A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: Served also with The Glamorgan Yeomanry as #90100 & Lovat Scout’s (probably as an attached Sapper) with the regimental number of #126716; Promoted to L/Cpl with the RE’s; This is Percival Kingdon born ??; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to be certain of which Percival Kingdon?

Notes: Also served # 368786 with Royal Engineers; When he first enlisted he was given #4603; Born Percy Edward Kingdon in 1884 South Molton, son of John Keys Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker, b.1844 South Molton & Mary Webber Greenslade from Charles, Devon who Married in 1868 in South Molton; They lived in Duke Street, South Molton in 1891 & in 1901 Percy Edward Kingdom was a Carpenter; In 1911 Percy Edward Kingdon is aged 28, is a Cabinet Maker & living with his parents at #13, Duke Street, South Molton; Percy Kingdon enlisted on 21.06.1916 in South Molton aged almost 32 years; Served at Home from 21.06.1916 to 20.07.1916, served in India from August 1916 to November 1917 & served in Mesopotamia from November 1917 to February 1919; He served attached to the Royal Engineers and then was compulsorily transferred to the ‘Sappers’ on 01.01.1918; He was examined for discharge in Baghdad on 21.02.1919 & discharged in UK on 03.05.1919; Recorded as an Absent voter in 1919 list for South Molton, Devon; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Frank G: Devonshire Regiment No: 317 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 Also Recorded as: Kingdon, F: Devonshire Regiment No: 317 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/24);

Notes: This is probably Percival Hocking Kingdon who’s records are marked up with service with the 7^th (C) Devons & later the 2/7^th on 18.05.1916; (2/7^th (Cyclist) Battalion formed at Totnes in October 1914 but remained in the UK throughout the war, moving to Sevenoaks in 1916, Margate in 1917 and Southminster in 1918. By November 1918 this unit was at Maldon & then under the orders of 73^rd Division from October 1917 to January 1918); The records indicate that Percival Hocking Kingdon’s Army enlistment date was on 01.11.1915 for 4 years service in the UK with the allocated #2196, at the age of 22 years & then #290562; On 14.06.1917 Percival Hocking Kingdon then appears to have been discharged from the Devon Regiment for re-enlistment in the Royal Navy where he appears to have served until the end of the War; At the time of his Army discharge in 1917, he had served 1 year & 226 days in the Army at Home Stations in the UK; I then researched in Royal Naval files & found Percival Hocking Kingdom, born 28.05.1893, serving as #R/2564 Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Acting Leading Seaman paid, & Leading Seaman, see Catalogue Ref: ADM 339/1; ADM 171/127 records him as Acting Petty Officer, #R/2564; This is Percival Hocking Kingdom born 1893 in Plymouth, the son of James Hocking b.1867 in Plymouth & Mary Grace Coghlan or Mary Elizabeth Higgs b.1868 in Plymouth who married in 1886 in Plympton St Mary; (In 1891 Census James Kingdom, a Fisherman, b.1867 Plymouth & Mary Ann ?? b.1868 Exeter live at #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth); In 1901 Percival Hocking, Aged 8 lives with his parents James & Mary Hocking in Plymouth, his Father is a Boatman; In 1911 Percival Hocking, Aged 17 lives with his parents James & Mary Ann Hocking (b.1869 in Exeter) at #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth, his Father is a Seaman; Following the War, I understand that Percival H Kingdom may have Married Sarah E. Blight in Devonport in 1923; I believe that Percival H Kingdom died in 1938 in Plymouth Aged 44; I was having great problems with the name Hocking Kingdom as some records have simply Hocking, despite Percival’s records giving James Hocking Kingdom of #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth? ADM 171/127 for the Royal Naval Reserve issue of WW1 Medals has a record for Percival H. Kingdom, Acting Petty Officer, #R/2564, Awarded the Victory & British War Medals; I have not researched this man further; (Probably related to Kingdom, Charles Michael Steer: #272243, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy; (Became an Officer, Engineering Lieutenant Commander); ADM 188/437 & ADM 171/107);

Notes: This is Percival John Kingdon born 13.04.1897 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; This is probably 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 Percy Kingdon is aged 13 & lives with his parents in #25, Park Place, Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; Percival John Kingdon Married Jeannie Elizabeth Irvine in 1919 in Carlisle, England; In 1944 I understand that they lived in Lonlas, Skewen, Neath in 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; (He was the Father of Ronald Noel Kingdon, #6462880, Fusilier, 12^th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who Died 18.04.1944 in WW2);

Notes; This is Percival Henry Kingdon born in 4^th Q 1884 in Gloucester; He is the son of Alfred A. William Kingdon b.1861 Bradninch & Emily Aldridge of St Mary Church Road, Torquay; His Father was a Domestic Gardener in 1891 & a Cycle Agent Repairer in 1901; In 1891 & 1901 he lived with his parents in St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon; He was a Cycle Fitter when he enlisted on 17.11.1902 in Devonport, Extended his Service to 8 Years in 1904, Served in India from 19.10.1906 to 23.12.1910, Transferred to Army Reserve on 23.12.1910 & intended living at #32, Ellacombe Terrace, Ellacombe, Torquay; In 1911 Census he is recorded as an Army Clerk living with his mother Emily, a Nurse Attending at #32, Ellacombe Road, Tormohan, Torquay; Re-engaged on 07.07.1914 in Sheffield; Home based until 19.03.1915, posted to ME Force Egypt on 20.03.1915 until 29.08.1916; Returned Home on 30.08.1916; He suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his Right Leg & Arm on 28.06.1915 in Gallipoli; He Served in France in 1917; In 1917 his Wife lived at #52 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield; In 1918 his wife lived at #107 Eldon Street, Sheffield; He was Discharged 14.01.1919; He had Married Emily Olive Jeffery b.1892 in Sheffield on 04.07.1914 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire West Riding; Percival Henry Kingdon died in Sheffield in 1934 Aged 49; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Alfred Gerald: Royal Army Service Corps No: M2/079207 Rank: Private, served in WW1 also);

Notes: Private Percy Kingdon

#27670, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
who died aged 19
on 12^th September 1918, Son of John and Alice Ann Kingdon, of Heale Lodge, Littleham, Bideford, Devon; Also served as #30957 Dorset Regiment; Percy Kingdon was born 2^nd Q 1899 Bideford 5b.462, in Littleham, the Son of John Kingdon b.1869 Landcross & Alice Ann Shortridge from Bulmercott who married in 1892; In 1901 he lived with his parents in Littleham, Devon; Medals Card on file;

Notes: The ADM records have Percy Kingdon born 06.04.1870 (no birthplace mentioned), but I have failed to find any Kingdons who would match this name or profile? The RMLI records have him Enlisting in the Plymouth division on 06.08.1889 but again I can find no record of him in any Census? Awarded the WW1 British War Medal; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: This is Percy James Kingdon born in 1875 in Cornwall, England, the son of James Kingdon, b.1844 in Advent, Cornwall, England & Elizabeth Jane Wendon, b.1848 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, who had married in Cornwall, England in 1868 & sailed with young Percy J Kingdon & the rest of their family on 09.09.1879 from England to New Zealand on board the ‘Famenoth’, arriving in Cambridge West in 1880, where he established a Blacksmith’s business on the corner of Shakespeare & Cook Streets; (His Grandparents, Jonathan Kingdon & Mary Orchard Hill had arrived in New Zealand from Cornwall, England in 1872 on the ‘Celestial Queen’); (I understand that one of Percy’s brothers, Samuel Wendon Kingdon, died by drowning in a river at a Wesleyan Picnic in 1883 at the age of 12 years); Percy James Kingdon lived with his parents in Cambridge West as a Compositor in 1896 & 1900; In 1905 & 1906 Percy James Kingdon is recorded in Whangarei, working as a Printer; Percy James Kingdon Married Corinth Marie Louise Mullions on 29.09.1909 & in 1911 they are recorded living in Victoria Road, Cambridge; In 1914 Percy James & Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon are living in Cameron Road, Tauranga; In August, September, October of 1917 Percy James Kingdon registered for WW1 Service with the 2^nd Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force & was classified in ‘Class D’, having 3 children; There are no other military records for this soldier but I do not believe that he actually served in WW1; In 1919 they live at the same address in Tauranga, Percy James is a Printer; His Father died around 1919; In 1928, 1935, & 1938, Percy James & Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon live in Devonport Road, Tauranga & he is working as a Printer; In 1946 they have moved to #31, Eleventh Avenue, Tauranga, where they remained in 1949, 1954, 1957; I believe that Percy James Kingdon died in 1962 Aged 86 & his wife went to live in New Lynn at #21, Heaphy Street, SW3, she is recorded as being Retired; I understand that Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon Died in 1966; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Irwin Wendon: Private, #48650, ‘A’ Company, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1): (He was the Brother of Archibald Henry Kingdon, 2^nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): (He was the Brother of Dick Kingdon, 2^nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): This family could be researched further;

Notes: This is Percy Walter Frank Kingdon Born 14.10.1893 in Exeter, son of Walter Frank Kingdon b.1860 Exeter & Emily Denham who Married in Exeter in 1888; Percy Kingdon lived with his parents in Exeter in 1901, his Father was a GWR Railway Engine Cleaner; I believe that Percy Walter Frank Kingdon enlisted on 31.11.1916 & Served in France; He was Commissioned on 27.08.1918 to 2^nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment; His Medals were sent to #77, Hoopern, Exeter, Devon 1920/23? I believe that Percy W. F. Kingdon Married Lavinia May Twitchin b.1899 from St Thomas, Exeter in 4^th Q 1920 in Exeter; In 1976 they lived at #6 Hanbury Court, Hanbury Road, Clifton, Bristol; Percy Walter Frank Kingdon Dies in 1978 in Bristol Aged 84; Medals Card on file;

Notes: The Registers of Seamen’s Wills has records for Peter Kingdon, Mariner, Pay Book #161, Serving onboard ‘HMS Europa’, firstly at Plymouth Dock [Stoke Damerel] Devon in 1792 & secondly with a date of 14.11.1795; The Executor of ‘HMS Europa’ seamen’s wills was Richard Williams, Captain of Marines; I have no other information; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has a record for Peter Kingdon, Mariner in 1795 having served in the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: In the records for Silverton there is reference to a Soldier, Peter Kingdon, a Tailor & Soldier under Sir John Acland being Maimed in 1680; I have no idea who this is?

Notes: This is Philip Henry Kingdon born 11.04.1892 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, Wales, a son of John Kingdon, a Greengrocer, b.1862 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan & Mary Wylde from Laleston, Glamorgan, who married in 1888 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales; (Grandson of John Kingdon b.1830 North Molton, Devon & Mary Rees from Newton, Glamorgan, Wales & Great Grandson of Philip Kingdon b.1801 North Molton & Ann Smith b.1804 North Molton); In 1901 Philip Hy. Kingdon lived with his parents in Church Street, Newton Nottage, Glamorgan; In 1911 Philip H. Kingdon is living with his parents at Chestnut Cottage, Newton, Glamorgan, Wales, working as a Builder’s Labour with his Father; Philip Henry Kingdon then shipped to Canada aged 21 to take up work as a Farm Labourer onboard the ‘SS Tunisian’ in 1913 with his younger brother Albert John Kingdon; He registered for WW1 service on 02.02.1916 in Canada & was sent off to War; He served overseas in France as L/Cpl P. Kingdon #1000529 of the 16^th Battalion, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force; I presume that he served in Europe as he was returned to Canada as a Convalescent Case in 1919 with a Debility & Gun Shot Wounds to his thighs, onboard the vessel ‘SS Essequibo’ from Liverpool, England to Portland, Maine, USA & subsequently to Winnipeg; There is no Medals Card; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Eustace W: Welsh Regiment No: 59624 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Albert John: 226^th Overseas Battalion, No: 100873 Rank: Private Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force); (He was the brother of Kingdon, Arthur R, (Richard Arthur Kingdon): Royal Welsh Fusiliers No: 75494 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on 14.06.1918 in Flanders); I have not followed up on any further research;

Notes: The Muster Roll for the Royal Air Force in WW1 records a #94144 Kingdon R. who enlisted & transferred from the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) on 01.07.1916; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: The London Gazette Supplement dated 16.10.1915 has reference to the Reverend R.A. Kingdon, temporary chaplain to the Forces, 4^th class, relinquishing his commission on 07.10.1915; I have no other information on this Chaplain except that he was a member of the Catholic Movement & the Society of the Holy Cross; (Amongst Members of the Society who engaged early in War Work were the Revds. R. A. Kingdon and C. F. Kempson, who in November, 1914, were reported to be on Active Service with the troops and asking for the prayers of the Society. At a later period seven Brethren were doing Chaplain's duty with the Forces, and before the War closed many others were engaged in various duties, while in 1917 the Secretary (F. H. Glaister) was designated by his bishop for War Work in France and the Assistant Secretary (L. T. S. Barrett) was engaged in naval duties); Needs further research;

Notes: This is Ralph John Kingdon born in 1886 in Cardiff; Ralph Kingdon was aged 30 when he was called up in Swansea on 26.10.1916, deemed to have been enlisted 03.03.1916, & was a Warehouse Foreman living at #36, Rosehill Terrace, Swansea, Wales; At enlistment he gave his next of Kin as Isaac Kingdon (b.1861 Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire & Sarah Davies from Blackwood, Monmouthshire, who married in Pontypridd on 14.05.1883), living in Rosehill Terrace, Swansea; Ralph later married Evelyn Mary Saunders, b.05.12.1890 in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, in St Paul’s, Mill Hill, Middlesex on 24.02.1917; He served in France; He was promoted to Lance Bombardier & then Bombardier at time of discharge on 31.01.1919; He left for France from Southampton on 28^th March 1917 and disembarked at Le Havre on 29^th March 1917. He was in a field hospital from 8^th to 14^th December 1918, listed as Sick. Having served in France he was discharged on 31^st January 1919. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals; Prior to his Army service, in 1891 Ralph John Kingdon lived with his parents at #26, Tenant Street, Canton, Cardiff; In 1901 Ralph lived with his parents at #70, Stockland Street, St Mary Cardiff & he was an Apprentice Printer; In 1911 the family lives in Swansea & Ralph is single, aged 24 & an Assistant in a Household Provisions Shop; Ralph Kingdon Died in Swansea in 1959 Aged 72; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Thomas: Army Service Corps No: M2/035242 Rank: WO Class 2 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1);

Notes: The 125^th Battalion was a unit raised for service in WW1 & was based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; The unit began recruiting in 1915 throughout Brant County & sailed to England in August 1916; This unit was absorbed into the 8^th Reserve Battalion on 16.04.1918; This is Ralph Henry Kingdon born 02.04.1897 in South Bend, Indiana, USA (some records have 02.04.1898); He is the son of Francis (Frank) Henry Kingdon, an Engine Moulder, b.03.04.1871 in Syracuse, New York, USA & Elizabeth (Lizzie) Cleora Peffley, b.1873 in Indiana, USA (her family line is American/Dutch), who were Married on 10.06.1896 in South Bend, Indiana, USA; In the 1901 Census Ralph H Kingdon lived with his parents in Brantford, Brant South, Ontario, Canada & they lived next door to his Grandparents also, (for my family research the Grandfather is probably John Hamlin Kingdon born 1843 in South Molton, Devon, England who emigrated to the USA in 1865); At the age of 18 years & 7 months Ralph Henry Kingdon Enlisted in Brantford on 27.12.1915 for service with the 125^th Battalion, CEF; He gave his address as #90, Arthur Street, Brantford, Ontario, his occupation as a Clerk & his Father as his NOK; Ralph Henry Kingdon appears to have lived in the USA from 1923 to 1935, he was previously living in America from 1898 to 1904 according to the records; On 04.11.1924 Ralph Henry Kingdon Married Emily Pearl Freunt, (b.1899 in Ontario), in Brantford, Brant South, Ontario, Canada & I believe that they went to live in Detroit, Michigan soon afterwards; In 1930 Ralph Henry & Emily Kingdon live in Detroit, he is a draughtsman for an electrical company & is recorded as a WW1 Veteran on the Census; I believe that Ralph Henry Kingdon crossed the Canadian/USA border again on 18.10.1935 at the age of 37 years & 6 months to perhaps take up permanent residence in Pinehurst, Detroit, Michigan as an Engineer;

Notes: The London Gazette Supplement for 05.03.1943 has reference to Cadet Raymond William Kingdon to be promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 20.12.1942, (page 1068), but I have no other information; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: This Sailor’s Official Number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915; This is Reginald Charles Kingdon, born 13.06.1896 in St German’s, Cornwall, according to the ADM records, however, I have Reginald Kingdon birth registration 1^st Q 1897 in St Germans; (There is a Reginald Charles M Kingdon born in Kingsbridge, Devon in 3^rd Q 1896); He was probably the son of Alfred Burlace Kingdon (b.1853 Maker, Cornwall who died on 31.03.1937 in Cornwall) & Helena Augusta Cotton Cock from Gosport, Portsmouth who married in East Stonehouse in 1876; In the1901 Census Reginald Kingdon, Aged 4, lived with his parents in Millpool, Cawsand, Rame, Cornwall; In the 1911 Census Reginald Kingdon Aged 14 lived with his parents at the same address in Cawsand; I understand that Reginald Charles Kingdon Married Rose Lily Sarah Eldridge, (b.1893 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight), in 1923 in St Germans, Cornwall; I believe that Reginald C Kingdon Died Aged 31 in 1927 in St Germans, Cornwall; Awarded the Victory Medal & the British War Medal; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy, #M/7421, 2^nd Class Shipwright; ADM 188/1032; - Died in WW1);

Notes: Records have Richard Kingdom #2274 of the 5^th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery but he signs his papers both as Kingdon & as Kingdom; Also served as #950940 C Battery, 56 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; This is Richard Kingdon born 1898 in Peckham, London, the son of Richard George Kingdon (some records have him as George Richard Kingdon), a Print Compositor, b.1861 in Holborn & Mary Annie Stoneman from the Strand, London who married in Lambeth on 18.04.1881; The London School Records for Cator Street School in Southwark have his birth date as 26.08.1898 & his Admission Date at the age of 3 years as 26.08.1901, (they also have his correct address as #28, Cator Street, Camberwell but record his Father incorrectly as Charles); Richard Kingdom stayed at this school until at least 1903; In 1901 Census Richard lives with his parents in #28, Cator Street, Camberwell, London; In the 1911 Census Richard is aged 12 & living with his Widowed Mother at #28, Cator Street, Camberwell, his Father had died in 1910 Aged 47; Richard Kingdom enlisted in Kennington for 4 years service in the United Kingdom & was embodied & posted to the 2/13^th Battery, 5^th London Brigade at Paddington Stables, on 08.02.1915; His address was given as #2, Bagshot Street, Walworth London SE, he was aged 19 years & his trade was a Warehouseman; This soldier then served until 02.02.1919, including time spent in France from 21.06.1916 until 05.01.1919, when he was Disembodied on Demobilisation; Richard Kingdom had served with RFA Horses & as a Motor Driver; Richard Kingdon gave his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Annie Kingdom as we know from the 1911 Census that his Father had died by the time he enlisted; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Robert G: Royal Field Artillery No: 208295 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Also recorded as: Kingdom, George Robert WO 372/23 – but his MIC card has been officially altered to Kingdon);

Notes: The prefix DM2 before the Regimental Number was for the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport Learners, this prefix was discontinued in November of 1916; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information;