for Home Defence Service at the 3 rd Welch Depot; On
09.09.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient
soldier & unfit for service, having served only 36 days and was suffering from bad ankles & varicose veins; He
was a single man & did not know the whereabouts of his next of kin;
I have not followed this Soldier any further due to inconsistencies in records;
Kingdom, Albert: Devonshire Regiment No: 3/7024 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 Private Albert Kingdom #7024, 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment who died on 10 March 1915 in Flanders;
Remembered with honour at LE TOURET MEMORIAL; Notes A Regimental number of #7024 would
indicate enlistment between 10.03.1902 & 12.01.1903; This is Albert Kingdom who was born in 1876 in
Rackenford, son of Robert Kingdon b.1839 Rackenford & Caroline Were who were married in 1858; In 1881
Albert lives with his parents in Tiverton, his Father is a Roads Contractor; In 1891 he lived & works as a Farm
Labourer at Combehead Farm, Tiverton; I cannot find him in 1901 or 1911 Census? I believe that he enlisted
on 17.12.1914 & served in France; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Private Henry Kingdom
#3/18991 Devonshire Regiment & later Corporal #229435 Royal Military Foot Police who also served in
WW1); (There is another Brother, Frank Kingdom #384 Devonshires & #1187 Military Foot Police who
enlisted in 1885 & died in Colchester in 1902);
Kingdom, Albert: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 213501 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Albert Edwin Kingdon born in 1893 in Sheerness, Kent; He was the son of Edwin Pengelly
Kingdon b. 16.12.1849 in Morice Town, Stoke Damerel & Mary Ellen Coad from Stoke Damerel who married
in 1875 in Stoke Damerel; In 1901 Albert Edwin Kingdon lived with his parents in Sheerness, his Father was a
Rigger for the Navy; In 1911 Census Albert Kingdon was Aged 17, working as an Apprentice joiner in the
Dockyard & living with his married Brother William Kingdon at #45, Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness,
Kent; There are WW1 Pension records also for this Albert Edwin Kingdon but as #65953 Royal Garrison
Artillery; There are WW1 Service Records for the same person as #213501 Royal Garrison Artillery; Albert
Edwin Kingdon enlisted on 09.11.1915 in Sheerness Aged almost 23 years, he was a Wheelwright & Joiner;
His parents had both died by now & he gave his Brother William Horace Kingdon as his next of kin; Albert
Edwin Kingdon was discharged on 14.12.1918; I believe that he married in 1921; Medals Card on file; (His
Father was Edwin Peter Pengelley Kingdon a Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A in 16.12.1863 & #63488);
Kingdom, Albert Edward Victor: Royal Navy Reserve No: DA/22079 Rank: Rating, Deck Hand; ADM
171/122 & BT 377/7/69800;
Notes: This is probably Albert Edward Victor Kingdom born 24.05.1900 in Plymouth, Devon; He is the son
of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary Ann Gazzard b.1866
in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Albert Kingdom is aged 11 months &
lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census Albert
Kingdom was Aged 10 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being at
school; This man served later in WW1 in the Royal Navy Reserve as a Rating & Deck Hand; I understand that
Albert E V Kingdom Married Elsie M Chapman in St Austell, Cornwall in 1926; Albert Edward V Kingdom
Died in St Austell, Cornwall in 1989 Aged 89; For his Service in WW1 he was Awarded the British War & the
Victory Medals; (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 William James R. Kingdom who probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); This
family may need further investigation & research;
Kingdom, Albert F W: Army Service Corps No: M/318298 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix M/ to his Regimental number denotes service with a Mechanical Transport Section; I believe
that this may be Albert Frederick William Kingdom born in 2nd Q 1888 in Marylebone, London, 26.03.1888
from his school records, (Baptised on 03.06.1888 in St Marks, Marylebone), the son of Albert John Kingdon, a
Groom/Coachman, b.1862 in Redland, Bristol & Alice Sweet from Fishponds, Clifton, Gloucestershire who
married in 1887 in Islington; In 1891 Census the family lives in Cochrane Street, Marylebone, London;
However, there are London School Records for ‘Fred’ Kingdom, aged 5 years attending St Mark’s School in
Westminster from 29.08.1893 & living at #7, Waverley Place; ‘Fred’ Kingdom aged 7 is also recorded at
Comber Grove School (St Mark’s School) on 26.03.1895; In 1901 Census ‘Fred’ Kingdom lives with his
parents in #7, Waverley Place Stables, Marylebone; I believe that Albert Frederick W Kingdom dies in Harrow
in 1964 Aged 76; Medals Card on file; I did not follow this soldier’s record any further;
Kingdom, Albert William John: Labour Corps No: #311673 Rank: Private 1914-1920
Notes: This soldier also served as #274572 but there has always been a lot of correspondence from Army Unit
to Regiments to decide on what his real number was? This is Albert William John Kingdom who was born in
1898 in Rackenford (South Molton, Devon) the son of John Flew Kingdon b.1870 in Rackenford & Leah
Alford from Templeton (Tiverton) who married in 1893 in Rackenford; In 1901 Albert Kingdom lives with his
parents in Queen Square, Halberton, Tiverton, he is aged 3 years, his Father is a Prudential Assurance Agent;
In 1911 Census his Father & Mother are still Assurance Agents but now are also Dairy Farming at Furbeers in
Halberton, Devon & Albert Kingdom is aged 12 & still at school; Albert William John Kingdom enlisted on
13.06.1917 in Tiverton at the age of 17 years & 300 days, he stated that his occupation was a Tailor & gives
his address as #5, Seymour Terrace, St John, Tiverton, Devon; This address was later changed to Bell Farm,
Rackenford, his parents address; At some stage in his service he was medically downgraded with ear trouble;
Being in the Labour Corps he appears to have been transferred to various units throughout his service; He was
up for dispersal on 17.09.1919 & discharged on 15.10.1919; There is no Medals Card;
Kingdom, Alfred: Devonshire Regiment No: 7880 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11- Died in WW1 Sergeant Alfred Abraham Kingdom #7880, 1st Bn., Devonshire Regiment who died on 17th September 1914
Aged 26 years, Remembered with honour at the Vailly British Cemetery in Aisne, France; Notes: With the
Regimental #7880 he probably enlisted between 24.01.1904 & 09.03.1905; This is Alfred Abraham
Kingdom born in 3rd Q 1888 Tiverton 5b.418; He is the son of Robert Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer
b.1863 in Uplowman, Devon & Mary Ann Kent b.1866 in Rackenford, Devon who married in Rackenford,
South Molton, Devon in 1886; In the 1891 Census Alfred Kingdom lived with his parents in Barrington Street,
Tiverton, his Father was a Police Constable; Alfred Abraham Kingdom was aged 12 & worked as an
Agricultural Labourer at East Mogfords Farm in Rackenford in 1901 Census. In the 1911 Census Corporal
Alfred Kingdom was a single soldier & serving in Malta with the 2 nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment; I
believe that he may have first gone to serve in WW1 in France on 22.08.1914; Sergeant Alfred Kingdon’s
address at time of his death was given as Ramsterland, Stoodleigh, near Tiverton, Devon which was his parents
address; His Will Probate confirmed his death in France with the British Expeditionary Force & was read on
08.12.1914 in Exeter, leaving his estate to his brother Robert Kingdom; Medals Card on file; (He was the
Brother of Robert Kent Kingdom who also served in WW1 with Somerset Light Infantry #20889 &
Devonshire Regiment #33681 & 346064, and also Died in WW1);
Kingdom, Alfred Blake: Army Ordnance Corps No: #2023 Rank: Sergeant, 2nd Boer War; WO 100/233;
Notes: This is Alfred Blake Kingdom born in 1863 in Woolwich, Kent; He was the son of Alfred Thomas
Kingdom, a Carpenter & Greengrocer baptised on 30.06.1837 in Shoreditch St Leonard & Rosa Isabella ??
from Woolwich; In the 1871 Census Alfred B Kingdom lives with his parents at #48, Eleanor Road,
Woolwich, Kent; In the 1881 Census Alfred Kingdom is aged 15, working as a General Labourer & living
with his Mother at #14A, Church Street, Woolwich; (I have not proven this but I believe that his parents may
have lived apart from early 1881 as his Father Alfred T Kingdom & 2 of his younger brothers, Henry Ernest &
7 months old Percival W, were boarding at #16, West Street, West Ham, working as a Carpenter; Similarly his
Mother Rosa Kingdom appears to have moved back to Woolwich as she is Boarding with a Painter, Henry
Gardner, at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich Dockyard in 1891 Census, she is still recorded as being
married; Then in the 1901 Census she is recorded as being a widow & is now the Housekeeper at #5, North
Kent Grove, Woolwich; I believe that Rosa Isabella Kingdom Died in Woolwich in 1905 Aged 67); I have no
idea when this soldier enlisted in the Army but I did not find him in the 1891 Census, however, he was more
than likely already in the Army because in the 1899 Voters List for Woolwich East District, he was living at
#17, Brookhill Road, Woolwich in the Military Staff Sergeant’s Housing; I understand that 32023 Sergeant
A.B. Kingdom was posted to Natal, south Africa on 07.10.1899 but was taken Sick at Durben, sent to
Wynburg Hospital & then Invalided back to England on 28.02.1900; Again, I have no idea of his illness, but
he must have recovered sufficiently for him to be posted to St Helena in the Cape Colony on 05.02.1901,
where he was still serving with a Detachment of the Army Ordnance Corps on 31.07.1901; Alfred Blake
Kingdom Married Helen Hannah Maunder, b.15.05.1880 in Lexdon, Essex, in 1910 in Dartford, by which time
I believe that Alfred had left the Army; In the 1911 Census he was working as a civilian Storekeeper at the
Military Mechanical Stores in Aldershot & living with his wife at #1, Brighton Villas, Canning Road,
Aldershot, Hampshire; From then on I understand that they moved back to Woolwich in Kent & lived at #3,
Belford Grove until Alfred Blake Kingdom’s Death on 13.01.1937 after spending time in St Nicholas’s
Hospital in Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent; He died at the age of 72 but his wife lived until 1969, dying in
Woolwich aged 89; He was awarded the South Africa Medal & the Natal clasp for his service in South Africa;
(He was the Brother of #190952, Percival William John Kingdom, Royal Navy: ADM 188/326/152);
Kingdom, Archibald: Royal Army Service Corps No: T/35197 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died
in WW1 - Driver Archibald Abram Kingdom #T/35197, 42nd Div. Train, Army Service Corps who died
aged 24 on 29 September 1915; Son of John and Emily Harriet Kingdom, of 20, Station Terrace, Treherbert
(Rhondda), Glam. Born at Cardiff. Remembered with honour NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY (Used for
burials from the Royal Victoria Military Hospital; Notes: The prefix T/ to his Regimental number indicates
that he served with Horse Transport Units; This is Archibald Abram Kingdom born 3rd Q 1891 in Cardiff,
son of John Kingdom b. 29.12.1863 Llantrissent, a Retired Railway Engineer & Engine Driver & Emily
Harriet Richards from Monmouth, who married in Cardiff in 1888; In 1901 Census they live in Central
Cardiff; In 1911 Census the family lives at #20, Station Terrace, Treherbert, Rhondda, Glamorgan, his Father
John is a Rail Engine Driver & Archibald Abram Kingdom is aged 19 & a Coal Miner, Hewer; He may well
have married later but I cannot be sure? I believe that he served in Gallipoli & The Dardanelles 27.04.1915;
Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Ernest C: Army Cyclist Corps No: 8321 Rank: Private
1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, Arthur: Able Seaman, Royal Navy, Napoleonic Wars 1793 to 1840; ADM 171/8 & ADM 171/2
Notes: Records for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving
on ‘HMS Colossus’ at the Battle of Groix on the 23.06.1795 during the Invasion of France, part of the War of
the First Coalition; There is a Medals Nominal Roll of surviving officers & men entitled to clasps of the Naval
General Service Medal for actions between 1793 & 1827 in the ADM/171 records; In addition, ADM 171/2,
date range 01.01.1793 to 31.12.1815 & headed “Hothams Action”, also records Medal Claims for actions in
which First Lieutenants or Commanders were promoted & contains particular claims for the Algiers, Navarino
& Acre Clasps for the NGSM & has reference to Arthur Kingdom ‘HMS Colossus & Fyne’; A second roll has
Arthur Kingdom, ‘HMS Colossus’ being involved in Lord Bridports Action of 23.06.1795 ; These ADM/171
records also have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving on ‘HMS Impregnable’ as part of the Anglo-Dutch
Fleet during the Bombardment of Algiers around the 27.08.1816; In addition, Services Reunited web site on
the internet has 2 references to an Arthur Kingdon, Able Seaman, in 1848 having served in the Napoleonic
Wars; He was Awarded the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) for his service & the Clasp for ‘HMS
Colossus’ was issued on 23.06.1795 P/960 & a Clasp for Algiers K/34 for service on ‘HMS Impregnable’; No
other information to enable identification, but obviously a career Navy man;
Kingdom, Arthur: West Yorkshire Regiment No: 10353 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1 - Private Arthur Kingdom, #10353, 9th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) who
died on 09 August 1915 in Gallipoli in the Balkans; Remembered with honour at the HELLES MEMORIAL in
Turkey; Notes: This is Arthur Kingdom born in Leeds according to records? (This 9th Battalion of the West
Yorkshire Regiment was only formed in York 0n 25.08.1914 & their first action was at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli
on 06.08.1915 so Arthur Kingdom died in the very early days); He first served in the Balkans on 11.07.1915;
Arthur Kingdom was probably born in 1893 in Leeds, the son of Robert Kingdom b.1862 Bermondsey &
Martha A ?? from Leeds who married ca.1885? In 1901 Census the family lived in Clifford Street, Leeds,
Yorkshire; Medals Card on file; This Soldier needs more research; His Death was reported in the Craven
Herald;
Kingdom, Arthur: Army Veterinary Corps No: SE/21190 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Arthur Kingdon born 3rd Q 1883 Bishops Nympton, son of William Kingdon b.1846 Bishops
Nympton & Elizabeth Westcott; In 1891 & 1901 he lived with his parents in Bishops Nympton; In 1911 he
works as a Road Contractor & lived with his 2 Brothers in Rose Cottage, Bishops Nympton; Prior to
enlistment he was a Cemetery Superintendent in Torquay Extra Mural Cemetery Company; The prefix SE/ to
his regimental number denotes a Special Enlistment for the duration of the War; He enlisted on 23.01.1916 &
served in the field in France as a Horse Keeper; He claimed disability for a bad knee operation on 23.12.1918,
then sometime after in 1919 the Medical Board’s Opinion was that the injury occurred in a Quarry Accident in
1907; Discharged as permanently unfit on 22.02.1919 & lived at #1, Hele Road, St Mary Church, Torquay
with wife Ellen; Arthur Kingdon possibly Married Ellen Bourne in 1911 in Bishops Nympton, South Molton
(but I have her married to another Arthur James Kingdon from George Nympton also)?; Medals Card on file;
(This Arthur Kingdom/Kingdon was the Brother of Ernest Kingdon #17643 Devonshire Regiment who Died
in WW1 on 13.11.1915 & is Buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Ridge, Cuinchy);
Kingdom, Arthur: Army Cyclist Corps No: 6214 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: First served in France from 06.09.1915 & was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 17.02.1919;
Medals Card on file; There is insufficient information to identify this person further;
Kingdom, Arthur: Gloucestershire Regiment No: 3122 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with the Worcestershire Regiment as #235385 & was a Lance Corporal, (there is a
#265784 written on his MIC also); Served in France from 31.03.1915; Medals Card on file; There is
insufficient information to identify this person further;
Kingdom, Arthur G: Hampshire Regiment No: 355507 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: I wonder if this is not Arthur Gerald Whitfield Kingdon born 13,02.1897 in Medstead, near Alton,
Hampshire, the son of Arthur Kingdon b.1868 in Basingstoke & Mabel Whitfield from Birmingham who
married in King’s Norton, Birmingham, Worcestershire in 1895; (His Grandfather was Thomas Maton
Kingdon b.1835 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, an Ironmonger & wealthy businessman); In 1891 Census Arthur G
Kingdon is staying with his Kingdon Grandparents at Maplederwell,, Basingstoke, Hampshire; (His Father
died on 17.12.1903 at the age of 35); In the 1911 Census Arthur Gerald Whitfield Kingdon is Aged 14 & a
Pupil at Cranleigh School, Cranleigh, Surrey; Arthur Gerald W Kingdon Dies in1972 in Battle, Sussex Aged
75; Medals Card on file; (He is the brother of Kingdon, Cecil C W: Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve,
1920’s); I did not research further;
Kingdom, Arthur George: Royal Engineers No: 6886 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Transferred to Kingdon Lists: Kingdon, Arthur G: Royal Engineers No: T6886 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920
WO 372/11
Notes: A prefix T/ to the Regimental number denotes a Territorial Force; His Records Card indicates an
unknown Wil. Dn. RE notation to the Corps he served in? This Record states that he enlisted on 03.09.1914 &
was Discharged as a Sapper under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) on 14.04.1916 as Medically Unfit;
Records indicate that he served overseas at some point in his service; This is probably Arthur George
Kingdon born in Dawlish, Devon in 1885; Awarded Silver War Badge #63712; Records & Medals Card on
file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick R: Royal Engineers No: 286416 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO
372/11 who Died in WW1); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Charles: Royal Engineers No: 172009 Rank:
Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Transferred from Kingdom to Kingdon List); I did not research further;
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Kingdom, Benjamin: Mariner, Private; ADM 27/2/291;
Notes: The ADM 27 Records for Mariners Allotments of Wages has reference to a Mariner, Private Benjamin
Kingdom, Pay Book #ML 116 & serving onboard the Prison Ship, ‘HMS Sampson’, at Plymouth, making an
Allotment to his wife, Elizabeth Kingdom in 1800; The record also indicates that this Mariner was Discharged
on 17.09.1800 to Plymouth Quarters; Note: There is a Burial record for a Benjamin Kingdom on 19.07.1802 in
Bethnal Green, Middlesex; Insufficient information to identify;
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Kingdom, Cecil: East Kent Regiment No: L/7854 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 Lance Corporal Cecil Kingdom #L/7854, 1st Battalion, ‘The Buffs’ (East Kent Regiment) who died on 15th
September 1916; Remembered with honour in THIEPVAL MEMORIAL; Thiepval Cemetery is generally for
Soldiers who died on the Somme who have no known grave, there are 538 names on the panel 5D for “The
Buffs”, Cecil’s age is marked as ‘unknown’; Notes: This is Cecil Kingdom probably born on 10.09.1887 in
Holloway, Middlesex & living in Lambeth in Surrey; He was probably the son of Albert Kingdom, a Tailor,
b.1865 in Devon & Jessie Morris who married in Islington in 1884; It would appear that Cecil Kingdom
enlisted on 20.09.1914 in Chatham in Kent; The L/ prefix to his Regimental number clearly marks this man as
a Regular Soldier & his enlistment between 09.09.1903 & 12.09.1904; His name is also recorded in the Militia
Service Records lists 1806 to 1915; In 1891 Census Cecil lives with his parents in Upper Holloway, Islington;
I believe that Cecil Kingdom Aged 6 was admitted to Yerbury Road School, Islington on 20.11.1893 & was
living at #143, Junction Road; He maybe only stayed at that school for 7 days until 27.11.1893 when he may
have transferred to Whittington; (His Mother is a Music Teacher in Hornsey in 1901); In 1911 Census Private
Cecil Kingdom was serving with ‘C’ Company, 2 nd Battalion The Buffs in Singapore; Medals Card on file: I
have no other information on this Cecil?
Kingdom, Cecil: Merchant Navy, Plymouth, WW1; BT 351/1/601; Served in WW2 also;
Notes: This is probably Cecil Kingdom or Kingdon born in 1886 in Plymouth, the son of William Kingdom,
a Railway Guard, b.1862 in Morebath, Devon & Elizabeth Ann Bond from Calstock, Cornwall who Married in
1882 in Plymouth; In the 1891 Census I have Cecil Kingdon living with his parents at #29, Frederick Street,
Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Cecil is aged 14 years & still living with his parents at #29, Frederick Street in
Plymouth; Cecil Kingdom served in WW1 with the Merchant Navy but I have no further information;
Follow up Notes: Further research reveals that Cecil Kingdon, born in Plymouth in 1886 is Married to
(Emily) Emelene Victoria Ryles (b.1888, Stonehouse, Devon) since 1909 (Married in East Stonehouse) & in
the 1911 Census lives at #1, Adelaide Street, East Stonehouse, Devon; Cecil Kingdon is a Ship’s Stoker with
the Naval Ordnance Department; I understand from a WW2 London Gazette Supplement dated 04.06.1943,
that a Cecil Kingdom was also a 2nd Class Master, Naval Armament Vessels, Admiralty, however, the record is
not specific so this could be his son Cecil William George Kingdon who was born in Stonehouse, Devon in
1910; I believe that Cecil Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1957 Aged 72; BT 351/1 Card confirms Medals
Awarded – WW1 Mercantile Marine Medal & British War Medal; (Brother of Kingdom, Frederick:
#134456, Royal Garrison Artillery); (Brother of Kingdom, William Wilfred: Royal Navy, Gunner, #209300
ADM 188/365: - Died in WW1 - H.M.S. "Good Hope" on 01st November 1914;
Kingdom, Cecil James: 127th Battalion Canadian Infantry No: 778612 Rank: Sapper: Canada Records
439424a & 439424b;
Notes: This Soldier may well have also been called James Cecil Kingdom, Canadian records appear to mix
the two versions; Cecil James Kingdom previously served in Canada with the 12th Regiment, York Rangers, a
Militia unit, as noted on his Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers dated 01.02.1916 in
Toronto, Ontario; I understand that the 127th Battalion (12th York Rangers) Overseas Battalion, CEF was his
first posting; At enlistment Cecil James Kingdom was single & aged 18 years & 10 months, declaring his date
of birth as 28.03.1897 in York, Ontario, Canada, & gives his trade as a Dairyman & his address as R.R.1,
Todmorden; His Nok was his Father, James Kingdom; There is a Dispersal Record for Sapper Cecil J
Kingdom being transferred to CEF Canada & returning from Europe on 19.03.1919 on board the
‘Minnekahda’; I believe this man to be Cecil James (James Cecil) Kingdom born 28.03.1897 in York,
Toronto, the son of James George Kingdom, a Furnace Fireman b.07.09.1869 in Clifton, Bristol,
Gloucestershire, England & Amelia Elizabeth Flewelling, b.20.12.1874 in Ontario, who Married on
29.08.1894 in Wentworth, Ontario; I believe that his Father Emigrated to Canada in 1880; In 1901 Canada
Census James C Kingdom is aged 4 & lives with his parents in District 118, Toronto; In 1911 Census James
Cecil Kingdom is aged 14 & living with his parents in #376, Don Mills Road, East York, York South, Ontario,
his Father was now a Dairyman; I believe that James Cecil Kingdom, Aged 22 & a Farmer, Married Barbara
Scott, Aged 16 & born in Scotland, on 29.11.1919 in York, Toronto; I have a Border Crossing Record for
James Cecil Kingdom, a 28 year old Mechanic, visiting USA via Niagara Falls on 29.12.1920 in which Mrs.
Barbara Kingdom is recorded as his wife, living at #38, Chilton road, Toronto; I did not research further;
Kingdom, Charles: Private, #1618A, 33rd Battalion & 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force;
Notes: There are more Records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Charles Kingdom born
in 1896 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia; He is the son of William Edmund Kingdom b.16.07.1863 in
Gostwyck & Sarah Ann Quinell, who Married in 1884 in Armidale, & lived in Happy Valley, Armidale, New
South Wales; This soldier lived at North View & enlisted in Armidale on 27.10.1915 at the age of 21 years &
stated that he was a Farmer; Charles Kingdom was sent to ‘A’ Company, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1st
Reinforcements, 9th Infantry Brigade as a Private on 14.02.1916 & was sent to serve in France on 26.04.1916,
sailing from Sydney on 04.05.1916 on board ‘HMAT Marathon’ with ; On 03.12.1916 he was suffering from
Trench Foot & was hospitalised before being transferred back to France on 16.01.1917; He seems to have
suffered with bronchitis throughout 1917 & was shipped back to England for treatment; During this time
Charles Kingdom found himself in disciplinary trouble & found guilty at a District Court Martial in UK &
reduced to the ranks from Corporal to Private; By 05.12.1917 he was sent back to France, Wounded in Action
on 02.09.1918 with a Gun Shot Wound to the wrist & invalided to UK wounded & also suffering from
pneumonia; On 02.03.1919 Charles Kingdom was repatriated to Australia on board the Troopship ‘Derbyshire’
& finally discharged from the Army on 09.06.1919; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British war & Victory Medals;
(For my family records – this is a Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a
Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could
be researched further;
Kingdom, Charles: Machine Gun Corps No: 66994 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file: There is insufficient information to identify this person further;
Kingdom, Charles: Welsh Regiment No: 13172 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with the Labour Corps as a Private #407374; Served in France from 12.05.1915 & was
Transferred to the Z Reserve on 19.03.1919; Medals Card on file; There is insufficient information to
identify this person further;
Kingdom, Charles A: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 124824 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1 - Gunner Charles Alfred Kingdom #124824, 239th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery who died
aged 29 on 29 August 1918; Son of Alfred and Marian Kingdom, of 5, Lower Park Rd., Hastings.
Remembered with honour Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines in France; Notes: Ancestry.com has
him recorded as Gunner Charles Albert Kingdom? This is Charles Alfred Kingdom born 2nd Q 1889
Hastings; He was an Outfitters Assistant when he enlisted on 11.12.1915; He appears to have been wounded &
poisoned by gas from a Gas Shell in Bologne twice in late 1917; His effects were sent to his Mother on
22.01.1919 in Hastings; At the time of his WW1 Death, his Father was deceased, his mother & his brothers
Arthur S. aged 28, John W aged 21 lived in Hastings, & his sisters Elizabeth A. aged 39 & married lived in
Bristol, Ethel G aged 35, Hettie aged 34, Dorothy aged 23 & Bessie aged 17 lived in Hastings; In 1920 his
Mother requested a photo of his grave; He had a Will which went to Probate on 21.05.1919 leaving his money
(190 pounds) to his widowed Mother; In 1891 & 1901 Charles Alfred Kingdom lived in Hastings with his
Parents, his Father was a Gents Outfitter; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, Charles A: Royal Army Service Corps No: M2/099092 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix M2/ to his Regimental number denotes that he was an Electrician; He served in France from
04.09.1915 & was Transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 09.07.1919; Medals Card on file; There is
insufficient information to identify this person further;
Further research of London School Records for another Kingdom, possibly a brother has indicated that this is
more than likely Charles Augustus Kingdom born 17.05.1894 in Hammersmith the son of Edward Charles
Kingdom, a Scaffolder/Labourer, born 07.02.1864 in Bristol & Eliza Ann Chappell from Cambusnethan,
Lanark, Scotland, who married on 14.06.1886 in Kensington; In the 1901 Census the family were living at
#59, Latimer Road in Hammersmith & the family name recorded as Kingdon; In 1911 Charles Kingdom was
aged 16 years, was a Carpenter’s Apprentice & living with his parents at #30, Wharf Road, Notting Hill,
London; I believe that Charles Augustus Kingdom Married Cissie Oaks on 03.08.1924 in Brentford,
Middlesex; I believe that he Died on 27.09.1975 in Runnymead, Surrey Aged 81; (He is the Brother of
Kingdom, E T (Edward Thomas): Army Service Corps No: M2/121366 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11);
Kingdom, Charles: Royal Engineers No: 172009 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; Transferred to Kingdon List;
Kingdom, Charles G: West Riding Regiment No: 14226 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Regiment was also known as the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment & is part of the
West Yorkshire Regiment; This soldier could be Charles Godfrey Kingdom born in 11.07.1895 in
Huddersfield, (baptised Charles Godfrey Kingdom on 01.09.1895 in Rashcliffe, St. Stephen), the son of John
James Kingdom b.07.10.1870 in Horton, Bradford & Edith Mary Cleasby from Kirkburton, Yorkshire who
married in 1895 in Huddersfield; (His Grandfather was John Kingdom a Brewer from Kidderminster,
Worcestershire I believe); In 1901 Census Charles G Kingdom lived with his parents in Upperthong,
Yorkshire; In 1911 Charles Godfrey Kingdom is aged 15, working as an oiler on a worsted spinning machine
& lives with his parents in #75, Bottoms, Holmfirth, Huddersfield; I believe that Charles G Kingdom Married
Margaret Hudson, born 08.08.1895, in 1923 in Huddersfield; I also believe that Charles G Kingdom Died in
1966 Aged 71 in Durham; Medals Card on file; This information is correct for Charles Godfrey Kingdom
but it may not actually be this soldier?
Kingdom, Charles Michael: #272243, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy; (Became an Officer); ADM
188/437 & ADM 171/107;
Notes: This is Charles Michael Steer Kingdom born 21.02.1891 in Wembury, Devon, (registered in
Plympton); I had initially failed to identify his parents, but further research would indicate that he is probably
the son of Albert Richard Kingdom, a shipwright & boat builder, b.1859 in Plymouth, & Jeannie Akerman
Steer b.1860 in Plymouth, who Married in Plymouth in 1879; (This family belongs to the Kingdom/Hockings
line which I was having great problems with as some records have simply Hocking); In the 1891 Census young
Charles is aged 1 month & living with his parents in the Fish Curing Houses, Wembury, Devon, however, one
should note that the family surname is recorded as K. Hockings; In the 1901 Census, C.K. Hockings is aged 10
& living with his parents at #18, Lambhay Hill in Plymouth; This Sailor’s official Naval Number would
indicate enlistment sometime between 01.01.1905 & 31.12.1905; (Some records have him as Charles Michael
Steer Kingdon); In the 1911 Census Charles Kingdom aged 20 & born in Plymouth, is boarding at the
London Hotel in Weymouth, Dorset, he is with friends & serving in the Royal Navy as an Engine Room
Artificer; Charles M.S. Kingdom Married Flossie May Hamley (b.1891 in Cornwall) in Plymouth in 1914; On
06.08.1917 Charles M.S. Kingdom was recorded as being promoted to the rank of Engineering Mate; In 1919
Charles M.S. Kingdom was an Engineering Mate serving onboard the Battleship ‘HMS Colossus’; He was
made an Acting Lieutenant on 06.08.1919; In July 1920 he is serving as an Acting Engineering Lieutenant
onboard ‘HMS Revenge’; In 1923 he is serving onboard the Cruiser ‘HMS Glorious’ as the Engineering
Lieutenant, his promotion is dated 03.01.1922; In 1924 he is an Engineering Lieutenant Commander
(promoted 10.06.1924), onboard the Torpedo Boat Destroyer ‘HMS Volunteer’; In 1925 he is serving onboard
the Cruiser ‘HMS Weymouth’; In 1926 I believe that C.M.S. Kingdom was an Engineering Lieutenant serving
onboard ‘HMS Valorous’; On 17.12.1926 this Officer was promoted to a full Engineering Lieutenant
Commander & was serving onboard the Destroyer ‘HMS Wishart’ in 1927 & 1928; In 1929 Eng. Lieut. Cmdr.
C.M.S. Kingdom is assigned to the Destroyer ‘HMS Anthony’, under construction, & is also assigned for duty
with Captain Superintendent of Contract-built Ships, Building at Messrs. Scott’s Shipbuilders in Greenock,
Scotland; ‘HMS Anthony’ was Commissioned at Chatham on 11.03.1930 & in 1931 C.M.S. Kingdom is the
Eng. Lieut. Cmdr. on board whist this vessel is serving in the Mediterranean 3rd Flotilla; (I have a record of
Mrs. Flossie M Kingdom, Aged 38 & a Daughter Miss Emily Betty Jeane Kingdom Aged 11 arriving on the
‘SS Viceroy of India’, from Gibraltar to Tilbury on 24.10.1930, her address is given as #11, Napier Terrace,
Plymouth, Devon; Did this mean that she visited her husband who was serving in Gibraltar?); In 1933 he is
serving onboard the newly re-commissioned ‘HMS Montrose’ in the Reserve Fleet; In 1934 he is the Eng.
Lieut. Cmdr. onboard the Depot Ship ‘HMS Ambrose’, used as an Accommodation Ship in Rosyth, in
Maintenance Reserve; In 1935 he is back onboard ‘HMS Montrose’; This Naval Engineering Officer then
retired from the Royal Navy in 1936/37; However, I understand that he was re-employed with the RNVR as in
1941, as a Retired Engineering Lieutenant Commander, he was serving onboard ‘HMS Spartiate’; From 1942
to 1947 he was the Base Engineering Officer at ‘HMS Trelawney’; I believe that Charles M.S. Kingdom Died
on 17.09.1953 at #2, Cuffe Road, Milehouse in Plymouth Aged 62 & his wife Flossie May Kingdom Died in
1963 in Plymouth Aged 71; Awarded Medals in the Officer’s Roll for WW1, 1914-15 Star, Victory & British
War Medals for his Service time as a Mate; Not properly identified for certain; (Probably related to
Kingdon, Percival Hocking: #290562, 7th Battalion Devonshire Regiment & #R2564 Leading Seaman, Royal
Navy, ADM 339/1);
Kingdom, Charles H: East Yorkshire Regiment No: 10/998 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1 - Private Charles Herbert Kingdom, #10/998, 10th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 22nd
July 1916; Remembered with honour RUE-DU-BACQUEROT No.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE;
Notes: This is Charles Herbert Kingdom born in 1st Q 1894 in Hull, the son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, a
Fisherman b.1854 in Hull & Priscilla Hewitt Page from Hull who married in 1875 in Hull; In 1901 Charles H
Kingdom lived with his parents in Newington St John, Sculcoates, Yorkshire; According to the East Yorkshire
Regiment’s Deceased Army Form for this soldier dated 14.04.1919, his Father had not lived with his family
since 1905; In 1911 ‘Herbert’ Kingdom is aged 17 & lives with his Mother at #20, Rosamund Street, Hull,
Yorkshire & he was a Carriage Cleaner for a Railway Company; Charles Herbert Kingdom enlisted for WW1
on 14.09.1914 in Hull, was an Assistant Grocer & served in England until 07.12.1915; On 08.12.1915 he was
posted overseas to the Middle East Forces Region, disembarking in Port Said, Egypt on 22.12.1915; On
29.02.1916 he embarked in Port Said & disembarked for the British European Force at Marseilles on
07.03.1916; Private Charles Herbert Kingdom was posted to the front in WW1 France, suffered bouts of
influenza between 01.05.1916 & 07.05.1916, whilst in the Field, at 93 Field Ambulance & then killed in action
in the Pas de Palais locale in France on 22.07.1916; Medals Card on file & his medals were sent to his mother
between 1919 & 1923; (He was the Brother of Deck Hand Wilfred Thomas Kingdom; of the Steam Trawler
"Celia" (Hull), Mercantile Marine who died at sea, aged 24 on 08th January 1915 in WW1 action); (He was the
Son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, RNR #610/E; BT 164/10);
Kingdom, Christopher; Royal Navy, Continuous Service #15870; ADM 139/159;
Notes: Christopher Kingdom volunteered for Continuous Service with the Royal Navy on 30.09.1854
according to the records; His Naval records have his Birth Date as 19.11.1815 in Devonport, Devon; There are,
however, additional Royal Navy records for a Christopher Kingdom, born 19.11.1815 in Devonport, which
indicate his service dates as 27.08.1855 to 05.04.1860; This is probably Christopher Kingdom baptised in
Stoke Damerel on 10.05.1818, the son of Christopher Kingdom a Stonemason b.1779 in Molland, Devon &
Sarah Hambleton from Somerset who Married pre 1801; In 1841 Census Christopher Kingdom aged 20 lives
with his parents in William Street, Tamar District, Stoke Damerel, Devon; I would assume from this man’s
official Naval Continuous Service Number that he was allocated #15870 on 30.09.1854, however, he may well
have already been serving in the Royal Navy prior to this date; In 1848 in Stoke Damerel Christopher
Kingdom Married Ann Tamlin, b.1820 Devonport; In 1851 Census Ann Kingdom is recorded as a Seaman’s
Wife, lodging at #28, Queen Street, Stoke Damerel but I failed to locate Christopher Kingdom as he was in the
Royal Navy & probably at sea, (there are too many choices to carry out a full search)? In the 1861 Census
Christopher Kingdom is still a Serving Seaman in the Royal Navy & living with his wife Ann in the
Tenements in Princess Street in Stoke Damerel; In the 1871 Census Christopher Kingdom is aged 50 & a
Greenwich Pensioner, boarding with his wife at #6, Williamson Street in Southcoates, Kingston Upon Hull; In
1881 Census Chas & Ann Kingdom are living at #23, Seward Street in Southcoates, Christopher is a Naval
Pensioner; I believe that Christopher Kingdom Died in 1887 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire Aged 70; I did not find
his Widow in 1891 but in the 1901 Census Ann Kingdom is living alone at #2, Reckwell Court, Little Albion
Street, West Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Ann Kingdom probably Died in 1908 in Sculcoates Aged 89;
Follow up research: Naval Medal Records indicate that Christopher Kingdom was serving on board ‘HMS
Spartan’ in the Rangoon River in the Second Anglo-Burmese War between 29.12.1852 & 03.01.1853 & that
he was later serving with ‘HMS Colossus’ ca. 22.04.1856; Awarded the India Medal 1854 & Naval personnel
clasp ‘PEGU’ (1852-1853);
Kingdom, Claude Carne: Machine Gun Corps, #178198; Transferred to Kingdon List:
Notes: This is actually Claude Carne Kingdon born in Cornwall in 4th Q 1890; No Medals Card on file; (He
is the elder Brother of William John Yendall Kingdom (Kingdon) who served with the Royal Marines Light
Infantry & died of Dysentery in France in 1918 in WW1);
Kingdom, Colin M: Royal Engineers No: 318 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Also Recorded as: Kingdom, C M: Royal Engineers No: 452031 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/24
Notes: This soldier may have enlisted as early as between 08.04.1896 & 08.01.1897 when the new number
series was initiated for Royal Engineers; Also served as #452031 Royal Engineers; Served in Egypt from
27.07.1915; Disembodied on 04.05.1919; MIC card has C M Kingdom, record has Colm M Kingdom, MIC
Card has been amended to read Colin M Kingdom? Medals Card on file; I can find no other records for a
Colin M Kingdom or Kingdon so no further research on this soldier;
Kingdom, Cornelius Lawrence: #M12042, Engine Room Artificer 3, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1042/42;
Notes: This is Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom born 09.04.1887 in Hull, he was the son of John William
Kingdom, a Trawler Fisherman, b.1858 in Hull & Elizabeth Ann Fisher from Brixham who Married in 1881 in
Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; In 1891 Census Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom lives with his parents at #148,
Somerset Street, Newington, Hull; Cornelius’s Father Dies in 1895 at the age of 37 & in 1901 Census
Cornelius L. Kingdom lives with his Widowed Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West Sculcoates, Hull; In the 1911
Census Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom is a Blacksmith & still living with his Mother at #2, Seaton Street, West
Sculcoates; In 1913 Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom Marries Martha Jekyll in Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Naval
Records indicate that this sailor enlisted sometime between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915 & show that Cornelius L
Kingdom, Engine Room Artificer Class 3, #M.12042 served on ‘HMS Assistance’, a Repair Ship in WW1; His
wife Martha Kingdom, living at #2, Mere View Avenue, Hornsea, Yorkshire, Died on 23.12.1947 at the
Raywell Sanitorium, Skidby in Yorkshire, her Probate Record indicates that she was the wife of Cornelius
Lawrence Kingdom, Sergeant in the Air Ministry Constabulary; I believe that Cornelius Lawrence Kingdom
Died in Hull in 1949 Aged 62; His Medal Records indicate that he received the 1914-15 Star, Victory &
British War Medals & ADM 171/131 records the issue of the British War Medal for Mercantile Marine
Reserve service as a Leading Deck Hand on the Auxiliary Patrol Shore Base at Grimsby ‘HMS Pekin’; (He is
the Brother of John William Kingdom, #709 Northumberland Fusiliers & #54392 East Yorkshire Regiment
& #139275 RAMC);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, E: Devonshire Regiment No: 17143 (Misprint – should read 17643) Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11 - Died in WW1 - # 17643 Ernest Kingdon, Devonshire Regiment on 13.11.1915, buried in the Guards
Cemetery, Windy Ridge, Cuinchy; Also remembered on the Bishops Nympton War Memorial in the Village
Church; Notes: This is Ernest Kingdon b. 3rd Q 1880 Bishops Nympton, the son of William Kingdon b.1846
Bishops Nympton & Elizabeth Westcott; In 1881, 1891 & 1901 he lived with his parents in Bishops Nympton;
In 1911 he works as a Road Contractor & lived with his 2 Brothers in Rose Cottage, Bishops Nympton; I
believe that he enlisted on 01.10.1915? There is also a Medal Card for him as #17643 as Ernest Kingdon in the
Devonshire Regiment? Medals Card on file; (Ernest Kingdon was the Brother of Corporal Arthur Kingdom,
#SE/21190 Army Veterinary Corps who served in WW1 also);
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Ernest: Devonshire Regiment No: 17643 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Kingdom, E A: Devonshire Regiment No: 1590 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Enlistment dates for the number #1590 are between 03.02.1886 & 05.07.1887; Enlistment for WW1
was 10.11.1914 & date of Discharge in Exeter for Sickness under King’s Regulations, Para 302 (xvi) was
20.07.1915; Served with the 1/7th (C) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment but never served overseas; This
was a Cyclist Unit; Awarded Silver War Badge #227834; Records Card on file; Insufficient information to
fully research this soldier;
Kingdom, E C H: Royal Horse Artillery No: 126946 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Soldier was Commissioned on 07.07.1916; Medals Card on file; I failed to find anything on this
man or to identify him;
Kingdom, E H: New Zealand, 9th Contingent; Boer War;
Notes: This Soldier is recorded as having served with the 9th New Zealand Contingent in the Boer War in
1902; He would have sailed from New Zealand to South Africa on 12.03.1902 & probably saw action until
peace was declared on 01.06.1902; I believe that the 9th Contingent sailed home in July 1902; I failed to find
anything else on this man or to identify him;
Kingdom, E T: Army Service Corps No: M2/121366 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes This is Edward Thomas (Teddie) Kingdom born 23.08.1890 in Kensington, the son of Edward
Charles Kingdom, a Scaffolder/Labourer, b.07.02.1864 in Bristol & Eliza Ann Chappell from Cambusnethan,
Lanark, Scotland, who married on 14.06.1886 in Kensington; (I believe that his parents had an earlier son also
named Edward Thomas who was baptised on 20.06.1887 in St Clements Church, Notting Hill, they were living
at #128, Latimer Road then, but he died Aged 0 – see 2nd Q 1887 Fulham 1a.159 records); In 1891 Census
Edward Thomas Kingdom lived with his parents in #59, Latimer Road, Hammersmith, London; There are
London School Records for Edward Kingdom with an admission date of 10.01.1898 to St Clement’s Road
School, Kensington & Chelsea at the age of 7 years; In 1901 Census the family were living at #59, Latimer
Road in Hammersmith & Edward Thomas was called ‘Teddie’ & the family name recorded as Kingdon; In
1911 Edward Kingdom was aged 20 years, was a Book Porter & living with his parents at #30, Wharf Road,
Notting Hill, London; I believe that Edward Thomas Kingdom enlisted as a 25 year old Motor Driver on
21.09.1915 in London & first went to France on 03.10.1915; He gave his address as #227, Latimer Road,
North Kensington, London; Whilst on Active Service, Private Edward Thomas Kingdom Married Louisa Hetty
Oaks on 16.12.1917 in St Alban’s Church, St Alban, Acton Green; Whilst serving with the Army in France he
was accidentally burnt quite badly on 24.11.1918 in a primus stove explosion, hospitalized & then invalided to
England for treatment; I believe that he was transferred to the Reserve on 03.04.1919 because of the burns
accident damage; His Claim for a Disability Pension in November 1919 was Rejected; I believe that Edward
Thomas Kingdom died in Fulham on 08.11.1967 Aged 77; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of
Kingdom, Charles A (Augustus): Royal Army Service Corps No: M2/099092 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11);
Kingdom, Edgar: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 73969 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Some Records have Edgar Kingdone, some have Kingdon & others Kingdom? This is Edgar Kingdom
born in 1891 in Chert, Frensham, Surrey, the son of Henry Kingdom, a Brewer’s Drayman, b.1865 in Wibley,
Surrey & Fanny Smith from Frensham who married in 1889 in Farnham; (His Father was a Police Constable
in 1890 & I believe that he was also a Chelsea Pensioner but I can find no Military Service Record); (Edgar is
the Grandson of Robert Kingdon b.1835 in Chulmleigh & Mary Jane from Swansea); In 1901 & 1911
Censuses Edgar lives with his parents in St Giles in the Field, Bloomsbury; Edgar Kingdom, a 24 year old
Married Clerk in a Motor Garage, from #52, Castle Street, Long Acre, London, was Attested on 08.12.1915,
sent to the Reserve & then Enlisted on 04.04.1916 in London; Edgar Kingdom Married Madeline Simpson on
25.12.1912 at St Michael’s Church in Bromley; On his Army records there are 2 children – Edgar Robert
Kingdom born 07.01.1914 in West Ham & Ronald James Kingdom born 13.01.1916 in St Giles, Bloomsbury;
Edgar Kingdom served for 3 years & 65 days, with 3 postings to France in that time; I believe that he was
discharged on 05.09.1919 in Dover; On 20.10.1922 the Ministry of Pensions requested his Discharge Records
& for some reason someone has written “Australia” on the bottom of the forms; Did this family emigrate to
Australia post WW1? I have now found the family’s return to England from Australia aboard the ‘SS
Sophocles’ in July 1925; Later checks indicate that Edgar & his family will emigrate to Canada in 1925 as he
travels as a Motor Salesman to Quebec/Montreal on 21.11.1925 aboard the ‘SS Empress of Scotland’,
however, his Passport appears to have issued in Brisbane on 07.05.1925 so he had already been to Australia &
returned to England; Edgar also recorded that he was visiting a Brother in Law, A. Strafford of 8 th Avenue,
Montreal – is this a Kingdon or a Simpson relative? At this time Edgar & Madeline Kingdom have Twin
Daughters, Ivy & Doris born in 1920; Madeline Kingdom & the children emigrate to Canada on 10.05.1926
aboard the ‘SS Athenia’, their tickets being paid for by her sister; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of
Kingdon, Henry: Army Service Corps No: M2/034115 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); I have not
traced this family further;
Kingdom, Edward: Adjutant of His Majesty’s 94th Regiment of Foot (Scotch Brigade) in India in 1804;
Notes: There is a Muster Roll for the 94th Regiment of Foot (‘Scotch Brigade’) for 25.06.1804 to 24.12.1804,
recorded when the regiment was in camp near Futtypore (Fatehpur) in India which records a Lieutenant (?)
Edward Kingdom as the Adjutant; I also found a record list for Officers of the 94 th Regiment (Scotch Brigade)
from 1800 to 1869 in which there is – Edward Kingdom – From Sergeant Major in the 33rd Regiment of foot
(The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment); This record indicates that he was present at the Storming of
Seringapatam, probably the 1799 event & not the 1792 event but I cannot be certain? This record also indicates
that he served in the Peninsular War, 1808 to 1814, as he was present at the Storming of Badajoz in Spain on
06.04.1812 with Wellington’s Army; Insufficient information to identify him further;
Kingdom, Edward: Devonshire Regiment No: 13865 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The Records have #13865 & also #13930 Edward Thomas Kingdom serving with the Somerset Light
Infantry; This is Edward Thomas Kingdom born in St John’s, Bristol in 1871; He is the son of John Henry
Kingdom b.1839 in Bristol & Sarah Sophia Greenham from Bristol, who married on 25.02.1866 in Bristol; His
Father was a Boot maker; In 1881 & 1891 Census he lived with his parents in Towers Lane, St. John Baptist,
Bristol, Gloucestershire; In 1901 Edward T Kingdom is a Boot finisher, boarding in St Paul district, Bristol;
He enlisted in Bath on 05.09.1914 Aged 34 years & 7 months having previously served a 3 year engagement
with the ?? Engineers but I cannot locate these records & I believe that his age is also wrong & that he was
older than declared; He was in the Boot Trade and this fits with my research for Edward T Kingdom born in
1871 in Bristol; He gave his address as #40, Westrey Terrace, St George’s, Bristol? He was posted to the 10th
Battalion, Devon Regiment on 26.09.1914 but subsequently discharged in Exeter as not likely to become an
efficient soldier on 22.11.1914 having served a total of 79 days only; Edward Thomas Kingdom gave his next
of kin as his Mother, Sarah Sophia Kingdom (a Widow) living in #27, Coosham Road, St George, Bristol; He
then made a claim for a Silver War Badge which was approved & issued on 11.03.1919; I believe that Edward
Thomas Kingdom died in 1937 in Bristol Aged 65; Awarded Silver War Badge #B/136513; Medals Card on
file;
Kingdom, Edward G: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 2282 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Regimental number would indicate enlistment between 08.05.1914 & 08.08.1914; Medals Card on
file; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Edward P: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment No: 24594 Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
– Died in WW1 – Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, 11th or 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts
& Derby Regiment) who died on 17 July 1916; Remembered with honour Thiepval Memorial - Thiepval
Cemetery is generally for Soldiers who have no known marked grave; Notes: This is Edward Pratt Kingdom
born in 4th Q 1883 in Methwold, Thetford, Norfolk, son of James Kingdom, Inland Revenue Officer) b.1853 in
Thetford & Jessie Pratt from Norfolk who married in 1878 in Thetford; Edward Pratt Kingdom enlisted in
Burton on Trent, Staffordshire & served in France & Flanders; His records say that he lived in Coventry,
Warwickshire; In 1891 he lived with his parents in Wigan, Lancashire; In 1901 his parents lived in
Staffordshire; I believe that in 1901 Edward Kingdom was working & boarding as a Draper’s Assistant in
Dudley, Worcestershire; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Sergeant Henry Capp Kingdon,
Lincolnshire Regiment No: 7108); I think that his Great Grandmother was Mary Kingdon b.1787 in Penarth,
Glamorganshire, Wales, Widow of a Customs Excise Officer in 1871 in St Cuthbert’s Norfolk? Her Husband
was George Kingdon b.1779 in Launceston, Cornwall; (He was a Cousin of #5633 RSM Albert Arthur
Kingdon, Norfolk Regiment); (He was a Cousin of #1445 WOII Edward Kingdon of the Coldstream Guards
& the Military Provost Corps); (Note: There is another Cousin also named Henry Capp, the brother of Albert
Arthur & Edward Kingdon above, who was born in 1889 in Yarmouth, thereby probably making him too
young to have enlisted in 1904/5, although it is possible that I have the two Henry Capp Kingdons mixed up;
In any case they are probably all related in the Norfolk Kingdon line; Further research reveals that this brother
also served & died in WW1 as Private H C Kingdom, #34736, 3rd Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment, who
died on 30 March 1916, Remembered with honour Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery); (I now believe that there
is a Henry Charles Kingdon who also served with the Lincolnshire Regiment); (Also a George Frederick
Samuel Kingdon #4570 North Staffordshire Regiment who is related);
Kingdom, Edwin: #RME/897/S, Private, Royal Marine Engineers; ADM 313;
Notes: There is a Record for an Edwin Kingdom serving with the Royal Marine Engineers but no other
information available; Awarded the British War Medal for WW1, ADM 171/169; Insufficient information to
identify;
Kingdom, Elias: #3553 Private, 75th Foot – Stirlingshire Regiment – Indian Mutiny 1857/1858; WO 100/38 &
WO 100/405; Died in the Relief of Delhi;
Notes: This soldier was entitled to Receive Prize Money from the Delhi Recapture Campaign & probably
served with the No. 5 Company of Her Majesty’s 75th Regiment; He did not serve at Lucknow as he had
already died at Delhi on 29.06.1857; This is probably Elias Kingdom/Kingdon baptised 01.05.1825 in
Knowstone, Devon; He was the son of John Kingdon, b.1808 Knowstone & Elizabeth Harris who Married on
05.06.1825 in Knowstone; In 1841 I have Elias Kingdom Aged 15 working as an Agricultural Labourer’s
Assistant to his Uncle William Kingdom at Shapcott Barton Farm in Knowstone; Awarded the Indian Mutiny
Medal 1857-1858;
Kingdom, Ernest: Royal Devonshire Yeomanry No: 2568 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: #2568 is for service with Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry; Also recorded as #345240 for service in the
Devonshire Regiment; It would appear that Ernest Kingdom first entered the war on 23.09.1915; Medals Card
on file; No other information found, could be any one of a number of Ernest Kingdom/Kingdon boys?
Kingdom, Ernest: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 107269 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served as # 448046 in the Labour Corps; This is Ernest Kingdom born in 4th Q 1879 in
Birmingham, the son of Charles Kingdom b.1847 Coventry, a Watch Maker & Maria Watts who married in
Birmingham in 1867; In 1881 & 1891 he lived with his parents in Birmingham & in 1901 & 1911 Censuses he
was a Barman still living with his parents in Birmingham; He was Called Up & Enlisted on 20.07.1916 Aged
37 years & 10 Months & was a Licensed Victualler living at #84, Cambridge Street, Birmingham at the time;
He was already married, his wife’s name was Fanny Shotton, I believe that they married on 18.07.1915 in
Birmingham; He served in Malta & in France, he may have been wounded in May 1917; He was Discharged in
1919; Ernest Kingdom Died in Birmingham in 1945 Aged 65; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, Ernest: Wiltshire Regiment No: 14427 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Soldier served in France from 21.09.1915; Transferred to the Z Reserve but I have no dates;
Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Ernest: #4068, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/67;
Notes: This is Ernest Kingdom born 12.09.1869 according to the RMLI records, no birthplace given); The
records state that he Enlisted in the RMLI, Plymouth Division on 12.05.1887, there is no other information;
There is an Ernest Kingdom born in Crediton, Devon in 1869 who possibly fits this Marine’s profile; His
parents were probably George Kingdon, a Shepherd b.1837 in Rackenford & Harriett Fewings from
Witheridge, who Married in ca.1854 in Devon; In 1871 Census Ernest Kingdom lives with his parents at
Higher Rew Cottage in Shobrooke, Devon, his Father is a Farm Labourer; In 1881 this family & their son
Ernest Kingdom, Aged 11, lived at #107 Exeter Road, Newton St Cyres; I believe that Ernest’s Mother Died in
1886 just before he enlisted with the Royal Marines, his Father remarried to a Catherine ?? from North Tawton
soon after & they lived in Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire, his father was now a Dairyman; I did not
research any further;
Kingdom, Ernest C: Army Cyclist Corps No: 8321 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served in France from 03.12.1915 & Transferred to the Z Reserve on 04.03.1919; A search of the
records would indicate that this is probably Ernest Clifford Kingdon born in 1894 in Cardiff, the son of John
Kingdom, b.29.12.1863 in Llantrissent, a Retired Railway Engineer & Engine Driver & Emily Harriet
Richards from Monmouth, who married in Cardiff in 1888; In 1901 Census they live in Central Cardiff; In
1911 Census the family lives at #20, Station Terrace, Treherbert, Rhondda, Glamorgan, his Father John is a
Rail Engine Driver & Ernest Clifford Kingdom is aged 16 & a Coal Miner, Hewer; Ernest C Kingdom Died in
1961 in Bridgend, Glamorgan Aged 66; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Archibald:
Royal Army Service Corps No: T/35197 Rank: Driver who Died in WW1 on 29.09.1915);
Kingdom, Ernest M: Royal Engineers No: 289920 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Soldier also served with Waterways & Railways Unit of the Royal Engineers as #WR/274953;
There would appear to be only one possible Kingdom candidate for this person so I am presuming the
following; This is probably Ernest Milton Kingdom born 1891 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of
John Kingdom, a Flour Haulier, b.?? in Molland, Devon & Elizabeth Roach from Margam, Glamorgan who
Married in 1882 in Swansea; In 1901 Census Ernest M Kingdom lives with his parents at #39, Argyll Street,
Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales; In 1911 Census Ernest Kingdom still lives with his parents at #21, Argyll
Street, Swansea, he is aged 19, Single & a Grocery Store Warehouseman; I understand that Ernest M Kingdom
Married Caroline Drew in 1921 in Swansea; I believe that Ernest Milton Kingdom Died in 1950 in Swansea
Aged 59; Medals Card on file; I have not researched this man further;
Kingdom, Evan J: Royal Field Artillery No: 28161 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served in France from 29.07.1915; I believe that this is probably Evan John Kingdom born
25.09.1896 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales; He is the son of William Kingdom, a Coal Miner, b.1877 in
Glamorgan, Wales & Cecilia Thomas who Married in 1895 in Bridgend; In 1901 Census Evan J Kingdon lives
with his parents in Glyncorrwg, Glamorgan; In 1911 Census I found Evan John Kingdom living with his Rees
Cousin, Sub Postmaster, in Emporium Penclawdd, Llanrhidian Higher, Glamorgan, he is aged 14 & an
Apprentice (trade not recorded) ; Note that there are 2 Evan J Kingdom marriages in Neath, one in 1921 to
May Hampton & another in 1948 to Violet M. Goddard which I have not followed up, but I believe that May
Kingdom died in 1947 in Neath; I understand that Evan John Kingdom Died in 1974 in Neath,
Glamorganshire, Wales Aged 78; Medals Card on file;
F
KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, F: Manchester Regiment No: 3515546 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/24
Notes: All National Archives records confirm correct Name, Regimental Number, Regiment & dates – Image
reference is 135197 / 11312 - but I can find No Medals Card on file? Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, F: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Frederick G T: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO
372/11
Notes: Served with A Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in France from 11.11.914; This is probably Frederick
George Turner Kingdon born 06.07.1893 in Poplar, Bow, Greater London (baptised 10.09.1893 in Lambeth),
son of Benjamin George Kingdon b.1858 in Taunton, Somerset & Elizabeth Turner from Taunton who married
in 1884 in Taunton; In 1901 Census Frederick G Kingdon is aged 7 & living with his parents in 61, Lion Road,
Bexley, Kent who are both Laundry workers; In 1911 Census Frederick George Kingdon Aged 19 is a Driver
serving with the AA Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in Cantonments, Patchejstroom, Transvaal, South Africa;
Frederick G T Kingdon Married Alice Wade in Woolwich, Kent in 1922; (He is probably the Brother of
Ernest John Kingdon #220465 Royal Navy); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413,
Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/911); 2x Medals Card on file; I have not researched this Soldier
any further;
Kingdom, F: East Lancashire Regiment No: 17311 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Also Recorded as: Kingdom, Fred: Royal Defence Corps No: 72672 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Fred: East Lancashire Regiment No: 8/17311 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The 8th (Service) Battalion of the East Lancashire Regiment was formed as part of the New Army in
Preston in September 1914 & were sent to France in late July 1915; The Silver War Badge record for this
soldier indicates that Private Fred Kingdon #72672 Royal Defence Corps, Enlisted on 16.11.1914 & was
Discharged on 18.09.1918 having been declared Unfit for Service (King’s Regulations 392) due to wounds
received, at the age of 35 years; This would indicate that he was born ca.1883; This also records that he had
served overseas; His service with the RDC was obviously brought about by his having been wounded
previously & subsequently not fit to be returned to the war front? The Medals Card for #8/17311 Private
Kingdom F. 8th East Lancs Regt. states that he first served in France 01.08.1915, that he also served as #72672
Royal Defence Corps & that he was Discharged on 18.09.1918; Awarded Silver War Badge #B15344; 3x
Medals Cards on file; Insufficient information to enable identification, (there is a Frederick Kingdon born
1883 in Barnsley, Yorkshire?);
Kingdom, Francis W: Devonshire Regiment No: 1775 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
I believe that his Regimental number should read #1175; Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6 th Battalion the
Devonshire Regiment has reference to a Private F.W. Kingdon, #1175, serving with ‘C’ Company in
Mesopotamia who was Wounded in Action at the Battle of Es Sinn on 08.03.1916; Also served as #341693 in
the Labour Corps; Name should be Kingdon; This is probably Francis William Kingdon born in 1884 in
Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of George Kingdon b.1851 Bishops Nympton & Ann Kingdom b.1863 in
Knowstone who Married in 1881 in Knowstone; In 1891 & 1901 Census ‘Frank’ Francis William Kingdon
lived with his parents in Crosside, Knowstone, Devon; I believe that Francis W Kingdon Dies in Barnstaple in
1961 Aged 76; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest: Devonshire Regiment No: 8737
Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is also the Brother of Eli Kingdon who served in WW1 #3143,
#2348 & #96658 RFA until 31.03.1919); ); (He is also the brother of Kingdon, Bert: Devonshire Regiment
No: 8673 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the brother of Kingdon, Frederick: #814692 139th
Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Rank: Private);
Kingdom, Francis W: Coldstream Guards No: 17882 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Francis William (Frank) John Kingdom born 1894 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; In 1901 the family lived in Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne, Dorset; In 1911 Census
the family lives in the High Street, Sydling, & Frank is a 17 year Carter on a Farm & his Father is a Rabbit
Trapper; Francis William Kingdon Aged 20 years 5 months & born in Sydling initially enlisted in Dorchester
on the 31st August 1914 with the Hussars of the Line as #16564 & joined in Bristol; On 25.09.1914 he was
Discharged after only 26 days service as ‘Not being likely to become an efficient soldier’? But, I believe that it
was because he was under age? There is also a record from Shorncliffe that he was unfit?
Notes: It would the appear that Francis William (Frank) John Kingdon born 1894, baptised on 06.05.1894
in Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset, the son of William Thomas Kingdom b.1865 in Cerne Abbas & Ellen Green,
re-enlisted in Dorchester when he was a Labourer, aged 21 years & 9 months on 11th December 1915, this time
with the Coldstream Guards #17882; He was mobilised on 22.01.1916 & demobilised 24.04.1919; He served
in France with the 3rd Battalion & received a Shell Wound in his left thigh on 09.10.1917; In 1918 he rejoined
the Battalion; I believe that Francis W Kingdom married Edith Mabel Norman on 14.08.1920 in Sydling St
Nicholas, Dorset; I understand that ‘Frank’ Kingdom Died in July 1930 Aged 36 & was Buried in Sydling St
Nicholas on 01.08.1930; Edith Mabel Kingdom (nee Norman) was born in Ashwick, Somerset on 31.08.1892
& Died on 05.03.1976 in Portland Hospital Dorset Aged 83, she was already a Widow & lived at the Village
Shop & was Buried on 11.03.1976 in in Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset; Medals Card on file, he did not qualify
for the 1914-15 Star but received the British War & Victory Medals; (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); (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 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);
Kingdom, Frank: Devonshire Regiment No: 10191 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 One of 3 Sons of his family to die in WW1 – Private Frank Kingdom
#10191, 8th Bn., Devonshire
Regiment
who died
on 25th September 1915, Remembered with honour
on the Loos Memorial; Notes: This
is Frank Kingdom born 4th Q 1892 Tiverton 5b.391, 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; In the 1901 Jack Kingdom lives with his parents, his Father William is a Chimney Sweep
living at #15, West Exe South in Tiverton; In the 1911 Census Frank Kingdom is aged 18 & a Lace Making
Machinist, living with his parents at #8, West Exe South, Tiverton, Devon; I believe that Frank Kingdom
enlisted for WW1 Service & was sent to France on 25.07.1915, unfortunately he was only alive there for
exactly 2 months until being “Regarded Dead” on 25.09.1915; Medals Card on file; (The sons in this family
are Grandchildren of Robert Kingdon b.1839 & Caroline Were); (He was the Brother of #8207 Lance
Corporal Gordon Kingdom b.1890 in Rackenford, who served in Devonshire Regiment & who also Died in
WW1 on the 01.07.1916 in France; He was also the Brother of #9906 Private William Alexander Kingdom
b.1896 Tiverton, who served in Devonshire Regiment who also Died in WW1 on 27.09.1916 on the Somme in
France);
Kingdom, Frank: Royal Navy No: #347155 Rank: Armourer: ADM 188/527/155;
Notes: I believe that this is Frank Kingdom born 29.02.1885 in Bermondsey, London, (ADM Register of
Seamen’s Service has his date of birth as 29.02.1884 in Bermondsey); He is the son of Alfred Kingdom, a
Carpenter b.1835 in Islington, London & Elizabeth Dunon? b.1848 in Dover, Kent, who Married in 1882 in
Islington, London; In the 1891 Census Frank Kingdom is aged 6 & living with his parents at #14, Marks Road,
Bermondsey, London; I understand that Frank’s Father died or left home in ca.1896 & his Mother remarried to
another Carpenter, Alfred Cook b.1834 Hoxton, London, in ?? in ??; In the 1901 Census Frank Kingdom is
working as a 16 year old Brass Turner & living with his Mother & Step Father at #8, East Surrey Grove,
Camberwell, London; (However, there is something odd here which needs further investigation); This Sailor’s
official number #347155 would indicate his joining the Royal Navy between 01.01.1904 & 31.12.1904; I
failed to find any supporting evidence to this family’s records; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British
War Medals at the end of WW1 & appears to have been serving onboard the battleship ‘HMS Benbow’ as an
Armourer at that time; This needs a lot more research;
Kingdom, Frank: Royal Navy No: K29527 Rank: Stoker, 1st Class; 1914-1920 ADM 188/926/27;
Notes: The ADM 188 Records have reference to a Frank Kingdom, born 15.01.1893 in Dulverton, (Devon),
should be Somerset; Unfortunately I can find no definite record for this birth date or this person that does not
conflict with other information I have recorded in this document, see above Frank Kingdom b.1892 in Tiverton
for example; Subsequently I have not managed to go too much further with certainty but can identify that in
general, births in Dulverton, Somerset, were mostly recorded in Tiverton, Devon as this is the border area
between Devon & Somerset; There is a Frank Kingdom born in the 1st Q 1893 in Tiverton, Devon & this could
very well be our man; If I am correct then Frank Kingdom 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 Frank Kingdom lives with his parents at Bushment cottage in Tiverton;
In the 1911 Census young Frank Kingdom is aged 17 & working as a Farm Lad at Wood Puddington,
Morchard Bishop, Poughill, Devon, (his parents live at Howden Cottage in Tiverton, his Father is now a
Domestic Gardener); This Sailor’s Official Naval number #K29527 would indicate that he enlisted between
01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915 & the prefix ’K’ identifies him as a Stoker; I have no other information or records
for this man; Awarded the Victory & British War Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Walter: Border
Regiment No: 34535 Rank: Private who Died in WW1); (His elder brother William Henry Kingdom, # 3598,
Corporal, Devonshire Regiment also Died in WW1 but in Iraq); Needs more family identity research at
Kew;
Kingdom, Frank: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Inf. No: 6057 Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 Died in WW1 - Private FRANK KINGDOM # 202422, "C" Coy. 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light
Infantry who died age 25 on 10th September 1918; Son of Richard Kingdom, of 2, Ebrington Terrace,
Witheridge, North Devon; Remembered with honour Granezza British Cemetery in Italy; Notes: Frank Alfred
or Alfred Frank Kingdom served as #6057, (probably enlisting between 03.03.1899 & 05.07.1900) & #202422
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry; He was born Alfred Frank Kingdon 2nd Q 1893 (Witheridge) South Molton
5b.433; Family lived in Witheridge at Downland Cottage in 1901 Census; Son of Richard Kingdon b.1860
(Woolfardisworthy) & Jessie Hill, who married in 1883 Witheridge; Family lived in Witheridge at Downland
Cottage in 1901 Census; Parents lived in Witheridge all their married life; In 1911 Census Frank Kingdom is a
Cowman on a Farm but lives with his parents in Witheridge, Devon; Private Frank A Kingdom is remembered
on the Witheridge War Memorial; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, Frank: Devonshire Regiment No: #384 Rank: Private: Military Foot Police No: #1187 Rank:
Corporal; Notes: This is Frank Kingdom born in 1866 in Rackenford the son of Robert Kingdon b.1839
Rackenford & Caroline Were who were married in 1858; In 1871 Frank lived with his parents in Rackenford,
Devon; In 1881 Frank was an Agricultural Laborer living with his parents in Tiverton; Frank Kingdom, aged
18 enlisted in the Army on 20.02.1885 in Exeter for a period of 7 years Service & 5 years Reserve Service; He
served with the Devonshires & was promoted to Lance Corporal 09.11.1888 & then transferred to the Military
Foot Police as a Private on 15.04.1890; On 08.01.1895 Frank Kingdom married Elizabeth West from
Barfreystone, Kent, in Eastry, Kent; On the 12.11.1896 in Shorncliffe he re-engaged to make up his 21 years
service; Frank Kingdom was promoted to Corporal on 27.05.1899; In 1901 Frank Kingdom, his wife Elizabeth
& their family lived in Alverstoke, Hampshire; Corporal Frank Kingdom, Military foot Police died naturally
whilst in station at Colchester on 16.02.1902; At the time of his death he had served 16 years & 363 days; In
1911 Frank’s Widow, Elizabeth Kingdom is a Patient in the Mount Vernon Hospital for Consumption in
Hampstead, London NW; (Brother of Private Albert Kingdom #3/7024 Devonshire Regiment who Died in
Flanders on 10.03.1915 & also the Brother of Private Henry Kingdom #3/18991 Devonshire Regiment &
later Corporal #229435 Royal Military Foot Police who also served in WW1);
Kingdom, Frank: #11870, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/150;
Notes: I believe this to be Frank Kingdon, born 29.02.1884 in Plymouth; He is the son of Daniel Kingdon, a
Cabinet Maker b. ca.1846 in Jersey, Channel Islands (who served in the Royal Navy) & Mary ?? from
Torquay, Devon, in ca.1875; In 1891 Census Frank Kingdon lives with his parents in Ladywell Cottage,
Charles, Plymouth; In 1901 I believe that Frank Kingdon is boarding alongwith his Widowed Father in #13,
Summerland Place, Plymouth, he is aged 16 & is working as an Errand Boy in a Leather Warehouse;
According to the Royal Marine Records, Frank Kingdom Enlisted in Plymouth on 08.10.1902; (He is the Son
of Kingdon, Daniel: Carpenter Crew, Continuous Service #2501B, Royal Navy; ADM 139/826 & ADM
188/2501B); I did not research further;
Kingdom, Frank: Royal Engineers No: 300679 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable good identification;
Kingdom, Frank: Army Service Corps No: M/344511 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
REFER TO: Kingdon, Frank: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 4022 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is actually Frank Kingdon who also served as #4022 in 145 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery having enlisted on 27.09.1915 in Stockport & was then discharged on 20.12.1915 under King’s
Regulations Para 392 (iii).c on Medical Grounds; I think that he served as well as #M/344511 in the Army
Service Corps being called up for Service on 09.09.1917 & finally being discharged on 24.11.1919, but the
records MIC Card has Kingdom, Frank in error; Awarded the Silver War Badge #20124 from the Royal
Garrison Artillery (Dover); RGA Records Card & ASC Medals Cards on file; Refer to Kingdon, Frank:
Royal Garrison Artillery No: 4022 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
Kingdom, Frank W: Devonshire Regiment No: 7862 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Frank Wm.: Devonshire Regiment No: 7862 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: With a regimental number of #7862, this soldier’s enlistment would have been between 24.01.1904 &
09.03.1905; There are records to indicate that Private Frank Wm. Kingdon #7862 originally enlisted on
05.01.1905 & was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 xvi for Sickness on 07.04.1916 & also
indicating that he had served overseas; Private Frank W Kingdom #7862 appears to have initially gone to
Africa on 24.08.1914 & his MIC indicates that he was ‘Discharged’; Another MIC is on record for a
Temporary Sergeant, F.W. Kingdom, attached to the Nigeria Regiment, his records state that he ‘Resumed
Civil Duties’ but there are no dates or indications as to what this means? This record also confirms that he first
went to Africa on 30.09.1914;
This soldier could be Frank William Kingdom born in 1888 in Knossington, Somerset, the son of James
Kingdom, a Gamekeeper, b.1839 Swimbridge & Elizabeth ?? from Buckland Filleigh who married in ?? in ??;
In the 1891 Census Frank William Kingdon lived with his parents at the Market House in Black Torrington,
Halwell, Devon; I think his mother is a Widow living in Attleborough, Norfolk in 1901 Census but I failed to
find Frank William; In the 1911 Census I have found a Frank William Kingdon b.1887 in Exeter, serving as a
Private in the 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment in Malta; However, on the 26.08.1915 I did find a Frank
William Kingdon of the Military returning from Lagos Nigeria on the ‘SS Mendip’ & he gave a contact as a
Mrs. Fox of Kewstoke, Somerset; Despite searching the 1911 Census for Kewstoke, Weston Super Mare &
locating a Fox family I can find no link to Frank William Kingdon or Kingdom; Awarded the Silver War
Badge #226276 under #7862 Private Frank William Kingdon; Medals Card for T/Sgt. F.W. Kingdom,
attached to the Nigeria Regt. is on file for the Victory & the British War Medals, however this MIC is also
marked, ‘on 1915 Star Roll, col/5/40-11; Medals Card on file for award of the 1915 Star for #7862 Private
Frank W. Kingdom, Devon Regt. & marked ‘Discharged’; The Medals Record Card for Private #7862
Frank Wm Kingdom (changed to Kingdon) indicates award of the Victory & the British War Medals; I did
not research this Soldier any further as there is too much conflicting information; There may be two
different soldiers here?
Kingdom, Frank Wilfred: Devonshire Regiment No: 32349 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Also recorded as: Kingdon, Frank W: Devonshire Regiment No: 32349 Rank: Private, WO 372/11
Notes: The records for Private Frank Wilfred Kingdom, #32349, indicate that he Enlisted 0n 07.11.1916 & was
later Discharged on 12.06.1919, under King’s Regulations Para 392 xvi, as being no longer physically fit for
war due to wounds he had received whilst on active duty; His records show that he had served overseas; I
believe that this is actually Frank Wilfred Kingdom born on 08.12.1898 in Halberton, Devon the son of
Frank Kingdom, a Tailor, b.1874 Cruwys Morchard & Clara Sanders from Twitchen, Devon who married in
1898 in Twitchen, South Molton, Devon; In 1901 & 1911 Censuses Frank Wilfred Kingdom lived with his
parents in Wallands, Halberton, Devon; I believe that Frank Wilfred Kingdom Died in Tiverton, Mid Devon in
1980; Awarded Silver War Badge #B268358 for Frank Wilfred Kingdom; Medals Card for Frank W Kingdon
on file; Medal Record Card for Frank Wilfred Kingdom on file;
Kingdom, Fred: #28222, Sapper, Royal Engineers; W097 Records;
Notes: This is Fred Kingdom born in Cruwys Morchard in 1871, the son of Abraham Kingdon, a Tailor
b.1836 Rackenford, Devon & Mary Anne Roberts from Cruwys Morchard, Devon who married in 1859 in
Tiverton, Devon; In the 1881 Census Fred Kingdom lived with his parents at Lower Penny Moor, Cruwys
Morchard, Devon, his Father is a Tailor; In the 1891 Census Fred Kingdom is recorded as a Tailor but still
living with his parents in Elworthy Cottage, Cruwys Morchard, Devon; Fred Kingdom then enlisted in the
Army for a Short Service of 7 years with the Colours & 5 years in the Reserve, at the age of 23 years & 9
months in the Royal Engineers as #28222, on 30.05.1894 in London, which probably equated to a Special ReEnlistment; On his enlistment papers he declared that he had previously served with the Royal Marine Light
Infantry but had ‘Purchased his Discharge’, no dates or further info was given & I cannot find him in my
RMLI files? His next of kin is recorded as Abraham Kingdom, Tiverton, Devon; Sapper Fred Kingdom’s
occupation was recorded as a Skilled Tailor; He served entirely in England at Chatham & Aldershot but on
25.06.1897 he was tried by District Court Martial for being AWOL & sentenced to 28 days detention with hard
labour; His sentence extended from 30.06.1897 until 19.07.1897 & indicates that he only served 20 days; He
was subsequently Discharged for Misconduct on 19.07.1897; He had served for 3 years & 51 days but this was
forfeited for any pension due to his misconduct discharge; Throughout his Army Service & commencing in
February of 1895, he suffered with primary & secondary Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Pleurisy & Alcoholism; In 1901
Census Fred Kingdom now aged 35 is a Journeyman Tailor & boarding with another Tailor’s family at a
Cottage in Knowstone, Devon; I failed to locate this man in 1911 or to establish a date of death? (He was the
Brother of Kingdom, Walter: #3744, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Division who enlisted in
1887; ADM 159/6); I have not researched any further than this;
Kingdom, Frederick: Somerset Light Infantry No: 36666 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Regiment was called Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry); Medals Card on file; Insufficient
information to identify this soldier;
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, No: 152709, ADM 188/220/209;
Notes: The ADM records have Frederick Kingdom born in Witheridge, Devon 26.02.1870 serving as the a/m
Sailor but there are no matching Frederick Kingdom births in or around Witheridge for that period? The
official Naval number of #152709 would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1890 & 31.12.1890 but I failed to
locate any matching Sailors in the 1891 Census; Insufficient information to enable proper identification;
Kingdom, Frederick: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt No: 48360 Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Regiment was also known as the Sherwood Foresters; This soldier also served with the Labour
Corps as #199671; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify this soldier;
Kingdom, Frederick: #134456, Royal Garrison Artillery;
Notes: This is more than likely Frederick (Fred) Kingdom born 1884 in Plymouth, the son of William
Kingdom, a Railway Guard, b.1862 in Morebath, Devon & Elizabeth Ann Bond from Calstock, Cornwall who
Married in 1882 in Plymouth; In the 1891 Census I have Frederick Kingdon living with his parents at #29,
Frederick Street, Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Frederick is aged 16 years, still living with his parents at #29,
Frederick Street in Plymouth & is a Printer’s Apprentice; Frederick Kingdom Married Annie Beatrice Daisley,
b.30.02.1889 in Fulham, in Canning Town on 25.10.1909, however there is a Marriage Record for 1st Q 1909
West Ham 4a.3 so perhaps Frederick got the month wrong? In 1911 Frederick Kingdon & his wife Annie
Beatrice lived with his Mother in Law at #89, Khedive Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, Frederick was a Printer;
Frederick Kingdom enlisted for a Short Service for the Duration of the War on 10.10.1916 in Rugeley, London
at the age of 31 years, he was a Printer by trade & gave his address as #8, Emma Road, Plaistowe; He was sent
to the Army Reserve on 11.10.1916 & finally mobilised on 04.12.1916, being posted as a Gunner on
03.01.1917 to the 19th Anti Aircraft Company, which I believe was stationed in Newcastle upon Tyne; I
believe that he transferred to the ‘D’ Army Reserve later, giving his address as #86, Balsom Street, Plaistow
London E.13, which would have meant a payment of 1 shilling per day for the next 4 years; This soldier may
not have been fit for service as his medical category was B2 in 1919 & there is a vague reference in his records
to a Pension Disability from 11.03.1919? It would appear that he may well have served until being
demobilised to the ‘Z’ Reserve in 1919; No Medals Card on file; I failed to find any more information; (He
was the Brother of Cecil Kingdon, BT 351/1, who was a Merchant Seaman during WW1); (Brother of
Kingdom, William Wilfred: Royal Navy, Gunner, #209300 ADM 188/365: - Died in WW1 Gunner William Wilfred Kingdom H.M.S. "Good Hope", Royal Navy, who died on 01st November 1914:
Remembered with honour PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL;
Kingdom, Frederick: Shropshire Light Infantry No: 13957 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This soldier Frederick Kingdom served with ‘C’ Squadron, 8th Service Battalion, Kings Shropshire
Light Infantry (KSLI); Served in France from 05.09.1915 & was finally Transferred to the Class Z Reserve on
08.05.1919; Enlisted on 15.09.1914 in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Aged 23 & a Collier by trade, giving his
address as #1, Alexander Terrace, Mountain Ash; This is Frederick (Fred) Kingdom born 1891 in
Glamorgan, Wales, the son of William Kingdom, a Collier Hitcher b.1857 in Hereford & Mary Newman from
Quakers Yard, Glamorgan who Married in Merthyr Tydfil in 1877; In 1891 Frederick Kingdom was an
unnamed 3 days old Baby living with his parents at #19, Strand Street, Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales; In the
1901 Census Fred Kingdom still lives with his parents at the same address in Llanwonno; In the 1911 Census
Frederick Kingdom lives with his parents in Wood View House, Cardiff Road, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan & is
an underground collier; During his Army Service he was initially Attested in the King’s Shropshire Light
Infantry (K.S.L.I) on 05.09.1914 & seems to have been appointed to Lance Corporal at least twice in the early
years, but reverted very quickly to Private; He served with the New Army for 4 years & 245 days until
08.05.1919 & his home address was then given as #40, Duffryn Street, Mountain Ash, Rhonda, Glamorgan; I
believe that he also served in Salonika & Malta, because in October & November of 1916 he was in the St
Patrick’s Military Hospital in Malta with Malaria; Fred Kingdom Married Margaret Ann Morgan in
Pontypridd Registry Office on 10.07.1915; This soldier made two applications for a Chelsea Pension in 1919
for having suffered with malaria & was initially awarded 10 shillings per week pension; I believe that
Frederick Kingdom Died in 1958 in Pontypridd Aged 67; Medals Card on file;
Possible Family (Brother Kingdom, James: Welsh Regiment No: 11048 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); (Brother Kingdom, James: Labour Corps No: 545103 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
(Brother Kingdom, John: Welsh Regiment No: 201919 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Needs
Further Research;
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, No: 154961 Rank: Stoker; ADM 188/224/461;
Notes: I believe that this is Frederick H. Kingdom, born on 06.07.1873 (ADM has 06.07.1871) in Tamerton
Foliot, Devon; He is the son of John Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1852 in Tamerton Foliot, &
Patience Gloyn, b.1854 in Tamerton Foliot, who Married in Plympton in 1873; In the 1881 Census Frederick
Kingdom lives with his parents in Tamerton Foliot, Devon; I understand from this Sailor’s Official Naval
Number #154961 that he enlisted in the Royal Navy between 01.01.1890 & 31.12.1890; In the 1891 Census
Frederick Kingdom is aged 20 & a serving Stoker with the Royal Navy but staying at his parents home in Star
Lane, Tamerton Foliot, Devon; I also believe that he was a serving Royal Navy Stoker in Plymouth when he
Married Mary Frances Russell, b.1867 in Devonport, in 1895 in Plymouth; His wife is living at the Back of
#65, Albert Road, Tamar, Devonport, Devon with a young 1 year old son, Frederick, in the 1901 Census whilst
I would surmise that Frederick Kingdom is away from home at sea, but I have so far failed to find him in the
1901 Royal navy Census records; In the 1911 Census Frederick & Mary Kingdom live at #2, Lamberts,
Tamerton Foliot, Crown Hill, Devon, Frederick is now a Chief Stoker with the Royal Navy & his family now
consists of young Frederick & 6 year old twins Patience Gloyn & Russell Henry Kingdom; I understand that
Frederick Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1952 Aged 78 & that his wife Died in 1953 also in Plymouth; (He
was the Nephew of a James Bryant Kingdom, b.1861 in Tamerton Foliot, who also served in the Royal Navy
as a Stoker, I am still researching this sailor);
Kingdom, Frederick Edwin: Chelsea Pensioner List;
Notes: There is a Frederick Edwin Kingdom born 1877 in Whitby, Canada noted in the Chelsea Pensioner
Lists but there is no other information, however, on the premise that this man served with the Forces at some
point I have included him in this list; Research would suggest that this is Frederick Edwin Kingdom born on
15.12.1876 in Ontario, Canada; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Labourer born ca.1850 in England, &
Mary Ann Toomes from England who Married in York, Ontario on 23.05.1874; In the 1881 Canada Census
Frederick Kingdom lives with his Farming parents in Muskoka, Ontario; (There are records that indicate that
Frederick’s brother & sister, William Isaac & Jane Elizabeth, drowned in Fairy Lake when their canoe tipped
over in 1887, they were aged 6 & 3 years respectively); In 1891 Census Frederick E Kingdom lives with his
Widowed Father in York, Ontario, he is Aged 14, (His Mother had died 28.10.1886 in Muskoka of
pleuropnuemonia at the age of 36); I believe that Frederick Edwin Kingdom Married Mary Elizabeth Slee from
Neath, Glamorgan, Wales on 12.09.1903 in York, Ontario; In the 1911 Canada Census Frederick & Mary E
Kingdom live at #122, Dunn Avenue, Toronto, Canada; On 27.07.1912 Frederick E Kingdom visited the USA,
followed by the whole family visiting the USA in August 1912 crossing from Canada at Buffalo; I understand
that his wife Mary Elizabeth Kingdom died of pneumonia, aged 40 on 20.10.1918 in York, Ontario; No
Military Records found; I researched no further;
Kingdom, Frederick H: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 371195 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Frederick J: Royal Field Artillery No: L/31062 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1 - Frederick James Kingdom #L/31062 & 431062, 1st Bde. H.Q., Royal Field Artillery who died of
Influenza aged 32 on 10 November 1918; Brother of Mrs. F. J. Hemmings, of 15, Wingmore Rd., Tottenham,
London. Remembered with honour Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria in Greece; Ancestry Records have him
as Frederick James Kingdon & indicate that he also served with the Royal Horse Artillery, & Resided in
Blackfriars, London, S.E.; He Enlisted in London; Notes: This is Frederick James Kingdom born in 1884 &
baptised 20.08.1884 in Southwark; In 1911 Census there were Kingdom family living at #15, Wingmore Road,
Tottenham, London which fits in with the CWGC Records; This Family were Fred Kingdom b.1860
Marylebone & wife Isabella Mary Ward b.1863 Southwark, there is a Nephew called Hemmings living with
them & a daughter Florence J. Kingdom b.1893 Southwark; This family are Cocoa workers for a Cocoa
Maker; I did not initially find Frederick James Kingdom in 1911? From this record I expanded my search & in
1891 Census Frederick James Kingdom lives with his parents at #18, Lant Street, Borough Road, Southwark,
his Father is a Confectioner; In 1901 Census Frederick James lives with his parents in Edmonton Middlesex &
is a Labourer in the Cocoa Factory; I have a Marriage for Frederick James Kingdom & Alice Elizabeth
Templeman from Whitechapel on 07.06.1908 in Southwark; A further search of the 1911 records reveals this
Frederick Kingdom, Aged 26 with his wife Alice Kingdom working as a Labour for a Cocoa Manufacturer &
living at #5, Mossford Street, Burdett Road, Mile End, Bow in London, they have a daughter Florence
Kingdom born 1909 in Blackfriars; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of John Arthur Kingdom,
#G/8667 Middlesex Regiment who was discharged in 1915 for being underage);
Kingdom, Frederick J: Royal Devonshire Yeomanry No: 2173 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with The Devonshire Regiment as #345090; The Regimental number #2173 would indicate
his original enlistment with the Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry as being between 18.02.1888 & 02.01.1889;
He served in Gallipoli from 23.09.1915; Insufficient information to originally identify;
Further Notes: Following Internet contact (Ancestry) with a Granddaughter I can now add further
information; This is Frederick James Kingdom born on 12.12.1877 Marylebone & Baptised on 06.01.1878
St Marylebone; 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 1881 Census Frederick J Kingdom was
aged 3 & living with his parents at #78, Great Suffolk Street, Southwark; In 1891 Census Frederick J Kingdom
was aged 13 & lived with his parents at #18, Lant Street, St George the Martyr in London; In 1901 Census ??;
In 1911 Census Frederick Kingdom was Aged 33 & a General Labourer living with his Widower Father at
#13, Dorset Road, Forest Gate; I believe that Frederick James Kingdom Married Lillian Emily Padbury
(b.1892 Southwark) in Southwark, London on 15.10.1911; I understand that Frederick J Kingdom died on
10.03.1939 in London; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Rifleman Thomas Charles Kingdom
#723244 London Regiment who was a Deserter at points throughout his service); (He is possibly also the
Brother of Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM
159/48); (There is another Brother, James Henry Kingdom b.1882 in Southwark who has no Military
Records but is recorded on the Chelsea Pensioner list);
Further Notes: Following more of my Kingdom & Kingdon Military Service research I have discovered a
somewhat confusing & conflicting record for this man? See below:
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, #341107; ADM 188/515/107;
Notes: This Royal Navy record gives the very same birth place & date as Frederick James Kingdom,
12.12.1877 in Marylebone, London, England, & subsequently I have to assume that he is the same person that
served also with the Devonshire Regiment in WW1; Contact with his Granddaughter confirms that her mother
is still alive (b.1913) & that she has indicated that her Father, Frederick James Kingdom, enlisted under a false
name when he was under 16 years of age; This would have been ca.1892, although the family did not identify
into which service he may have initially enlisted in, but they did confirm his service with the Devonshire
Regiment & his having been in India for a long while; I am still awaiting my contact to send me a photograph
of this man in uniform; However, in the meantime, I would suggest that having reviewed the basic service
record on the National Archives internet site that Frederick Kingdom, #341107 served under the numbering
system for Artisans & Miscellaneous & that his number was issued between 01.01.1895 & 31.12.1895; It
would therefore appear that Frederick James Kingdom probably served for a short time with the Royal Navy; I
have recommended that his family purchase a copy of his record from the National Archives or visit
Kew to view the details & confirm this association;
Kingdom, Frederick P: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 126610 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
Should be Kingdon; Transferred to Kingdon List: Kingdon, Frederick Percy: Dorsetshire Regiment No:
10616 Rank: Private 1914-20 WO 372/11;
Notes: (Both his Service & Pension Records were badly damaged by fire & water during WW2); This is
actually Frederick Percy Kingdon born 1896 in Portland, Dorset; (He is the Brother of Henry William
Kingdon who served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, initially with ‘D’ Company #440914
& later with the 76th Depot Battery #1250407); (He is also the Brother of John Kingdon b.1877 in Wincanton,
who served in a Militia Unit);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, George: Devonshire Regiment No: 12815 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Promoted to Corporal later in his service; George Kingdom served in France from 22.09.1915, with
the 10th (Service) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment & eventually was Transferred to the Class Z Reserve
on 21.06.1919; The 10th (Service) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment formed at Exeter on 25 September
1914 as part of K3, coming under orders of 79th Brigade, 26th Division; On the 23rd September 1915 they
landed at Boulogne; In November 1915 they moved with the Division to Salonika; Medals Card on file;
Insufficient information to identify this soldier;
Kingdom, George: Army Veterinary Corps No: SE/33945 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix SE/ to his Regimental number denotes Special Enlistment for duration of 1914-1918 War;
Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify this man clearly;
Kingdom, George: Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class, Continuous Service #5373A, Royal Navy; ADM 139/454;
Notes: The Royal Navy Register of Seamen has records for George Kingdom having served from his date of
Volunteering 14.10.1859, who was born in West Monkton, Somerset in December 1839; The Royal Naval
ADM 188/1 Admin Records also have George Kingdom, Ordinary Seaman class 2, #5373A having signed on
for a period of 10 years service aboard ‘HMS Surprise’ on 14.10.1859; I believe that this is George Kingdom
whose birth was actually registered in 1840 in Taunton as George Kingdon, the son of Benjamin Kingdom, an
Agricultural Labourer b.1821 in Somerset & Charlotte Dike from Somerset who Married in1840, probably in
West Monkton, Somerset; In 1841 Census George is recorded as being 3 months old & lives with his parents
in Monkton Cottages, West Monkton, Somerset; In the 1851 Census George Kingdon is aged 10 & living with
his parents in Up Cheddon, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset; In 1861 Census Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class George
Kingdom is aged 20 & serving onboard ‘HMS Sharpshooter’ stationed on the West Coast of Africa at the Point
Padron River in the Congo; I lost him after this 1861 Census; It is possible that George Kingdom Married
Anne Beck, b.1846 Newton, Devon, in 1869 in Tiverton, Devon & having left the Navy they both worked in
1871 Census for an elderly couple at Irene Cottage, East Budleigh in Devon, she was a Cook & George
Kingdon was a Butler? However, the ADM 171/36 Medals Roll for Naval & Marine Personnel who served
with the Expedition to Magdala, during the Abyssinian War (1867 to 1868), would indicate that Ordinary
Seaman George Kingdom was #137 on the Ship’s Book for ‘HMS Spiteful’ & that his medal was supplied to
him on 14.06.1870; Awarded the Abyssinian War Medal; (I believe he was the Brother of Robert Kingdom,
#36669A, Royal Navy); Needs more research;
Kingdom, George: Able Seaman, Continuous Service #25030A & #96971, Royal Navy; ADM 139/651/30 &
ADM 188/108;
Notes: The Royal Navy Register of Seamen has records for George Kingdom having served from his date of
Volunteering in January 1867, who was born in Paddington, Middlesex on 01.01.1849; There are 2 records,
one for Continuous Service #25030A which was probably issued in 1867 & the other for his Official Naval
Number of #96971, which was probably issued between 01.01.1876 & 31.12.1876; I can find no suitable birth,
baptism or census record for any George Kingdom or George Kingdon born in Paddington around that period?
The 1871 Census for the Royal Navy does have an Able Seaman George Kingdom, Aged 22, born Paddington,
Middlesex, serving on board ‘HMS Minstrel’ anchored off Nassau, New Providence; I can find no other
records? However, the ADM 171/36 Medals Roll for Naval & Marine Personnel who served with the
Expedition to Magdala, during the Abyssinian War (1867 to 1868), indicates that an Ordinary Seaman George
Kingdom was #137 on the Ship’s Book for ‘HMS Spiteful’ & that his medal was supplied to him on
14.06.1870; Awarded the Abyssinian War Medal; Needs more research;
Kingdom, George: #3439, Private 41st Foot (Welsh) Regiment;
Notes: This Soldier served in the Crimean War & received a Slight wound on the 08.09.1855 in the final attack
on the Redan; He served also at the Siege & Fall of Sebastopol, the Battle of Alma 20.09.1854 & the Battle of
Inkerman 05.11.1854; Awarded the Crimean Medal & Clasps for Alma & Inkerman; Insufficient information
to identify further;
Kingdom, George: Royal Naval Reserve, #3418A, Rank: Seaman; BT 377/7/2083; - Died in WW1 Seaman GEORGE KINGDOM #3418A, “HMS Goliath"; Royal Naval Reserve who died on 13th May 1915;
Foster-son of Alice Vincent, of Brax Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey, Surrey. Remembered with honour Plymouth
Naval Memorial; Notes: ‘HMS Goliath’ was a pre-Dreadnought battleship, torpedoed and sunk by a Germancommanded, Turkish torpedo boat, On the night of the 13th May ‘HMS Goliath’ was providing artillery
support for the forces at Gallipoli, she was torpedoed by the Turkish destroyer Muavenet-I-Miliet off De Tott's
Battery in the Dardanelles and sank rapidly with the loss of 570 men; Seaman George Kingdom was killed as a
direct result of enemy action but his body was never recovered for burial; George Kingdom/George Kingdon
was born on 25.06.1892 in London according to the UK National Archives records; His Foster-Mother, Alice
Vincent, previously a Nurse, appears to have fostered a number of ‘foundling’ children over the years,
including this George Kingdom; In 1901 Alice Vincent lives in Chertsey, is already a widow with her own
children & a London born Nurse Child, but there is no sign of George? One has to assume that he was fostered
after 1901? (Even when Alice Vincent’s husband was alive they seem to have always boarded other orphan
children); There is however, a 1901 Census record for an 8 year old foundling, George Kingdon, with no
known details, living in the District Foundling hospital, Gray’s Inn Lane, St Pancras, London which could be
this man; In 1911 Census Alice Vincent is living in Chertsey as a 60 year old Widow, with her 2 single
daughters Alice & Emily & another male foundling child; In 1911 Census I believe that George Kingdom is an
18 year old (born in 1892), single man, and serving sailor (Able Seaman) at the Royal Naval Barracks in
Keyham, Devonport, giving his birth place as London; In the London Gazette dated 06.01.1925 there is a
record of a ‘Claim’ under Case #6721/1915 for Payment of Dues of 55 pounds, 2 shillings & 2 pence for RN
Seaman G. Kingdon who died 13.05.1915 on ‘HMS Goliath’; ADM 171/122 WW1 Medals Roll includes
Seaman Geo. Kingdon, 33418/A having been issued medals but this is also referenced as I.C.6721/1915, which
I presume indicates his death in 1915; Awarded the 1914-1918 Star, the Victory & the British War Medals; I
failed to find any actual birth records for George Kingdom;
Kingdom, George: Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, Commissariat Department;
Notes: I can find no other records than the 1861 Census for the Commissariat Department for Army Camps
based in Aldershot for this soldier; According to the records this is George Kingdom b.1833 in Brentwood,
Essex & serving as a Corporal in Aldershot in 1861; Insufficient information to identify further;
Kingdom, George: Dorsetshire Regiment No: 13228 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, G: Dorsetshire Regiment No: 13228 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served in France from 03.09.1915; Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 04.04.1919; 2x Medals Card on
file; Insufficient information to identify this man clearly;
Kingdom, George: Master’s Mate, #616, Royal Navy, Seaman’s Wills, ADM 48/51;
Notes: There is a record of a Will for George Kingdom of the Royal Navy dated 05.08.1798, indicating that
this Sailor was serving on board the 44 Gun Frigate ‘HMS Serapis’ on 05.08.1797 as the Master’s Mate,
Ship’s Pay Book number #616; There is no other information; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, George: #L7253, Officer’s Clerk Class 2, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1002;
Notes: ADM 188 records have this Sailor as being born in South Molton, Devon on 05.11.1895 but there are
no George Kingdom births recorded in that registration area in 1895, there is however, a George Kingdom
registered in South Molton in the 4th Q 1894 which could be him? The prefix ‘L’ to this man’s Official Naval
Number would indicate service as a Cook or a Steward & the #7253 would indicate enlistment between
01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915; This could be George Kingdom born in Knowstone, Devon in 1894, the son of Eli
Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1864 in Knowstone & Annie Scoins from West Anstey, who Married in
1889 in East Anstey, Devon; In 1901 Census George Kingdom is aged 6 & living with his parents on
Creacombe Moor, Creacombe, Devon; In 1911 Census George Kingdom is probably a Baker’s Apprentice
with William Hodge at #130, East Street, South Molton, Devon; ADM 171/107 indicates that Geo. Kingdom,
Officer’s Clerk Class 2, #L/7253, Royal Navy, was awarded the WW1 1914-15 Star, the Victory & the British
War Medals; I have not researched further; If I have correctly identified this man then – (He is the Brother
of Kingdom, Isaac: Army Service Corps No: S4/157557 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is also
the brother of Kingdom, John: Devonshire Regiment No: 16100 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who
Died in 1915 in WW1);
Kingdom, George: Worcestershire Regiment No: 20517 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with The Labour Corps as #463558; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to
identify this man clearly;
Kingdom, George Henry: Served with the Royal Air Force in 1918-1919; AIR 76/277
This should be: Kingdon, George Henry: #F1155, Rank L.M (Landsman) Royal Navy & Royal Naval Air
Service in WW1, ADM 188/562/155;
Notes: I have no other military record for a George Henry Kingdom other than the RAF in WW1, but this
record does indicate a birth date of 09.10.1893; Research would suggest that this is therefore likely to be
George Henry Kingdon born 09.10.1893 in Islington & baptised along with his elder sister Rosie in the
parish of Holy Trinity, Islington on 31.03.1895; This is the son of George Kingdon, a Brass Finisher & Cab
Driver, b.1854 in Clerkenwell, London & Harriett Susannah ?? ,b.1862 in Kings Lynn, Norfolk who Married
in 1st Q 1888 in Islington, but I cannot be certain? (This family couple had 8 children in total but it appears that
6 had died by 1911 & only 2 were still living); In the 1901 Census George Kingdon is aged 7 years & living
with his parents at #20 Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway, Islington, London, (his age & his sister’s age are
mixed up in the records); In 1911 Census there is a George Kingdon, a single man working as a Clerk & aged
17 living with his parents in #14, Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway, Islington; In 1919 I believe that he still
lived with his parents in Barnsbury Grove, Lower Holloway & he is still living there in 1935; I did not
research any further due to uncertainty;
Follow Up Notes: New research effort now indicates that this should be L.M. #F1155 George Henry Kingdon;
(LM was the abbreviation used in the Royal Navy for Landsman (later Landman), which was a term for a man
without any Naval training who served on board a warship); George Henry Kingdon was serving in the Royal
Navy as #F1155, the ‘F’ prefix indicating that he was serving with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS); The
official #F1155 would indicate that his initial enlistment was between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914; He was
subsequently Transferred on Enlistment into the newly formed Royal Air Force as #201155 Kingdon G. H. on
01.09.1915, however the AIR 76/277 reference would indicate that this probably occurred between 01.01.1918
& 31.12.1919, which needs looking into; This is George Henry Kingdon born 09.10.1893 in St Mary’s,
Islington, London, as originally thought above; On the WW1 Naval Medals Roll it indicates that he was
awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal & the 1914-15 Star;
Kingdom, Gordon: Devonshire Regiment No: 8207 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 - Died in WW1 One of 3 Sons of this family to die in WW1 - Lance Corporal Gordon Kingdom
#8207, 2nd Battalion,
Devonshire Regiment
who died age 25
on 01 July 1916, Remembered with honour
at Ovillers Military
Cemetery in France; For some reason ‘Records’ requested disposal of his medals a few times in 1922, they
obviously did not link his death to their records? Notes: This is Gordon Kingdom born 3rd Q 1890
(Rackenford) South Molton 5b.433, Son of William Kingdom, an Agricultural labourer b. 1st Q 1864
(Rackenford) South Molton 5b.491 & Janet Gordon b.1863 in Scotland, who married 1 st Q 1887 Tiverton
5b.612; In the 1891 Census Gordon Kingdom was living with his parents at Middlecott Cottage, in
Rackenford, South Molton, Devon; In the 1901 Census his Father William Kingdom is a Chimney Sweep
living at #15, Warexlouth in Tiverton & Gordon lives with his parents there; I believe that Gordon Kingdom
first served in France in WW1 on 06.11.1914, however, with a regimental number of #8207, his actual
enlistment would have been between 08.05.1906 & 13.02.1907; In the 1911 Census Private Gordon Kingdom
is serving in Malta with the 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment; Medals Card on file; (The sons in this
family are Grandchildren of Robert Kingdon b.1839 & Caroline Were); (He was the Brother of #10191
Private Frank Kingdom b.1892 in Tiverton, who served in Devonshire Regiment who also Died in WW1 on
the 25.09.1915 in France; He was also the Brother of #9906 Private William Alexander Kingdom b.1896
Tiverton, who served in the Devonshire Regiment who also Died in WW1 on 27.09.1916 on the Somme in
France);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, H: Devonshire Regiment No: 3/18991 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Henry Kingdom who had previously served in Devonshire Regiment prior to enlisting at the
age of 35 on 14.07.1915; He served in Basra, Baghdad for a long time; Whilst on Leave in India in 1918 he
had a #P11758 recorded? This number also indicated on his WW1 Medal Card & would indicate that he
enlisted with the MFP between 26.06.1917 & 12.12.1917; He was discharged on 27.04.1919; His discharge
documents also show #229435 & an unreadable number for a L/Cpl Henry Kingdom, 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? I believe he was temporarily
transferred to the Military Police in 1917 & appointed acting L/Cpl? Throughout these records he gives Grants
Cottage, Exebridge, Devon as his permanent address; In all he serves over 5 years & 288 days period; Henry
Kingdom was born in 1880 in Rackenford, son of Robert Kingdon b.1839 Rackenford & Caroline Were who
were married in 1858; In 1881 & 1891 Henry lives with his parents in Tiverton, In 1911 he calls himself Harry
& lives with his parents in Back Lane, Tiverton; I cannot find him in 1901 so I presume this is a period when
he served with the Devonshires in South Africa? Medals Card on file; (Brother of Private Albert Kingdom
#3/7024 Devonshire Regiment who Died in Flanders on 10.03.1915); (There is another Brother, Frank
Kingdom #384 Devonshires & #1187 Military Foot Police who enlisted in 1885 & died in Colchester in
1902); Further research of Colonel Flick’s 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; I now understand that #5218 Lance Corporal H Kingdom, Devon Regiment was Discharged on
19.11.1910 & 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?
Kingdom, Harold F: Devonshire Regiment No: 16857 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Harold Frank Kingdom born 1893 in Burrington, Devon, son of Thomas Kingdon b.1861
Meshaw, Devon & Sarah Ann Chapple who Married in 1886 in South Molton, Devon; In 1901 & 1911 Harold
Frank Kingdom lived at Leachland Farm, Burrington/Chulmleigh, Devon with his parents & prior to
enlistment he was a Postman & Farm Labourer; Harold Frank Kingdom enlisted on 11.12.1915 in Barnstaple,
was mobilised on 31.01.1916 & served with the 1st & the 2nd Battalions 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 during
WW1 Service in France & 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; 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 on 19.03.1919, Aged 25 years,
having served for a total of 3 years & 47 Days, with 118 Days having been 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 in 1919 in South Molton; Medals Card for the Victory & British
War Medals on file;
Kingdom, Harry: Royal Irish Regiment No: 8354 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 –
Private Harry Kingdom #8354, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment who died age 19 on 03 September 1916,
Son of W. Kingdom, of Sydling, Dorchester. Remembered with honour Thiepval Memorial; (Thiepval
Cemetery is generally for soldiers who have no specific grave); Notes: Previously was #15894 Hussars; I
believe that “Harry” Kingdom enlisted on 14.06.1915 & served in France until being ‘Killed in Action’ there;
He is recorded in the “Ireland’s” Memorial Records 1914-1918 List; “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; Medals Card on file, qualified for the 1914-15 Star, the British War & the
Victory Medals; (Brother of Francis William Kingdom who served in WW1 in the Coldstream Guards
#17882 & was wounded); (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
baptised 31.05.1868 in Cerne Abbes who enlisted with the Dorset Regiment on 01.10.1887 Aged 18, probably
an Uncle of our Henry George Kingdom? 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);
Kingdom, Harry: Royal Welsh Fusiliers No: 34585 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
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 thee 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; 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 18 th Middlesex
Regiment for 3 years; 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; The records state 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;
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, Henry: Dorsetshire Regiment, # unreadable in his records;
Notes: Henry George Kingdom baptised 31.05.1868 in Cerne Abbes, 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 & his Brother Henry “Harry” Kingdom b.1897 in Frampton who served in WW1 in the Royal
Irish Regiment as #8354 & who Died on 03.09.1916 at Thiepval);
Kingdom, Henry: Territorial Service, #18035, Private, 319 Prot. Coy, Royal Defence Corps;
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;
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: Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy #114720; ADM 188/144/220;
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: Royal Navy Pensioner in 1871 Census; No other information?); (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, Herbert: Army Ordnance Corps No: 011013 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with the Norfolk Regiment as #320705; This soldier served in France from 01.11.1915;
Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Herbert W: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry No: 37295 Rank: Private 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.
Remembered with honour
Cologne Southern Cemetery;
Notes: Herbert Walter Kingdon b. Thelbridge 2nd Q 1899 Crediton 5b.374; Served WW1 #37295 Duke of
Cornwall’s Light Infantry & died on 15.06.1918 during the battles in Cologne West Germany. Son of Walter
Kingdon b.1864 Woolfardisworthy, & Eliza Ann Bristow, who married in 1892 Thelbridge; They lived in Mill
Barn Cottage, Thelbridge in 1901 & at Hope Cottage, Thelbridge in 1911; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, Horace D: Devonshire Regiment No: 30429 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1
- Private HORACE DONALD KINGDOM
30429, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
who died 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;
Notes: This is Horace Donald Kingdom born in Stoodleigh, Devon in 1st Q 1896 Tiverton 5b.401; Private in
the Devonshire Regiment #30429; Son of William Kingdom b.1861/3 Oakford & Catherine Emily Dyer
b.1864 Swindon, Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton in 1891; They lived in Tiverton in 1901, William was an
Innkeeper; He lived with his parents in #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton, in 1901; In 1911 he worked for his
Uncle Thomas Kingdom as a 15 year old Horseman on his Great Torr Farm, Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon;
Medals Card on file; (Brother of William Llewellyn Kingdom b.1892 Oakford & Percy Arthur Kingdon
b.1899 Tiverton both of whom also Served in WW1; All 3 Brothers recorded on the Bampton Memorial Roll);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Isaac: Army Service Corps No: S4/157557 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: 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; 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; Isaac Kingdom appears to have served in the
Home Stations until 21.01.1916 when he was sent to Egypt, where he stayed until 19.04.1919; Transferred to
the Reserve on 28.05.1919 from the Dispersal Hospital in Birmingham, address 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; (He is the brother of Kingdom,
John: Devonshire Regiment No: 16100 Rank: Private 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);
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, J: London Regiment No: 3980 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 Rifleman Jack Kingdon
#3890, "C" Coy. 1st/8th Bn., London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
who died
aged 20
on 27 December 1915, the Son of the late John and Kitty Kingdon, of 53, North St., Okehampton,
Devon.
Remembered with honour
on the Loos Memorial, in France;
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Jack: London Regiment No: 3980 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
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; In 1901 Jack lived with his parents in Okehampton, his Father was
a Railway Signalman; In 1911 Census Jack lives with his Widowed Mother at #53, North Street, Okehampton,
Devon (a boarding house) & is a Post Office Messenger Boy; In 1914 Jack Kingdom was appointed as a Rural
Postman in Ilfracombe; I believe that his Regimental #3980 indicates that he enlisted between 09.03.1915 &
01.04.1915; From his medals card it appears that Jack Kingdon served in France from 28.10.1915; According
to a Devon Newspaper report in 1916 Jack Kingdon was shot in the heart by a German sniper; Note that in
1923 Ernest William Kingdon b.1883 Okehampton applied for his medals, he is Jack’s next of kin on his
WW1 Medals receipt, living #33, Nelson Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 in 1923, he had also served in
WW1; 2x Medals Cards on File; (His Brother Herbert John Kingdon, born 15.12.1884 in Okehampton,
served as #347413, a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Ernest W:
Royal Field Artillery No: L/5257 Rank: Acting Bombardier 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, J. C.: #44720 Royal Flying Corps in 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 on 01.08.1916; Insufficient information to identify
further;
Kingdom, James: #3727, Private 11th Regiment of Infantry;
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;
Kingdom, James: Welsh Regiment No: 11048 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served with the 2nd Welsh Regiment; I believe that the #11048 would indicate an enlistment date of
between 29.12.1913 & 17.04.1914; James Kingdom also served with the Machine Gun Corps as #19386;
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; 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: Welsh Regiment No: 201919 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); (Brother Kingdom, Frederick: Shropshire Light Infantry No: 13957 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); Needs Further Research;
Kingdom, James: Riggers Labourer, Plymouth 1779; ADM 106/2979
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: Corporal, 1st Battalion Military Train, Second China Opium Wars; - Died in China;
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 1st 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, James: Labour Corps No: 545103 Rank: Private 1914-1920 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: Welsh Regiment No: 201919 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); (Brother Kingdom, Frederick: Shropshire Light Infantry No: 13957 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); Needs Further Research;
Kingdom, James Briant or Bryant: Stoker in the Royal Navy in 1881 Census Tamerton Foliot;
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 indicate that he is a Stoker RN; (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: London Regiment No: 4778 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The number #4778 would indicate enlistment between 03.08.1915 & 06.09.1915; James Henry
Kingdom also served as #721951 in the 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), The London
Regiment; He Enlisted on 18.08.1915, however, 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; 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; This soldier 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 had served at Home from 18.08.1915 to 01.01.1916; With the British
Expeditionary force in France from 02.10.1916 until 16.06.1917 & at Home 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, 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; (He is the Brother of William Alexander Kingdom, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Rank: Second Lt. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, James Henry: No Military Records – Noted on the Chelsea Pensioners Lists;
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: Royal Devonshire Yeomanry No: 2173 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; &/or
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, #341107; ADM 188/515/107); (He is the Brother of Rifleman Thomas
Charles Kingdom #723244 London Regiment who was a Deserter at points throughout his service); (He is
possibly also the Brother of Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry,
Chatham Division; ADM 159/48);
Kingdom, John: Royal Garrison Artillery No: SR/2707 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix SR/ on his Regimental #2707 denotes that he was a Special Reserve Soldier; Also served as
#277707 Royal Garrison Artillery, presumably having enlisted for regular service in WW1; Served in France
from 03.04.1915 & was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 24.03.1919; Medals Card on file; Insufficient
information to identify;
Kingdom, John: Welsh Regiment No: 201919 Rank: Private 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; 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: Welsh Regiment No: 11048 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO
372/11); (Brother Kingdom, James: Labour Corps No: 545103 Rank: Private 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: Devonshire Regiment No: 3567 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Enlistment dates for this number are between 25.01.1892 & 26.01.1893; John Kingdom also served as
#201541 in the Devonshire Regiment probably having been renumbered for WW1 Service; Medals Card on
file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, John: Unknown Soldier – Deserter in Devon;
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: Devonshire Regiment No: 16100 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 Remembered with honour & buried
in Chocques Military Cemetery in France; Notes: Private John
Kingdom
#16100, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, who died aged 19
on 01 October 1915; Son of Eli
Kingdom b.1864 Knowstone and the late Annie Kingdom (nee Scoins), of Barton House, South Molton,
Devon. (Also has a Gravestone with his parents in Knowstone); He was born in 1896 in Knowstone & lived
with his parents in Creacombe Moor in 1901 & Knowstone in 1911, John Kingdom was a Farm Cattle Boy in
1911; I believe that he first served in France from 17.08.1915; There is a Gravestone for him in Knowstone
Churchyard; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Isaac: Army Service Corps No:
S4/157557 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, George: #L7253,
Officer’s Clerk Class 2, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1002);
Kingdom, John: Private, #695, 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment; Second Afghan War; WO 100/52;
Notes: The records for the Second Afghan War, 1878-1880, refer to #695 Private John Kingdom having
served with the 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, formerly the 70th Regiment of Foot; Insufficient
information to identify further;
Kingdom, John A: Middlesex Regiment No: G/8667 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix G/ to his Regimental number appears on various Home Counties’ Regiments’ Service
Battalions in WW1; Served in France 15.06.1915; This is John Arthur Kingdom born 1900 in Edmonton,
Middlesex; He is the son of Fred Kingdom, a Confectioner b.1860 Marylebone & Isabella Mary Ward b.1863
from Southwark; In 1901 Census John A Kingdom lives with his parents in 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 7 307 days; His trade is
declared as that of Labourer & he intended to live at #15, Wingmore Road, Church Road, Tottenham; The
records 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 serve at the Front & finally back in the UK until 23.10.1915, having served a
total of 239 days; His Enlistment papers 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, which surprises me (perhaps he eventually
got to serve in WW1 later?); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick J: Royal Field Artillery No: L/31062
Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1);
Kingdom, John: Lieutenant, Royal Navy, Seaman’s Wills, PROB 11/1675/278;
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: Manchester Regiment No: 39520 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Probably joined late in WW1; Medals Card on file; 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: Wiltshire Regiment No: 36166 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) had 8 Battalions during WW1, the Great War; Medals
Card on file; Insufficient information to identify further;
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 25th June 1804 to 24th December
1804 this Regiment was in camp near Futtypore (Fatehpur); I have no other information;
Kingdom, John H G: South Wales Borderers No: 1360 Rank: Private 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; This information from CWGC;
Notes: Information from the South Wales Borderers Museum - This is John Henry George Kingdom, he was
renumbered to #200135 on 01.03.1917 as a Member of the 1st Brecknock Battalion South Wales Borderers;
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; In 1901 Census there is a John H. Kingdom b.1868 Bristol & married (probably in late
1900) to Annie ?? from Bristol living as a Police Constable at #52, Penypeel Road, Canton, Cardiff,
Glamorgan, Wales who could be this man? Follow up research suggests not; Medals Card on file; I have not
researched this man any further;
Kingdom, John Herbert: #525219 or #525217, Private, Canadian Army Medical Corps, WW1: Canada
Records #439425a & 439425b;
Notes: This is John Herbert Kingdom born 01.11.1884 in Westbury, Bristol, 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 – ADM 188/639); I researched no further;
Kingdom, John James: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 124287 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Enlisted 09.08.1917 & was Discharged on 24.11.1919 under King’s Regulations, Para 392 (xvi) Army
Order 29/19 due to Sickness, he was aged 25 & never served overseas; 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 1901 Census John J Kingdom lives
with his parents at #45 White Rock Street, West Derby; In 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;
Awarded Silver War Badge #B341149; Records Card on file;
Kingdom, John Joseph: Royal Navy, No: #30146; ADM 139/302/46;
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 or 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 Ordinance 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; Royal Navy, Continuous Service #31681 & #62768; ADM 139/317 & ADM 188/42;
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: Royal Field Artillery No: 81419 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Query on #81418 marked in most records? There may well be 2 different soldiers here? This is John
Tucker Kingdon born 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; In 1901 Census he lived with his parents in
Mariansleigh; In 1911 John Tucker Kingdon is aged 13 & living with his parents at Barton, Bishops Nympton;
He enlisted on 14.08.1914 & served until 09.04.1919, he served in Salonika from 20.07.1915 to 1918; In 1920
he was awarded some disability payments; In 1920 he received his Medals & was living in Bishops Nympton,
Devon; Medals Card on file; (Brother of Kingdon, E: Private, #4209, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment;
Boer War);
Kingdom, John Thorn: Royal Navy; No other military information?
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: Lancashire Fusiliers No: 47940 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: No other records; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, John William: Private, #709 Northumberland Fusiliers & #54392 East Yorks Regt;
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 William Kingdom 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 fro 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 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 M. Cross in 1920 in Sculcoates & they appear to have 4 sons; 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);
Kingdom, Joseph: Private, Royal Marines; Trafalgar Roll;
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;
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);
L
KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Leslie: Gloucestershire Regiment No: 2419 TF Rank: Lance Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 –
Died in WW1 - Lance Corporal Leslie Kingdom, #2419, 4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment who died
on 13th August 1915; Remembered with honour Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery; Notes: This is Leslie
Kingdom born 1894 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 1901 Leslie Kingdom lived
with his parents at #28, Leighton road, Bedminster, Bristol; In 1911 Census Leslie Kingdom was aged 16
years, an Insurance clerk & living with his parents at #63, Sefton Park Road, St Andrews, Bristol; The TF after
his Regimental Number denotes a Territorial Force as was the 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment;
His Regimental number suggests that he enlisted between 01.09.1914 & 05.10.1914; He first served in France
on 31.03.1915; There is a Death Record for Leslie Kingdom Aged 20 in 3rd Q 1915 Lambeth 1d.374; Medals
Card on file; (He was the Brother of William H Kingdom, Sergeant, #200470, 1/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment);
Kingdom, Lewis J: Army Cyclist Corps No: 150 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Soldier served in France from 17.04.1915 & was Demobilised on 18.02.1919; I believe that this is
Lewis John Kingdom born in Hampstead on 23.12.1895 & Baptised in Hampstead St Cuthbert’s on
29.03.1896; He was the son of John Kingdom, a Carman, b.1867 in ?? & Mary Weedon b.1867 in
Hertfordshire who Married in Berkhamstead in 1891; At the time of his birth his parents were living at #196
Loveridge Road, Hampstead, Camden; I believe that his Father Died in Fulham in 1896 & his Mother
remarried a George Reeves, a Widowed Labourer from Tring in Hertfordshire, in 1898 in Berkhamstead,
Hertfordshire; In 1901 Census Lewis (Kingdon) is recorded as Lewis Reeves, Aged 5, living with his
remarried Mother in Grove, Buckinghamshire, his Step Father is a Lock Keeper on the Canal; In the 1911
Census there is a Lewis Kingdom aged 15 living & working as an Assistant Painter, with his Step Father &
remarried Mother at #4 Lock, Aylesbury Arm (Canal) Marsworth, Tring, Hertfordshire; Lewis J. Kingdom
Married Mary J. Mapley in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire in 1925; Lewis John Kingdom Died in 1988 in South
East Hampshire Aged 92; Medals Card on file; I did not research further;
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Percival John: #Z/1801, Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve, Wales Division,
WW1; ADM 337/86 & ADM 339/1;
Notes: This is Percival John Kingdom born 13.04.1897 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; This is probably a
Kingdon, the son of Noel Kingdon, a Tailor b.1870 in Mumbles, Glamorgan & Eva Leonard Grant from
Cardiff who Married in 1892 in Gower; In 1901 Census Percival Kingdon is living with his parents at #22,
Park Place, Swansea; In 1911 Census Percival Kingdon is aged 13 & lives with his parents in #25, Park Place,
Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; I believe that Percival J. Kingdon Died in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire,
Wales in 1968 Aged 71; ADM 171/127 records #W.Z/1801, AB Percival J. Kingdon was Awarded the WW1
Victory & British War Medals;
Kingdom, Percival William John: #190952, Seaman, General Service, Royal Naval; ADM 188/326/152;
Notes: This is Percival William John Kingdom who was born on 11.09.1880 in West Ham, Essex; He was
the son of Alfred Thomas Kingdom, a Carpenter b.1837, Hoxton, Middlesex, baptised on 30.06.1837 in
Shoreditch St Leonard & Rosa Isabella ?? from Woolwich; I have not proven this for certain, but I believe that
his parents may have lived apart from early 1881 as his Father Alfred T Kingdom & 2 of his children, Henry
Ernest & 7 months old Percival W Kingdom, were boarding at #16, West Street, West Ham, in the 1881
Census, the Father is recorded as being Married & is working as a Carpenter;
(For the record, his Mother Rosa Kingdom appears to have moved back to Woolwich as in the 1881 Census
she is living at #14A, Church Street, Woolwich with her married sister & has a lodger called Henry Gardner,
a painter; In the 1891 Census she is now Boarding with the Painter Henry Gardner, at #5, North Kent Grove,
Woolwich Dockyard, she is still recorded as being married; Then in the 1901 Census she is recorded as being
a widow & is now the Housekeeper at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich for the painter, Henry Gardner; I
believe that Rosa Isabella Kingdom Died in Woolwich in 1905 Aged 67); (I appeared to have lost the Father)?
I failed to find Percival William John Kingdom in the 1891 Census; Percival William John Kingdom joined
the Royal Navy for General Service between 01.01.1896 & 31.12.1896 as his Official number indicates; I
failed to find Percival William John Kingdom in the 1901 Census but he was probably serving in the Royal
Navy? (I believe that that there is a Marriage record for Percival W J Kingdom Marrying Jessie A Noke in
1910 in Camberwell); There is also another Marriage Record for a Percival William J Cook Marrying a Jessie
Amelia Noke in 1904 in Southwark which can be confusing? Jessie Amelia Noke was born on 09.11.1883 &
Baptised on 09.12.1883 in Camberwell Emmanuel; In the 1911 Census Percival William John & his wife
Jessie Amelia Kingdom lived at the London City Council Firestation, Tabernacle Street, Shoreditch, London,
he was a Fireman; This record indicates that they had been married for 7 years, i.e. since 1904, with 1 child,
Leonard Kingdom b.1905 in Southwark, so this must be the correct Marriage records for this couple, although
I failed to find their son’s birth? (This Marriage date issue needs more research, is there an unknown reason
that Percival William John ‘Kingdom’ would call himself ‘Cook’ in 1904 & that I cannot find the son’s birth);
I understand that Jessie Amelia Kingdom Died on 02.08.1945 at the New Sussex Hospital for Women &
Children, Brighton & that at that time she was aged 61 & living with her retired fireman husband at #33,
Southdown Road, Portslade By Sea, Sussex; I then understand that Percival W J Kingdom remarried to his 2nd
Wife, a Spinster, Marion Spence McKigen in 1946 in Hove Sussex; (Some further research needed, was she
from Canada or Scotland & a Domestic?); I believe that Percival W J Kingdom died on 01.04.1953 at #33,
Southdown Road, Portslade By Sea, Sussex Aged 72; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Alfred Blake: Army
Ordnance Corps No: #2023 Rank: Sergeant, 2nd Boer War; WO 100/233); Needs a little more research;
Kingdom, Percy A: King's Royal Rifle Corps No: R/32668 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix R/ to his Regimental number indicates that he was New Army man; This is Percy Arthur
Kingdom born 2nd Q 1899 Tiverton 5b.401; Also served as a Private in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps #30429;
Further research reveals that a Percy Arthur Kingdon also served with the Royal Air Force in WW1 – see AIR
76/277, this record has his birth date as 10.05.1899; Son of William Kingdom b.1861/3 Oakford & Catherine
Emily Dyer b.1864 Swindon, Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton in 1891; They lived in Tiverton in 1901,
William was an Innkeeper; Percy lived with parents in #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton, in 1901; In 1911 Percy
lived with his parents at the Castle Inn, Bampton; Medals Card on file; (Brother of William Llewellyn
Kingdom b.1892 Oakford who served in WW1 & Horace Donald Kingdon b.1896 Stoodleigh who Served in
WW1 & Died in France on 06.05.1917; All 3 Brothers are recorded on the Bampton Memorial Roll);
Kingdom, Phillip W: The Queen's Regiment No: S/239 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served in the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, the prefix S/ to his Regimental Number is
strange but this low number suggests that he enlisted as early as 01.12.1881 to 27.02.1882 which is impossible;
He also served in the Middlesex Regiment as #G/83155 from 23.02.1917, the prefix G/ can be found on
various Home Counties’ Regiments’ Service Battalions, WW1, & he also served as #162481 in the 368 H.S.
Labour Corps probably from as early as 03.05.1917; His attestation papers state that he had previously served
with the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1907 & after more research I found records for #15185 Philip William
Kingdom enlisted on 21.08.1905 (at the age of 17 years) in the RMLI, Chatham Division, ADM 159/124;
There is also a Militia Service Record 1806 – 1915 list which has a Phillip William Kingdom born in 1886 in
London, Middlesex, which may be the same man; However, I also found a Philip William Kingdom born
15.04.1888 in Holborn serving as #311365 a Stoker in the Royal Navy, ADM 188/509; Despite the conflicting
numerous records I believe that this is Phillip William Kingdom born in London on 15.04.1888, the son of
Phillip William Kingdom, a Coachman, b.1843 in Exeter & Sarah A. ?? from London who married in ?? in ??;
In 1891 Census I have a possible conflicting record but believe that William Phillip Kingdon Aged 1 lived
with his parents in St George, Bloomsbury; In 1901 Phillip Kingdom aged 13 was living with his Uncle &
Aunt, Charles & Matilda Pritchard, in City Road, St Luke, London; In the 1911 Census Charles Pritchard
records the same Nephew Phillip Kingdom, now aged 22, as a Ship’s Stoker “Navy” at #38, Norman’s
Buildings, St Lukes, London EC (I also note that there is an adopted child Rose Billington, aged 9 from St
Lukes living with them as well); After his service with the Royal Marines & Royal Navy, Phillip William
Kingdom re-enlisted for service in WW1 on 29.08.1914 with the Queen’s Regiment & served in France from
11.11.1914; He was wounded, gun shot wound in the left foot on 19.12.1914 & transferred to England; As an
NCO he seems to have been Court Martialed on 16/18.05.1916 at Sittingbourne for Absenteeism or Desertion
& given 18 months or 3 months imprisonment; He was transferred to the Reserve as a Class ‘P’ soldier,
suffering from varicose veins & ordered to report to the Huddersfield Gas Works on 20.09.1918, receiving a
pension on 12.12.1918 from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea & later posted to Peckham in London; I believe that
he was finally Discharged as being Surplus to Military Requirements (having suffered impairments since entry
in the service) under Para 392 (xvi).a of the King’s Regulations on 11.03.1919; His address in 1918 was #1,
Rahere Street, Goswell Road, London; His records indicate that he was Married & his wife lived at #1, Rahere
Street, Goswell Road, London; I believe that Philip William Kingdom, aged 24 & a Cook by trade, Married
Elizabeth Louisa Powell from Shoreditch, born 1892, in Clerkenwell, St Pauls’ on 25.12.1912; They seem to
have 1 son, Philip William Kingdom born 31.10.1913 & later a Daughter, Eliz Lilian born 26.05.1916, but I
believe that there may well have been 7 or 8 children born in Holborn, London to this family; I also believe
that Phillip William Kingdom Died in Finsbury, London in 1930 Aged 42; Medals Card on file; This Soldier
may need more research to resolve conflicting records?
R
KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Reginald: Somerset Light Infantry No: 16100 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served with the 8th Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) in France from 08.09.1915; Reginald
Kingdom was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 09.03.1919; This is probably Reginald John Kingdom born
1894 in Walcot, Bath, Somerset, son of John Kingdom, a Coachman b.1853 in Langford Budvill, Somerset &
Matilda Webb from Gloucestershire who Married in 1879 in Bath; In 1901 Reginald J Kingdon lived with his
parents at #2, Circus Mews, Walcot, Bath, Somerset; In 1911 Census Reginald John Kingdom is aged 16,
working as an Errand Boy & living with his Widowed Mother at #13, Ballance Street, Bath, Somerset; I
believe that Reginald John Kingdom died in 1956 in Bath, Somerset aged 62; Medals Card on file; I did not
research further;
Kingdom, Reginald: Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Inf. No: 34089 Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 –
Died in WW1 – Private REGINALD KINGDOM #39500, 5th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment who died age
20 on 26th August 1918; Son of Charles and Alice Ellen Kingdom, of 18, Richmond Terrace, Meddon Street,
Bideford, Devon; Buried in the Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt on the Somme, France; Notes: This is
Reginald Kingdom b. 3rd Q 1898 Bideford 5b.467; Served #34089 with Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry & #39500 Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment); In 1901 Reginald Kingdom
lived with his parents in #17, Providence Place, Bideford, Aged 2; In 1911 Reginald was aged 12 years & a
Scholar living with his parents at #18, Richmond Terrace, Bideford; He was the Son of Charley (Charles)
Kingdom b.1875 (Witheridge) & Alice Ellen Baker, who married in 1895 in Bideford, Devon; (The family
lived in Bideford, Devon, Father was a Grocer’s Partner in 1901 & a Waggoner in 1911); Medals Card on file;
Additional Note: (May well be the Brother of Kingdon, S.C (Stanley Charles), Gunner, #821341 or #821401
who served in India with the 81st Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 1933-1939 – WO 100/947);
Kingdom, Richard W: Royal Field Artillery No: 60862 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Richard William Kingdon born in 1886 in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Richard Kingdon, a
Blacksmith & Tool Maker, b.1863 in Tavistock & Lydia Symons from Tavistock who Married in 1886 in
Tavistock; In 1901 Census Richard Kingdon is aged 14, living with his parents at #17, Duke Street, Farnworth,
Lancashire & is working as a Cotton Doffer; (Note: There is a sister called Edith Kingdon who was born in the
USA in 1890 & I cannot find this family in 1891 Census); In the 1911 Census Gunner Richard William
Kingdon is serving as a 24 year old Private with the 89th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in Jullindur, Punjab,
India & from his MIC card it is obvious that he also served in WW1; Internet Records have Richard William
Married to Ida Alice Manktelow, from Dartford, Kent; in 1929 in Lewisham, (did they have an illegitimate son
in December 1922?); I understand also from an Internet Public Tree that Richard William Kingdon Died in
Lewisham in 1931 Aged 43, but I still find Kingdon children born to Mother (Maiden name Manktelow) in
1931 & 1932 in Lewisham, which is only just possible?; I then find another son born in 1934 in Lewisham so
perhaps Richard William Kingdon did not die as early as recorded?; Medals Card on file; (I believe that their
son, Richard J Kingdon born 25.12.1922 in Camberwell, London, a Post Office Worker, was also a Royal Air
Force Electrician during WW2 & was awarded the Burma Star, which will be dealt with in my WW2
research);
Follow up Research of Royal Marine Service records:
Kingdon, Richard William; #13849 Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division & #11909 Royal
Marine Artillery, Continuous Service; ADM 159/154 & ADM 159/84;
Notes: There seems to be a date of birth problem here? The Royal Marine Records give Richard William
Kingdon’s birth date as 17.01.1887 but exhaustive searching indicates that the only Richard William born in
that period would be Richard William Kingdon in the 4th Q 1886 Tavistock 5b.364? The Royal Marine
Records also give an Enlistment date of 27.12.1906 for this man & subsequently I have to believe that this is
the same person as #60862 Gunner, serving in WW1 with the RFA; In WW1 he was awarded the Victory
Medal & the British War Medal only which also leads me to think that he was serving in the Royal Marines
prior to the War; Assuming these are the same person, needs more research;
Kingdom, Richard: Army Service Corps No: T2/017679 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Regimental Number Prefix T2/ indicates service with Horse Transport Unit; Medals Card on file;
Insufficient information to identify;
Kingdom, Richard J: Welsh Regiment No: 2096 Rank: Acting Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Richard John: 1st Battalion The Welsh Regiment No: #4480, Rank: Private;
Notes: This is Richard John Kingdon born in the 1st Q 1878 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the eldest son of
Richard Kingdon b.1854 in Bratton Fleming, Devon & Mary Rees from Swansea who married in 1876;
(Richard John Kingdon is the Grandson of John Kingdon b.1817 Bratton Fleming & Grace Bale b.1815 in
Parracombe); In 1881 & 1891 Census Richard John Kingdon lives with his family in Swansea aged 3 & 13
respectively, his Father is a Police Constable; Richard John Kingdon originally enlisted in Cardiff on
16.11.1894 Aged 18 years and declaring himself as a Labourer. Throughout his service years this soldier was
regularly AWOL from 1894 to 1896 & punished accordingly; He was also an alcoholic & was reported for
violence a number of times; He served at Home from 1894 to 1896; In India from 09.10.1896 to 05.10.1906;
Served in South Africa from 06.10.1906 to 16.04.1909 then at home for 238 days before being posted to Egypt
for 4 years; In 1911 Census he is recorded as a Private Richard Kingdon Aged 33, Single Serving in Cairo,
Egypt with the 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment; In 1912 he suffered from severe Alcoholism & inflicted a
self wound; On 20.02.1914 in Gosport Private Richard John Kingdon requested a Discharge from the Army
after 18 years service. His character is recorded as being ‘Bad’ but he is also ‘honest & hardworking, any
manual labour suiting him’; He is aged 37 Years & 4 Months at this time & intended to live at Yostodwon
Villa, Llandybie, Caermarthen, Wales after his discharge on 07.03.1914; He had served for 19 years & 113
days; He was given a Chelsea Pensioner’s Number of #13652/D & an annual pension; On his Special Reserve,
Short Service, Attestation Papers issued on 07.09.1914, he is Aged 36 years & 9 months, issued #2096 for the
Welsh Regiment & he is posted to the Regiment & appointed Acting Corporal, but this does not last long; In
January of 1915 he absents himself without leave to avoid being sent on active service & is awarded 84 days
detention; He absents himself twice more in 1915, receiving punishments; In 1918 he is posted to the
Regimental Depot & appointed to Corporal again by 21.12.1918; He is transferred to the reserve on
16.03.1919, his address is given as #52, Church Street, Cwmgors, Glamorgan; He had served in England from
07.09.1914 to 18.01.1915; In France at the Front from 19.01.1915 to 14.03.1918, for 3 years & 65 days; He
was Gassed in the trenches on 11.03.1918; He then served back in England for a further 257 days, making a
total of an additional 4 years & 191 days to his previous service; He gave his Father’s address as Richard
Kingdon, Yostodwen Villas, Llandybie, Caermarthen; I believe that Richard John Kingdon dies in West
Glamorgan in 1950 Aged 72; Medals Card on file; (I believe that he was the Brother of Alfred James
Kingdon: Army Service Corps No: TS/742 Acting Farrier Sergeant, who served Regular Army & in WW1);
(Another Brother – William Henry Kingdon b.1878 in Swansea served with a Militia Unit at some time);
Kingdom, Richard Thomas: 1st Class Deck Rating, Royal Navy Reserve No: 610 E; BT 164/10/211;
Notes: The BT 164/10 Records indicate that Richard Thomas Kingdom was a Royal Navy Reservist, with the
number #610 E who served for five 5 year engagement periods as a 1st Class Deck Rating; I believe that this is
Richard Thomas Kingdom b.1854 in Hull, Yorkshire & baptised 25.03.1855 in Holy Trinity, Hull; He was
the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman, baptised 27.04.1828 in Ramsgate, Kent & Christiana Andrew
baptised 11.01.1828 in Hull, who Married in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire on 09.02.1848; In 1861 Census
Richard Thos Kingdom lives at #2, Myton Square, Myton, Kingston Upon Hull with his Mother, his Father
must have been at sea; In the 1871 Census Richard Thomas Kingdom is an 18 year old Fisherman on board the
Fishing Smack ‘Abbeona’ #60.160 at sea WNW of Spurn; In 1875 in Hull, Richard Thomas Kingdom Married
Priscilla Hewitt Page, b.1857 in Hull; In the 1881 Census I believe that Richard & Priscilla Kingdom live in
Trinity Square, Clee with Weelsby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire but the records are obliterated; In the 1891 Census
Richard T & Priscilla Kingdom live at #11, Victoria Avenue, Woodcock Street, Newington, Kingston Upon
Hull, Yorkshire, he is a General Labourer; In 1901 Richard T & Priscilla Kingdom live in Newington St John
the Baptist, Sculcoates, Hull but this image is missing from the Census records; I understand from his son
Charles Herbert Kingdom’s WW1 Army Death records that from 1905 onwards, Richard Thomas Kingdom no
longer lived with his wife & family; (His wife Priscilla lived at #20, Rosamund Street in Hull in the 1911
Census; She died in 1934 in Sculcoates Aged 76); I failed to locate Richard Thomas Kingdom in the 1911
Census? I believe that Richard T Kingdom Died in 1930 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire Aged 76; (He was the Father
of Deck Hand Wilfred Thomas Kingdom; of the Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull), Mercantile Marine who died
at sea, aged 24 on 08th January 1915 in WW1 action); (He was the Father of Private Charles Herbert
Kingdom, #10/998, 10th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 22nd July 1916 in WW1);
Kingdom, Robert: Royal Field Artillery No: 52860 Rank: Shoeing Smith 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Robert Kingdon, born in 1875 in Frensham, Surrey, the son of Robert Kingdon, a Domestic
Gardener, b.1835 in Chulmleigh, Devon & Mary Jane Seage(?) from Swansea, Wales, who Married in South
Molton, Devon in 1860; In 1881 Census Robert Kingdon lived with his parents The Gardens, Millbridge,
Frensham in Surrey; In 1891 young Robert Kingdon is a General Labourer living with his parents in Hooks
Cottages, Frensham; (His Father Died in Farnham in 1895 & his Mother remarried to Albert Chuter in 1897 in
Farnham); In 1901 Census Robert Kingdom is aged 26, is now a Farrier/Blacksmith & boarding at #32, Eagle
Road, Stoke within Guildford, Surrey; Robert Kingdon Married Hannah Agnes Smith (b.1873 in Ferring,
Sussex) in 1902 in East Preston, Sussex; In 1911 Census Robert & Hannah Agnes Kingdon lived at #29
Stoughton Terrace, Guildford & he was working as a Farrier; There are records calling this soldier Robert
Kingdom & Kingdon, a Shoeing Smith Corporal in the Royal Field Artillery, he was a Farrier in civilian life
who enlisted in London at the age of 39 as a Gunner on 07.11.1914 & served in France from 19.12.1914 with
the 21st (R) Battery, RFA; Robert Kingdon was promoted to Corporal Shoeing Smith in January 1917, he
served in France for 1 month, then in the Med. Expeditionary Force for 8 months, then in Salonica for 2 years
& 11 months & was finally Transferred to the Class Z Army Reserve on 14.03.1919, his address is given as
#29, Stoughton Terrace, Guildford, Surrey; On 24.04.1919 a Claim for Pension due to Malaria was rejected
despite this soldier having been hospitalised 5 times since Autumn 1916 7 once having been invalided home to
UK with Malaria; I believe that Robert Kingdon Died in Farnham, Surrey on 05.11.1940 Aged 65; Medals
Card on file;
Kingdom, Robert: Somerset Light Infantry No: 20889 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1
- In Memory of Private Robert Kent Kingdom
#346065, 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry & Royal
North Devon Hussars) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
who died age 21
on 03 December 1917;
Remembered with honour
in the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel; (Ancestry.com has his theatre of war as
Egypt); Notes: This soldier also served as # 33681 & #346065 Devonshire Regiment; This is Robert Kent
Kingdom born Rackenford, 3rd Q 1896 South Molton 5b.408, the son of Robert Kingdom, an Agricultural
Labourer b.1863 in Uplowman, Devon & Mary Ann Kent b.1866 in Rackenford, who married in Rackenford,
South Molton, Devon in 1886; In the 1901 Census Robert K. Kingdom lived with his parents in Bellbrook
Cottage, Stoodleigh, Devon; In the 1911 Census Robert Kingdom is aged 15, working as a Farm Labourer &
living with his parents at Ramsterland, Stoodleigh, near Tiverton, Devon; At the time of his Death his parents
were recorded as living at Carscombe, Stoodleigh, Tiverton, Devon; Medals Card on file; (Brother of
Kingdom, Alfred: Devonshire Regiment No: 7880 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in
WW1);
Kingdom, Robert: Continuous Service #36669A, Royal Navy; ADM 139/767;
Notes: The ADM records have reference to Robert Kingdom born 02.05.1851 in Watchet, Somerset but I
would suggest that this date is incorrect; I believe that this is Robert Kingdom whose birth was actually
registered in 1849 in Williton, Somerset, the son of Benjamin Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1821 in
West Monkton, Somerset & Charlotte Dike from West Hatch, Somerset who Married in 1840 in Taunton, but
probably in West Monkton, Somerset; (Watchet in Somerset is a Harbour Town which has seagoing links); In
the 1851 Census R K (Robert) Kingdon is aged 2 & living with his parents in Up Cheddon, Cheddon/Cheriton
Fitzpaine, Somerset, his Father is an Agricultural Labourer; In the 1861 Census Robert Kingdom is aged 13 &
working as a Farm Labourer in Thurloxton, Somerset; I understand that Robert Kingdom volunteered for
Royal Navy Service on 24.04.1866; (His official naval number would support this); I have no records of when
Robert Kingdom left the Royal Navy; I suggest that Robert Kingdon b.1849 in Watchet, Nr. Taunton,
Somerset Married Mary Ann Edwards b.1850 from Wilton, Nr. Taunton in 1870 in Taunton; In the 1871
Census Robert & Mary Ann Kingdom live in Middleway, Wilton, Taunton, Somerset, Robert is a Mason’s
Labourer; In the 1881 Census Robert Kingdon & (Margaret?) his wife are living in Nutts Court, Upper High
Street, west Taunton, Somerset, he is a Labourer; I believe that Robert Kingdom must have died in 1885 at the
age of 33 probably in Wells, Somerset, because his Wife remarried to a Labourer Frederick Clark from
Wedmore, Somerset in Taunton in 1885, & in the 1891 Census she is living in Church Street, Puriton,
Somerset; In 1901 Census Mary Ann is again a Widow & living in Puriton, Somerset; (I believe he was the
Brother of Kingdom, George: Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class, Continuous Service #5373A, Royal Navy; ADM
139/454); (I believe he was probably the Father of Kingdon, Robert William: Royal Army Service Corps No:
R4/144435 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, Robert G: Royal Field Artillery No: 208295 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Also
Recorded as: Kingdom, George Robert in his Records: Royal Field Artillery No: 208295 Rank: Gunner
1914-1920 WO 372/23 – Records also have him as Kingdon? SHOULD BE KINGDON?:
Refer to the Kingdon List:
Notes: This is actually George Robert Kingdon born 17.01.1886 in Holborn, London; Medals Card on file;
(He is the Brother of Kingdon, Richard: Royal Field Artillery No: 2274 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO
372/11);
Kingdom, Robert Gibbs: Commander of the ‘Mattabunga’ in India; The East India Company?;
Notes: I am presuming that Robert Gibbs Kingdom Esquire worked for the East India Company in Calcutta;
There are numerous records for India but I can find nothing for this family in England? From his Death
Records we learn that he was born in 1817; On 19.07.1841 Robert Gibbs Kingdom, Esquire, H.C.S, Married
Maria M. Steers in Calcutta; On 29.07.1843 a daughter was born in Calcutta, I have no name? On 17.06.1845 a
son was born in Calcutta & named George Archibald Kingdom but unfortunately he Died on 09.04.1846 in
Calcutta Aged 9 months & 23 days; On 18.05.1847 another daughter was born in Calcutta, I have no name?
On 22.04.1847 Robert Gibbs Kingdom Died in Calcutta Aged 30 years, 3 months & 22 days; On 18.05.1847
another daughter was born in Calcutta, I have no name? The family address in Calcutta appears to have been
#4, Sudder Street; I can find no other records on this person;
S
KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Samuel: Shropshire Light Infantry No: 14207 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served as #533601 in the Labour Corps; Served in France from 05.09.1915 & was Transferred to
Class Z Reserve on 20.02.1919; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Samuel: Private, #3494, 90th Regiment of Light Infantry, Crimean War; WO 100/32; - Died at
Sebastopol in the Crimea;
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 Samuel
Kingdom, #3494 who Died on the 10.12.1854 probably during the 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;
See also Kingdon, Samuel: Corporal, #1080, Army Service Corps – Land Transport Company – Crimean
War;
Notes: Samuel Kingdon served in the Crimean War in the Land Transport Company, but I have insufficient
information available to identify this soldier; He was awarded the Crimean 1854 – 1855 War Medal & was
entitle to receive a Clasp for having also served at Sebastopol, Camp before Sebastopol 17.10.1853; However,
there is a record which indicates that because of his Discharge the Medal was never effectively issued;
Kingdom, Samuel: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 165876 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Also
recorded as Kingdom, S: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 165876 Rank: Corporal Acting Sergeant 1914-1920
WO 372/24
Notes: Samuel Kingdom was awarded the Territorial Force War Medal (TFWM) as well as the Victory &
British Medals; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Samuel: Royal Navy, Rank: 1st Class Boy in 1881;
Notes: According to the Royal Navy 1881 Census this is Samuel Kingdom b.1864 in Cosham, Hampshire;
However, I have searched birth records for that period & also surrounding areas in Hampshire but failed to
find anything that resembles this man’s profile? In the 1881 Census Samuel Kingdom is Aged 17 & serving as
a Royal Navy 1st Class Boy on board the First Rate Ironclad vessel ‘HMS Minotaur’ which was anchored off
Gibraltar; I also failed to find any other Census records for this man? Insufficient information to enable initial
identification;
Follow up Notes:
Kingdom, Samuel: #108368, Royal Navy; ADM 188/131;
I believe that this is the same person; If I am correct then this is Samuel Hodgers (Odgers) Kingdom, born
14.03.1964 in Maker, Cornwall; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Royal Navy Seaman/Stoker,
b.21.08.1835 in Devonport, Devon, & Jane Odgers from Maker in Cornwall, who Married in 1861 in St
Germans, Cornwall; (There was an earlier son Samuel Hodge Kingdon, born in 1862 in Stoke Damerel, Devon
who Died aged 1 year old in 1863 in Stoke Damerel, recorded as Samuel William Hodge Kingdon); In the
1871 Census Samuel Kingdom is living with his Mother at his Odgers Family Grandparents house in Garratt
Street, Cawsand, Maker in Cornwall, I presume that his Father was at sea; I believe that Samuel Kingdom
probably enlisted in the Royal Navy sometime in 1879 as his Official Naval Number indicates this year; ADM
188/131 gives his date & place of birth as 14.03.1864, Maker, Cornwall; In the 1881 Census Samuel Kingdom
is Aged 17 & serving as a Royal Navy 1st Class Boy on board the First Rate Ironclad vessel ‘HMS Minotaur’
which was anchored off Gibraltar; (I subsequently believe that his place of birth recorded as Cosham,
Hampshire in the 1881 Census is wrong); In the 1891 Census Samuel Kingdom appears to have left the Navy
& is working as a Dockyard Labourer & living with his parents at #100, Pembroke Street, St Aubyn, Stoke
Damerel, Devon, his Father is a Local board Labourer; In the 1901 Census Samuel Kingdom is aged 39,
single, a Labourer & is an Inmate of the Devonport Workhouse & Infirmary; In the 1911 Census Samuel
Kingdom is aged 49, single, formerly a Labourer & is still an Inmate of the Devonport Workhouse & Infirmary
in Wolsley Road, Devonport, Devon; I did not find his death; (He is the son of William Kingdom, #15386A
& #43222, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 139/554 & ADM 188/10);
Kingdom, Sidney J: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 457514 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; (I note that there is also a Kingdon, Sidney J: Royal Field Artillery No: 132909
Rank: Private & #212685 Royal Garrison Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 but I have not linked the two);
Insufficient information to identify accurately;
Kingdom, Sinclair St George Sutherland: Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Lt. 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This Officer served with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment & was promoted to
Captain later; He served in Gallipoli from June 1915; He applied for his Medals on 09.06.1921 & they were
issued on 23.06.1921 & 18.07.1921 to #18, Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London SW3; Sinclair St George
Sutherland Kingdom was born in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire on 23.04.1894, (baptised 04.07.1894 in
St Mary’s Leamington Priors, the son of Edward William Sutherland Kingdom, a Church of England
Clergyman born in 1853 in Quebec, Canada, & Adelaide Charlotte Oxborough from Manchester, Lancashire
who Married in West Ham, Essex/Greater London in 1883; In the 1901 UK Census Sinclair Kingdom was
aged 6 & lived with his parents at #15, St Mary’s Road, Leamington Priors, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire;
In 1911 Sinclair St George S. Kingdom was aged 16 & a Boarder at Kings School, Worcestershire; Sinclair St
George Sutherland Kingdom Married Gwendoline Leila Sylvia Hensley in the Isle of Wight in 1916; This
Officer was promoted to Captain & was serving with the 10th Battalion when he was captured & made a
Prisoner of War on 10.04.1918; He was finally repatriated on 01.01.1919, Western Theatre of Operations,
Record #994; Sinclair St George Sutherland Kingdom Died on 26.07.1947 at #5, Cheltenham Terrace, Chelsea
Aged 53; Medals Card on file;
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, Theodore: Private, #316050 4th Monmouthshire Regiment, Territorials; Private, #31176 Army
Veterinary Corps; Sapper, #370867 Royal Engineers;
Notes: There is much confusion with this person & his immediate family as many records are incorrectly
recorded in the name of Clifford? However, I believe that this is Theodore Kingdom, birth records have him
as Theodore Clifford 1898 in Port Talbot, Neath, Wales; 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; Theodore Kingdom first enlisted as #316050 in
the 4th Monmouthshire Territorial Regiment on 22.01.1917 at the age of 18 years & 3 months; He gives his
Mother’s name as Maria Kingdom & her address as Goytre Cottages, Duffryn Valley, Port Talbot; He declares
his work as an Assistant Collier; Theodore Kingdom is only 4 feet & 11 inches tall so there were queries raised
as to his suitability for Military service; This was resolved by various military correspondences, despite this
soldier claiming that a previous injury prevented him form carrying out route marches & he was authorised to
be posted to the Army Veterinary Corps as a Private, #31176 at the age of 18 years & 10 months; The Army
had also queried his previous employment status with the Parc-Y-Bryn Colliery in Port Talbot; His next set of
enlistment record papers indicate that his mother’s name is Maria Jones, living at the same Goytre Cottages
address in Port Talbot & that he had previously served with the 4th Mons; Theodore Kingdom joined for duty
on 04.08.1917 & this was approved on 03.09.1917 at Woolwich; Throughout his service there were many
issues; Whilst serving with the Army Veterinary Corps he was supposedly detected as having fraudulently
enlisted for WW1 service whilst already under a Class ‘W’ Reservist order on 11.04.1918 & that he was a
Deserter from the Monmouthshire Regiment; Various letters to the Port Talbot Police confirmed that he was
not a deserter but had returned late from leave; (The Police also confirmed that he had a Brother who was a
Private William Henry Kingdom, #38442, Welsh Regiment, Western Knowley park, Prescot, Lancashire; On
17.12.1918, at the age of 20 years, Theodore Kingdom was compulsorily transferred to the Royal Engineers as
a Sapper #370867, to a Tunneling Depot in Chatham (probably due to his height) on 02.11.1918; It would
appear that #316050 Private Theodore Kingdom, 4th Monmouthshire Regiment had been transferred to Class
W (T), Territorial force reserve on 19.02.197 for Civil Employment at the Colliery in Aberavon,
Monmouthshire; It was subsequently noted that Theodore Kingdom had re-enlisted in the Army Veterinary
Corps as #31176 for which he was disciplined; Finally Theodore Kingdom was Transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve
on Demobilisation on 25.11.1919; In 1921 in Port Talbot Theodore Kingdom Married Maud Matilda Pearce
(b.1906 in Bristol), who lived next door in Emroch Street, Port Talbot in 1911 Census; Theodore Kingdom
died on 02.12.1964 at #16, Emroch Street, Goytre, Port Talbot aged 66, his wife died in 1986 Aged 80; No
Medal card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, William: Welsh Regiment No: 38442 Rank: Private);
Kingdom, Thomas: Welsh Regiment No: 26216 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The records show service with B Company of the 17th Service Battalion, Welsh Regiment; Also served
as #55390 in the 15th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment & as T/418650 in the Army Service Corps, the prefix
T/ indicating that he served with a Horse Transport Unit or a Territorial Force; This is probably Thomas
Kingdon born in 1887 or in 1891 in Swansea, son of ?? Kingdon b.?? in ?? & Hannah ?? b.1865 from
Swansea who married in ?? in ??; In 1901 Census his Mother was a widow & the family were living at #11,
Chapel Street, St Thomas, Swansea; In 1911 I believe that Thomas Kingdon aged 23 is a Mason’s Labourer
living with his Brother in law James Kingdon & his sister ‘Lizzie’ Kingdon in Cadle Fach, Ravenhill, Near
Swansea; Thomas Kingdon Enlisted in ??; Private Thomas Kingdon first Enlisted in Porthcawl on 18.01.1915
aged 23 years & 9 months, was a Labourer & was posted to the Welsh Regiment; He gave his address as
Ravenhill, Fforestfach, Near Swansea; It would appear that he went Absent for 17 days from 31.08.1915 to
16.09.1915; He was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force on 02.06.1916; He gave his Next of
Kin as his Sister – Lizzie, (probably Eliza who may have married a James Kingdon from Swansea), Kingdon,
later changed to his Mother, Anna (probably Hannah) Kingdon, Ravenhill, near Swansea; Private Thomas
Kingdon was posted back to the Welsh Regiment Depot on 07.12.1917; Was he wounded? Or just sprained
ankles? On 29.01.1918 his records were sent to 3rd Western General Hospital; In 1918 on leave from 5th
London (City of London) General Hospital? Address given in 1918 c/o Mrs. Stephens, #57, Courtney Street,
Manselton, Swansea? On 19.06.1919 he was Discharged, address given as #52, Watkins Street, Swansea –
birth year given as 1888; Medals Card on file; This needs further research;
Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80;
Notes: This sailor’s official naval number indicates enlistment between 01.01.1874 & 31.12.1874; The ADM
records give his date & place of birth as 01.04.1848 in Wilcove, Cornwall; Unfortunately there are no birth
records for any Thomas Kingdom being born in that period in Wilcove, although there is a Thomas Kingdon
registration in 3rd Q 1847 in Liskeard, Cornwall & a Thomas Rogers Kingdom registered in 1847 in Stoke
Damerel, Devon, who comes from a Naval Service Family; Subsequently it is possible that this is Thomas
Rogers Kingdom who was registered in 1847 in Stoke Damerel, but may have been born in Wilcove,
Cornwall? (His Mother was from Wilcove in Cornwall & his Father was a Royal Navy seaman & Greenwich
pensioner in 1851 in Stoke Damerel); Assuming this is correct, then Thomas (Rogers) Kingdom was the son of
John Thorn Kingdom, 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
Thomas Kingdom was aged 4 & living with his parents in Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon, his Father is a
Greenwich Pensioner; In the 1861 Census Thomas Kingdom is aged 14, an Agricultural Labourer, living with
his parents in #5, Coombe Park, Antony, Cornwall, his Father is a Greenwich Pensioner & Agricultural
Labourer; In the 1871 Census Thomas Kingdom is aged 21 & working as an Indoor Farm Labourer at Brough
Farm, Anthony, Cornwall, his brother George is a Groom & both boys are shown as having been born in
Wilcove, Cornwall; We know from Thomas Kingdom’s Naval number #84877 that he enlisted during 1874 but
I have no way of knowing how long he served? In the 1881 Census for Wilcove in Cornwall, Thomas
Kingdom is now aged 33, working as a Gardener & living with his parents, his Father is a RN Pensioner; I
believe that Thomas Rogers Kingdom Married Emma Jane Treverton, b.1854 in St Teath, Cornwall, in 1885 in
St Germans, Cornwall; In the 1891 Census Thomas & wife Emma Kingdom live in Anthony, Cornwall, he is a
General Labourer; In the 1901 Census Thomas R. & Emma J. Kingdom live at Coombe Park, Wilcove,
Anthony, Cornwall, he is a General Gardener; In the 1911 Census Thomas & Emma Kingdom live in Wilcove,
Anthony, Cornwall, he is a Domestic Gardener; I believe that Thomas R. Kingdom Died in 1928 in St.
Germans, Cornwall aged 80; (He was the 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 Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers
Kingdom Royal Navy); This needs identity verification;
Kingdom, Thomas: #4825 Royal Navy, Captain of the Forecastle; ADM 139/49;
Notes: There are a number of Royal Navy records which may refer to this sailor which I will record here for
later research; The Royal Naval records for Seamen Serving pre 1853 has: Original Pages #342 & #344, for
Thomas Kingdom, Rating, born 1813 in Truro; It gives his Age on entry as 17 & indicates that he served from
17.05.1830 until 24.11.1866 (a total of 36 years); There is reference to an Application to Whitehall on
23.07.1853; On the main Royal Navy Register there is Thomas Kingdom, born on 11.04.1814 in Truro,
Cornwall, Continuous Service #4825 & a date of Volunteering as 01.09.1853, which I believe refers only to
the 13.06.1853 renumbering for serving Royal Navy personnel; Subsequently I believe that this Sailor was
serving prior to the Continuous Service agreements in 1853; I cannot find a definite birth or baptism record
except for a Thomas Kingdom being Baptised on 24.04.1814 in St Clement, Truro, Cornwall, Parents
recorded as Thomas & Anne Kingdom, so perhaps this is our man? The Royal Navy records this man’s entry
into the service as 1830 & despite research there is no record of a Thomas Kingdom serving in 1841 (at least
not land based & records for ship service do not exist); The same problem is found for 1851 Census records;
However, I did find a record for an application for the award of the China War Medal (Anglo Chinese Opium
Wars) for service on ‘HMS Druid’ for an Able Seaman, Thomas Kingdom, pay book #165, from 20.07.1839
to 22.04.1843; At the time of the China War medal claim this sailor was serving on ‘HMS Larne’ so he was
obviously still in the Navy; I then found a ‘Captain of the Forecastle’ Thomas Kingdom, Aged 48, from
Truro, Cornwall, serving on ‘HMS Hydra’ in Havannah, Cuba in the 1861 Census; These details fit his profile;
Following on from that there are Census records for a Thomas Kingdon born in or around 1814 in Truro, living
in Beer Ferris in Devon in 1871 & 1881 Census; The records have him married to a Mary Ann ?? (b.1818 in
Liskeard) but I can find no real evidence of their marriage, although Thomas Kingdon did marry in Liskeard in
2nd Q 1869? In 1871 Thomas Kingdom is a Farmer of 10 Acres in Mole’s Hole Road, Underways, Beer Ferris
& this is also confirmed in the Beer Ferris 1873 records; In the 1881 Census Thomas Kingdon is a Pensioner
living in Beer Ferris Cottages, his wife, Mary A. Kingdon is a Stay Maker; I believe that Thomas Kingdom
Died in 1889 in Tavistock, Devon, Aged 75; Needs Research;
Kingdom, Thomas: Royal Fusiliers No: GS/64030 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1 Private Thomas Kingdom, #64030, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who died age 38 on 30 March 1918;
Husband of Mary Esther Kingdom, of 14, Cefn Glas Road, Bridgend, Glamorgan. Remembered with honour
Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium; Notes: This is Thomas Kingdom who also served as #5874 with
2/1st Monmouthshire Regiment; The Royal Fusiliers were originally the City of London Regiment; His wife
was Mary Esther Jones & they married in 1915 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales; Thomas Kingdom is the
Grandson of George & Ann Kingdom of Hoare in Somerset; Death records for Private Thomas Kingdom have
his birth place as Aberkenfig, Glamorgan & his residence as Bryncethin; Thomas Kingdom was born ca. 1888
in Wales the son of ?? (there are many choices here – needs more research); Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, Thomas C: London Regiment No: 723244 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: There are over 62 pages of paper in this Soldier’s Records; This is Thomas Charles Kingdom who
was originally serving with 6th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps as #Y1233 at Sheerness, but “Deserted” on
09.01.1915 & remained Absent until 08.07.1916 when he was called up under the Military Service Act &
joined 2/24th Battalion London Regiment (The Queens), under the assumed alias name of Private Samuel
Thomas Knight, #723244; I think that he had served as #52394 with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps; See also
Court of Inquiry in Sheerness in 23.02.1915; See also Court of Inquiry in Germany 01.09.1919? This soldier
was Court Martialed & imprisoned for desertion in 1919/1920 but may have been excused trial & released
from Military Prison in order to continue his Army service under special regulations Section 73 of the Army
Act, on 11.03.1919; At one point Private T Kingdom claimed to have been posted to the Royal Dragoons but
this was not true; The ‘desertion’ information all came to light when this soldier was questioned regarding
separation allowance payments to his wife on 07.10.1918; He was actually born Thomas Charles Kingdom in
1883 in Southwark, Surrey according to his Army Medical Records & a signed confession he made in
November 1918; Further evidence indicates that #Y1233 Rifleman Kingdom T. enlisted at Winchester on
29.08.1914 & was posted to 5th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 02.09.1914 & then posted to the 6th
Battalion KRRC on 03.09.1914; He was supposed to be serving as a New Army Man for 3 years but was
Struck Off Strength of the 6th Bn. KRRC as a Deserter on 09.01.1915; We presume that he lived in London &
upon being called up under his alias name of Samuel Thomas Knight he fraudulently enlisted at Kennington as
#723244 in the 2/24th Battalion London Regiment, The Queen’s; There is also an Absentee Report for a
#783844 Rifleman D.C. Kingdom serving with ‘A’ Squadron, 1st Royal Dragoons in a Detachment from the 9th
London Regiment, who failed to return from Leave on 16.06.1919 at Victoria & that he was still Absent on
08.07.1919 at Widdendorf in Germany; In 1918 the Military enquiries revealed that Private S.T. Knight was
not married to Emma Knight of #6, Silverton Street, Great Dover Street, Bow in London; It was revealed that
he Married as Thomas Charles Kingdom to a Widow named Dorothy Annie Eburne on 05.09.1918 at
Southwark Registry Office, giving an address of #18, Naylor Road, Peckham; In various statements, including
one made on 17.02.1919, Thomas Charles Kingdom declared that he was born on 19.11.1883 in Southwark, &
that his parents were William Kingdom, a Labourer & Esther McIver of #6, Silverton Street, London; I believe
that his Prison Sentence for Desertion was remitted & that he was finally released & discharged from the Army
on 23.03.1920; This is Thomas Charles Kingdom born 19.11.1883 in Southwark, Baptised on 09.12.1883 in
Southwark, Christ Church; He was 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 Thomas
Kingdom is aged 7 & living with his parents at #17, Lant Street in Borough Road, St George the Martyr in
London; In 1901 Thomas Kingdom lived with his parents at #4, Knights Place, Christchurch, Southwark; In
1911 Census Thomas Kingdom, Aged 27 is a Coal Porter living with his Widower Father at #13, Dorset Road,
Forest Gate, East Ham; Thomas Charles Kingdom may very well have died at the age of 38 in Camberwell in
1921; Medals Card on file; May also be a Chelsea Pensioner? (Possible Brother of Kingdom, William Edgar:
#8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/48); (He is the Brother of
Kingdom, Frederick J: Royal Devonshire Yeomanry No: 2173 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; &/or
Kingdom, Frederick: Royal Navy, #341107; ADM 188/515/107); (There is another Brother, James Henry
Kingdom b.1882 in Southwark who has no Military Records but is recorded on the Chelsea Pensioner list);
Kingdon, Thomas: No Specific Details;
Notes: In the 1851 Census Records for the town of Holdenhurst near Bournemouth the is a record for a
Thomas Kingdom aged 33, (born 1818 in Exeter St Leonard’s), a Soldier in Practice(?), living with his wife,
Elizabeth Kingdom, aged 26, (born 1825 in Wimbourne, Dorset) at Terrace Cottage; In 1861 Census I did
locate a Married Elizabeth Kingdom aged 33 (b.1828 in Dorset) Boarding at #37, Russell Square, Bloomsbury
St George, London who may well be the wife of this soldier, however, this is not proven & I have no 1861
records for a soldier named Thomas Kingdom serving overseas; I did not manage to identify this man
further;
Kingdom, Thomas Sidney Cornish: Petty Officer 2nd Class, #121062 Royal Navy; ADM 188/157;
Notes: This is Thomas Sidney Cornish Kingdom born 03.04.1867 in Stoke Damerel, 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 Thomas S. C. Kingdom is aged 4 & lives with his Mother (a Naval Pensioner’s wife, Father away
from home?) at #1, Keppel Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon; It is possible that Thomas S. C. Kingdom is living at
the District Greenwich Hospital School in Greenwich, London as a 14 year old scholar in 1881 Census but
again the record has his birth place as Plymouth; I do not know when Thomas Sidney Cornish Kingdom
actually joined the Royal Navy but his official naval number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1882 &
31.12.1882; I did not find him in 1891 or 1901 Census records; I did find a British Postal Service Record for a
T.S.C. Kingdom for a position in Fareham, Hampshire in July of 1905; In the 1911 Census Thomas Sidney
Cornish Kingdom is still unmarried, aged 43 & working as a Bridge Works Erector in Darlington; I understand
that Thomas S. C. Kingdom Married Margaret Jackson in 1929 in Auckland, Durham; Thomas S C Kingdom
Died in 1929 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland aged 63; Awarded 1914-15 Star, Victory & the British
War Medals; (Son of Kingdom, William: Royal Navy Pensioner in 1871 Census; No other information?);
(Brother of Kingdom, Henry Lockyer: Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy #114720; ADM 188/144); (Probably
related to Kingdon, Edwin Peter Pengelley: Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A & Royal Navy #63488); Needs
more research as much missing information;
Kingdom, Thomas W: Somerset Light Infantry No: 2720 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in
WW1 - Corporal Thomas William Kingdom, #2720, 2nd/4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry; who died on
09th July 1915; He is Remembered with honour in the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India;
Notes: This is Thomas William Kingdom born in 1st Q 1885 Bridgewater, Somerset 5c.389 & resided in
Bruton, Somerset; He was possibly the Grandson of John & Mary Ann Ridgeway who lived in Westleigh,
Burlescombe, Somerset in 1891 with young Thomas visiting aged 6; I failed to find his parents or his
whereabouts in 1901 or in 1911 Census; Prior to enlistment I understand that Thomas William Kingdom
served with a local Militia Unit & those records indicate that he was probably born in Langport, Somerset; I
believe that Thomas William Kingdom enlisted in Bath for WW1 service & served in India with Prince
Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry; He is buried in Hosur Road Cemetery in Bangalore, Madras, India; Medals
Card on file; I have no other information on this Soldier;
Kingdom, Trevor: Machine Gun Corps No: 37324 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11;
Notes: Also served with the Northumberland Fusiliers as #56739; Medals Card on file; Insufficient
information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Trevor: Private, #828, Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; Possibly Died in WW2
serving in the Merchant Navy;
Notes: This is Trevor Kingdom b.1896 in the Parish of Christchurch, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; He was
the son of John Kingdom, a Boatman at Swansea Docks, b.1862 in Swansea & Mary Jane Richards from
Swansea who Married in 1893 in Swansea; In 1901 Trevor Kingdom lived with is parents at #4, Vincent
Street, Swansea; I believe that his Father John Kingdom died in 1901 & his Mother then remarried a Thomas
Basham in 1910 & continued to live in Vincent Street; In 1911 Census, at the age of 14 years, Trevor Kingdom
is an Inmate of the Llansamlet, Glamorgan Borough Council Industrial Boys School in Boneymaen,
Glamorgan; He enlisted in Swansea at the age of 18 in May 1914 into the Territorial Force for a period of 4
years in the United Kingdom; At the time of Enlistment he was working as a Picture Framer & lived at #4,
Vincent Street, Swansea; On 22.05.1914 he served as a Driver & was posted to Salisbury Plain from
02.08.1914 to 05.08.1914 with the 1st Glamorgan Battery, Royal Field Artillery, however he was then declared
Medically Unfit after only 74 days service & was Discharged in August 1914; His records indicate that his
Mother was Mary Jane Basham of #4, Vincent Street, Swansea; I believe that Trevor Kingdom may have
become a Merchant Seaman, working as a Greaser on board the Steam Tanker ‘Melpomene’, owned by the
Ministry of War in London, sailing from Swansea to New York on 16.09.1941 at the age of 46 years, the record
indicates that he had worked at sea for 21 years or more & that he was Welsh; This record indicates that he
was one of the Detained’ personnel by the US Authorities for Visa Waiver requirements; I did not follow this
further;
Follow on Notes: There is a WW2 Memorial Register for Tower Hill Memorial, London, which refers to
Greaser, Trevor Kingdom of the Merchant Navy having Died on ‘SS Empire Amethyst (Middlesbrough) on
14.04.1942 Aged 45; The ‘SS Empire Amethyst’ was torpedoed by the German U-Boat U-154 & she was sunk
with the loss of the entire crew of 47 souls;
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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE
Kingdom, W: Royal Warwickshire Regiment No: 4145 Rank: Private, The Expansion of Sudan by the British,
1896 to 1898; WO 100/80;
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 at the 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: Royal Marines Bn. RN Div., Marine Light Infantry, #PO/1887(S), Rank: Private; - Died of
Sickness in WW1 - Private W KINGDOM, PO/1887(S), Royal Marines Battalion Royal Naval Division,
Royal Marine Light Infantry who 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;
Notes: Transferred to Kingdon List; ADM 171/169 records that he was awarded the Victory & British war
Medals; (William John Yendall Kingdon’s elder brother Claude Carne Kingdon served in WW1 also as
#178198 in the Machine Gun Corps);
Kingdom, W: Devonshire Regiment No: 19131 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: William Kingdon suffered from Myalgia etc. in France and transferred as #P13292 to Military Foot
Police from 1917; He enlisted on 26.07.1915 & was discharged on 28.04.1920; He claimed a Pension for his
Myalgia & Rheumatism; He claimed to have suffered with rheumatism from having wet feet & legs in the
trenches since 13.12.1916; William Kingdon lived in West Street, Morchard Bishop, Witheridge, Devon on
discharge; 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; In 1881 William lived with
his parents in Bishops Nympton; In 1891 he was a Servant at Combsland Farm Bishops Nympton; In 1901 he
was a Seed Merchant’s Carter living back with his parents in Bishops Nympton; William Kingdon Married
Bessie (Gibbs) ?? on 02.05.1906? in South Molton?; Medals Card on file; (He is the elder brother of Charles
Kingdon who also served in WW1 as #28483 in the Grenadier Guards) (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: Army Service Corps No:
4/122407 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, W E: Royal Engineers No: 514302 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/24
Transferred to Kingdon List: Kingdon, William E: Royal Engineers Regiment No: T1005 Rank: Sapper
1914-20 WO 372/11
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: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO Kingdon, Walter G: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11
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; In his records he gives his next of kin as his Widowed Mother
Sarah Kingdon #23, Tennison Street, Lambeth, Brothers Francis Henry & John Albert Kingdon, who he lived
with in 1901 Census; His Father was Sergeant Walter Kingdon of the Royal Horse Artillery serving at the
District Grand Depot Barracks in Woolwich Arsenal in 1891 with his family also, including Walter George
Kingdon aged 6 months; A recently provided London Schools Record reveals that Walter Kingdon was born
on 18.09.1890 & attended St John & All Saints School in Lambeth on 07.01.1895 aged 4 years; His address is
recorded as #23, Tennison Street, Lambeth; Walter Kingdon left this school on 20.12.1897 when he was
transferred to the Boys School; His Father died in 1896 in Lambeth; (His Mother & Brother John Albert were
Cleaners in the House of Commons in the 1911 Census); Driver W.G. Kingdom, served with 29th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery, probably enlisted for WW1 on 23.08.1914; There are two Medals Card Records on file;
Service Records & Pension Records for Walter George Kingdon – had already been serving with 7th
Battalion Rifle Brigade Militia at time of enlistment, he was 18 years old and a Porter by trade; He enlisted
into the Army on 04.07.1907 in London, he is recorded as having a number of tattoos; He contracted
Gonorrhea in 1910 & spent 89 days in hospital; His first transfer to the Reserve was from 181st Battery Royal
Field Artillery on the expiration of his period of Army Service on 03.07.1913 having served for 6 years; His
conduct was very good & he was accustomed to the care of horses; He is noted as having been a Carter
previously; He gave his intended address as #27, New Street, Kennington, London; In one record sheet there is
reference to a W.G. Kingdon #45379 & not #47379? At some stage he suffered from Trench Nephritis on his
face & loins in 1915 & spent 81 days in hospital in Bagthorpe, Nottingham; I believe that he re-signed between
12.09.1913 & 03.07.1914 for further Reserve/War service; He was promoted to Sergeant in 1917; He appears
to have been demobilised on 24.02.1919 having served a total of 11 Years & 235 Days; I believe that Walter
George Kingdon died in Elham, Kent in 1936 Aged 45; (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: Border Regiment No: 34535 Rank: Private 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;
Notes: This soldier served in WW1 as #34535 in the Border Regiment & as #28711 Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment, formerly also #35283 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 where they continued to live in 1916; Medals Card on file;
(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;
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: South Wales Borderers No: 14932 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served with the Labour corps as #369941; Served in France from 10.12.1914 & was Transferred to
the Class Z Reserve on 01.04.1919; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; Pay book
#141333;
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); (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, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068;
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; Awarded 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); This family may need further investigation & research;
Kingdom, Wilfred Thomas: Deckhand, Mercantile Marine: - Died in WW1- Deck Hand WILFRED
THOMAS KINGDOM; Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull), Mercantile Marine who died age 24 on 08th January
1915; Son of Richard Thomas and Priscilla Kingdom, of 2, Clumber Avenue, Flinton St., 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 1891 Wilfred Thomas Kingdom lived with his parents in Kingston
upon Hull, his Father was a General Labourer; In 1901 Wilfred D. Kingdom lived with his parents in
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 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 Son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, RNR #610/E; BT 164/10);
Kingdom, Wm: No Specific Details
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, Plymouth 1779; ADM 106/2979
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 & had spent 2 years
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: Canadian Infantry, #706779 Rank Unspecified: LAC Ref: RG 150, Accession 199293/166, Box 5181 – 7;
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: Labour Corps No: 143807 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served in Devonshire Regiment #21149 in 1917 the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment #28246
in 1916 & 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 & the Kingdom references appear to be incorrect; 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 1881 Census; In 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; In 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 1st 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;
Kingdom, William: Royal Field Artillery No: 1152 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also served in 6th London Brigade, #955391 RFA; 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 on 30.06.1894; William Kingdom enlisted in the Territorial Force on 14.08.1913 in London Aged 17
years & 6 months; He gives his address as #1, East Street, West Norwood, London & his occupation as a
Printer; In 1901 Census William lives with his parents in East Street, Lambeth; William Kingdon was called
up after his training & Home Service & sent to France on 16.03.1915; On 20.07.1915 he was wounded by a
premature exploding shell, he rejoined the unit on 11.08.1915; He was wounded in action with a slight GSW
on 04.04.1917 & rejoined his unit on 10.04.1917; He was disembodied on demobilisation on 18.02.1819 in
Charlton; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, William: Private, #3361, 90th Regiment of Light Infantry, Crimean War; WO 100/32; - Died at
Sebastopol in the Crimea;
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;
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: Welsh Regiment No: 38442 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
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; (He is the brother of Kingdom, Theodore: Private, #316050 4th Monmouthshire
Regiment, Territorials; Private, #31176 Army Veterinary Corps; Sapper, #370867 Royal Engineers);
Kingdom, William: Royal Marine, Plymouth, 1851 to 1871; Greenwich Pensioner; ADM 157/218/253;
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: Royal Navy Pensioner in 1871 Census; No other information?
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); 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); Needs
more research;
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: Private, 2nd Foot, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey); Napoleonic Wars; WO
97/1143 from Crediton & WO 120 2nd Garrison Battalion, November 1916 “Reduction”;
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;
Kingdom, William: Private, #34, 2nd Regiment of Foot; Napoleonic Wars; WO 100/5 & WO 100/12;
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;
Kingdom, William: Army Service Corps No: M2/098653 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Prefix M2/ to his Regimental Number denotes he was an Electrician; Served in France from 31.08.1915
& was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 21.07.1919; Promoted to Corporal during his service; Medals Card
on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, William: #15386A Continuous Service & #43222, Royal Navy; ADM 139/554 & ADM 188/10;
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);
Kingdom, William A: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 146436 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable identification;
Kingdom, William A: Devonshire Yeomanry No: 9906 Rank: Private 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
Bn., Devonshire Regiment
who died
on 27th September 1916, Remembered with honour
in the Grove
Town Cemetery, Meaulte, on the Somme, France; Notes: His Regimental Number indicates that he probably
enlisted between 28.05.1913 & 31.03.1914; 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, his Father William is a Chimney Sweep, at #15,
West Exe South in Tiverton, Devon; 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 on 13.11.1914; Medals Card on file; (The sons in this family are Grandchildren of Robert
Kingdon b.1839 & Caroline Were); (He was the Brother of #8207 Lance Corporal Gordon Kingdom b.1890
in Rackenford, who served in Devonshire Regiment & who also Died in WW1 on the 01.07.1916 in France;
He was also the Brother of #10191 Private Frank Kingdom b.1892 Tiverton, who served in Devonshire
Regiment who also Died in WW1 on 25.09.1915 & remembered on the Loos Memorial);
Kingdom, William Alexander: Royal Warwickshire Regiment Rank: Second Lt. 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2/6 Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Served as a Lieutenant in the
South Staffordshire Regiment; Served as a Lieutenant in the 30th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps; 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 who married in 1875; In 1901 & the 1911 Census
William Alexander lived with his parents at #59, London Road, Southwark, London; 2nd Lieutenant W. A.
Kingdom 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; His
medals were sent to him on 25.03.1902 & 08.09.1921 to #14, Lebanon Gardens, Wandsworth, London SW 18;
I believe that William Alexander Kingdom Died in Yeovil, Somerset in 1986 Aged 94; Medals Card on file;
(He is the Brother of Kingdom, James H: London Regiment No: 4778 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, William C: Welsh Regiment No: 63452 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served also with the Labour Corps #609727 & The Royal Welsh Fusiliers as # GS/106585, the GS/
prefix indicating General Service Enlistment, WW1; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable
identification;
Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/48;
Kingdom, William Henry: Royal Marines, Chatham; ADM 157/1505/46;
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;
(Could be the Brother of Rifleman Thomas Charles Kingdom #723244 London Regiment who was a
Deserter at points throughout his service); (He could also be the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick J: Royal
Devonshire Yeomanry No: 2173 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; &/or Kingdom, Frederick: Royal
Navy, #341107; ADM 188/515/107); (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;
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;
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 H: Gloucestershire Regiment No: 200470 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
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 1891 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom lived with his parents at #3, Edgewood Villas,
Bedminster, Bristol; In 1901 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom is living with his parents at #28, Leighton Road,
Bedminster, Bristol; In 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 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 1/4 Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment
with #2319TF, the TF denotes a Territorial Force & the Regimental Number indicates enlistment between
05.08.1914 & 01.09.1914; William H Kingdom appears to have ben promoted to Sergeant when serving as
#2319TF; Served in France from 31.02.1915; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Leslie:
Gloucestershire Regiment No: 2419 TF Rank: Lance Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on
13.08.1915);
Kingdom, William H: Devonshire Regiment No: 3598 Rank: Corporal 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;
Notes: William Henry Kingdom served with the Devonshire Regt. #3598; The Enlistment dates for this
number are for a period between 25.01.1892 & 26.01.1893; William Henry Kingdom was born 2nd Q 1890
Tiverton 5b.403 & is the Son of George Kingdom b.1862 Woolfardisworthy & Lucy Roberts b.1868
Witheridge; who married in 1889 in Tiverton; In 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; Medals Card on file; (His younger brother Walter
Kingdon, #34535 Border Regiment & #28711 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);
Kingdom, William Henry: Serving in India in 1911, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion The Kings Own Regiment;
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;
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: Royal Field Artillery No: 83250 Rank: Bombardier 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served in Egypt from 01.07.1915; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to be able to
identify;
Kingdom, William J: Dorsetshire Regiment No: 203522 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to be able to identify;
Kingdom, William John: Shipwright 1st Class No: 345574, Royal Navy; ADM 188/524;
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;
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: Army Service Corps No: MS/4249 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
SEE ALSO: Kingdon, W L: Army Service Corps No: MS/4249 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is William Llewellyn Kingdom born 4th Q 1892 Oakford/Tiverton; Private in the Army Service
Corps (Mechanical Transport) #4249, the MS/ prefix denotes service as Mechanical Specials; I believe that he
served from 23.09.1914; Son of William Kingdom b.1861/3 Oakford & Catherine Emily Dyer b.1864
Swindon, Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton in 1891; They lived in Tiverton in 1901, William was an
Innkeeper; William Llewellyn lived with parents in #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton, in 1901; In 1911 William
Llewellyn lived with his parents at the Castle Inn, Bampton, he was a Motorists Attendant; William Llewellyn
Kingdon Marries Bertha Maud Luscombe from Penzance on 14.11.1917 in Tiverton; 2x Medals Cards on file;
(Brother of Percy Arthur Kingdom b.1899 Tiverton who served in WW1 & Horace Donald Kingdon
b.1896 Stoodleigh who Served in WW1 & Died in France on 06.05.1917; All 3 Brothers are recorded on the
Bampton Memorial Roll);
Kingdom, William T: London Regiment No: 555062 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Served with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster
Rifles); His Regimental Number indicates enlistment around January 1917 when the new 6 figure Territorial
force numbers were started; 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; The Spring 1919
Absent voters List for South Molton, Devon, the Parish of Sandford has reference #4324 to Kingdon Wm.
Tremlett – Downhayne – Queen’s Westminster Rifles; (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 a Farmer, Fred Kingdon b.1859 in Bampton & Fanny Maunder from Morchard Bishop who Married
in 1896 in Crediton; In 1901 & 1911 Censuses William T Kingdon lives with his parents in Down Hayne
Farm, Sandford, Devon, (1911 address is for Cheriton Fitzpaine); I believe that William Tremlett Kingdon
Died in 1975 in Crediton Aged 77; ; Medals Card on file;
Kingdom, William Wilfred: Royal Navy, Gunner, #209300; ADM 188/365 & ADM 196/156: - Died in
WW1 - Gunner William Wilfred Kingdom H.M.S. "Good Hope", Royal Navy, who died on 01st November
1914: Remembered with honour Plymouth Naval Memorial; 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 was sunk & 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’; There is no Medals Card but he was awarded the Victory Medal, the British
War Medal & 1914-15 Star; (He was the Brother of Cecil Kingdon, BT 351/1, who was a Merchant Seaman
during WW1); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick: #134456, 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