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Kingdon, Walter: Somerset Light Infantry No: 11358 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: This is Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry since 1912; Walter Kingdon also served with the Labour Corps as #246703; Served in France from 02.05.1915; Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 27.03.1919; Medals Card on file; (Insufficient information to identify properly);


Kingdon, Walter F: London Regiment No: 555062 Rank: Rifleman 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: I would suggest that this is very likely Walter Harold Kingdon born 29.12.1897 in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London; I believe that the 16th Battalion was generally made up of Lewisham men & there does not appear to be any other suitable Kingdon or Kingdom candidate born in that period with the name Walter F Kingdon? He was the son of George Kingdon, a Butcher b.1861 Silverton & Emily Harriett Norris from Forest Hill, London, who married on 14.06.1886 in Silverton, Devon; In the 1901 Census Harold Walter Kingdon lives with his parents at #25, Dalmain Road, Lewisham, London, he is aged 3; In the 1911 Census Walter Kingdon is aged 13 & is a Schoolboy, living with his parents at #40, Dalmain Road in Lewisham; The Medals MIC Records card has Walter F. Kingdon serving with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), his number denotes that he enlisted between 04.12.1916 & 01.01.1917; This was a Territorial Force; Further research records that he Enlisted on 07.06.1916 & served overseas at some point in his service, therefore his Regimental Number would have been issued when renumbering occurred in 1917, but I have no idea whether he served with the 1/16th or the 2/16th? The 1/16th Battalion served in the Somme in 1916, in Arras in 1917 & again in the Somme in 1918; The 2/16th Battalion served in Ireland & Salonika in 1916 & then in Egypt from July 1917; This unit left Egypt for France in June 1918; I believe that Rifleman Walter F Kingdon probably served with the 1/16th Battalion; There is also the issue of a Silver War Badge 3476969 being issued for this soldier, indicated that he was Discharged on 22.04.1919 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) for Sickness at the age of 20; I believe that Walter Harold Kingdon Married Edith Maud Batchelor, (b.20.09.1899 Greenwich) on 19.04.1924 in St Pauls, Greenwich, Kent; I understand that Walter Harold Kingdon died in Bath in Somerset in 1986 Aged 88; Awarded the Silver War Badge #476969; No Medals issued but Card on file; May be the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick George: - Died in WW1- #22491, 16th Waikato Coy. 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; Needs more research to be certain of identity;



Kingdon, Walter G: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Transferred from the Kingdom List: Kingdom, W G: Royal Field Artillery No: 47379 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;



Notes: This is Walter George Kingdon born in 4th Q 1890 in Woolwich, Greater London, Kent, son of Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset & Sarah A. Gardiner from Canterbury, Kent; They Married in 1881 in Bengal, India, volume 175 folio 138 – she must have been a Widow because her name is recorded as Bull nee Gardiner in the Bengal Marriage Index; 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 1911 Census); Driver W.G. Kingdom, served with 29th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, probably enlisted for WW1 on 23.08.1914; Sergeant Walter G Kingdon, served with the Royal Field Artillery; 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);
Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413, Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/911, WW1 to 1936 Service;

Notes: Royal Navy Records have Walter Henry Kingdon, #K22413, born 25.01.1896 in Bexley Heath, Kent, serving in WW1; At the end of the War he was probably serving on ‘HMS Gibraltar’ which was a Destroyer Depot Ship at that time I believe; This is probably Walter Henry Kingdon, who was actually born on 25.01.1899 in Bexley Heath, the son of Benjamin George Kingdon, a Laundry Owner b.1857 in West Monkton, Taunton, Somerset (died in 1901), & Elizabeth Turner from Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, who Married in late 1884 in Taunton, Somerset; In 1901 Census Walter H Kingdon lives with his parents in Lion Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; In 1911 Census Walter Henry Kingdon Aged 12 living with his Widowed Mother Elizabeth Kingdon, a Laundress, in #61, Lion Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; This Sailor’s official number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914 & the prefix ‘K’ would confirm that he was a Stoker; I believe that Walter H Kingdon Married Ether Ivy Bowers (b.11.12.1904) in Yeovil, Somerset in 1924; This Stoker made a career out of the Royal Navy & was still serving on board the Submarine Depot Ship ‘HMS Titania’ in the 1930’s & was issued with his Long Service Medal at Pembroke in April 1936; I understand that Walter Henry Kingdon may have died in Yeovil, Somerset in 1958 Aged 59; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal & British War Medal; ADM records indicate that he received his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in 1936; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdom, F: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – see also Kingdon, Frederick G T: Royal Horse Artillery No: 54710 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is probably also the Brother of Ernest John Kingdon #220465 Royal Navy); I did not research any further;



Kingdon, Wilfred: Royal Army Medical Corps Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Wilfred Kingdon, M.B. was promoted to the rank of temporary Lieutenant on 01.05.1917 with the Army Medical Services; This Officer served in France from 15.04.1918; Promoted to Captain; Medals applied for on 27.01.1922 & sent out on 16.02.1922 to addresses (Crossed out - #48, Penywern Road, Earls Court, London SW5) & c/o Holt Residence, #3, Whitehall Place, London SW1; This could be Wilfred Robert Kingdon born in 1872 in Colyton, Devon, the son of Frederick William Washington Kingdon, a Gentleman & Paper Maker b.1834 in Colyton & Amelia Ann Maunder from Exeter who Married in 1858 in Exeter; In 1881 Census Wilfred Rob Kingdon lived with his parents in London road, Colyton, Devon, & in 1891 Census at Wescotts, South Square, Colyton when Wilfred is 19 years old & a Student of Medicine; Wilfred Robert Kingdon earned his M.B. at Edinburgh on 28.05.1895 & his Bac. Surg. In 1897 at University of Durham; I believe that Wilfred Robert Kingdon, now a Bachelor of Medicine, Married Florence Elizabeth Matilda Meadows from Hammersmith on 12.08.1899 in St Gabriel’s Church, Willesden, Middlesex; In 1901 Wilfred R & Florence E Kingdon were Boarders at #14, Maitland Street Villas in Kentish Town, St Pancras, London, Wilfred was a Physician; I understand from the Divorce proceedings that Wilfred Robert Kingdon violently assaulted his new wife as early as April 1900, threatening to murder her & assaulting her further through 1902 & up until 1904 when he abandoned her; A Divorce Petition was filed 18.07.1905, Divorce Hearing for Wilfred Robert Kingdon’s alleged Adultery & Cruelty was 08.09.1905, Decree Nisi was 19.12.1905 & the Final Decree was issued on 09.07.1906; His ex wife then filed for Maintenance in 1906 but there were no children; In 1911 Census there is a Doctor Wilfred Kingdon living with his Cook at #160, Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, London but the record says that he is unmarried, I take this to indicate that he was Divorced? The London Gazette Supplement dated 04.01.1921 has Temporary Captain Wilfred Kingdon, M.B. of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Medical Services, relinquishing his Commission on 08.12.1920 but retaining the rank of Captain; I understand that Wilfred Kingdon Married Elsie Boucher Elgar in 1925 in Kensington; She was born 02.01.1883 in Lambeth & baptised in Stockwell Green on 26.01.1883; In 1938 Captain Wilfred Kingdon lives at #22, Trebovir Road, London SW5; Wilfred Kingdon appears to have Died on 24.03.1942 in Berkshire at the age of 68, he was living at Wayside, Mossy Vale, Maidenhead, Berkshire at that time; His wife, Elsie Boucher Kingdon Died on 16.06.1962 at the Homeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, Holborn, London, she was living at #71, Warwick Road, Kensington, London at the time & Aged 81; Medals Card on file;


Kingdon, Wilfred G: Machine Gun Corps No: 117646 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: I believe that this is Wilfred George Kingdon born in 1890 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of George Henry Kingdon, a French Polisher, b.1867 in Cardiff & Sarah Ann Connett from Cardiff who married in Cardiff in late 1889; In the 1891 Census Wilfred G Kingdon lives with his parents at #44, Treharris Street, Roath in Cardiff; In 1901 Wilfred G Kingdon lives with his parents in $52, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff; In 1911 Wilfred George Kingdon is aged 20 & is an Upholsterer for a Furniture Dealer, living with his parents at #52, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff, his Father is still a French Polisher working for a Pianoforte Dealer; I understand that this family had a lifelong connection with the Roath Road Church; I think that Wilfred George Kingdon Married Elsie Elizabeth A Sendell, b.16.03.1892 Bridgewater, Somerset, in 1913 in Cardiff; I believe that Wilfred George Kingdon Died in Cardiff in 1967 Aged 76, his wife died in Cardiff Aged 88 in 1980; Medals Card on file; (I believe that he was probably the Brother of Sgt. “Archie” Archibald Kingdon of the Electric Light Company, 2/4th Devonshire, Royal Engineers);


Kingdon, William: No Military Records found but recorded in the Chelsea Pensioner lists;

Notes: The Chelsea Pensioners List has reference to a William Kingdon born 1873 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, however, the only male Kingdon born in that period in Wolverhampton is William Kingdon born in 1st Q 1871, but he may well have been named William Alexander Kingdon; This is the son of George Kingdon, a Japanner b.1846 in Norfolk, & Emily Brant from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, who Married in 1870 in Wolverhampton; In the 1871 Census William is aged 1 month & living with his parents in Alma Street, Wolverhampton; In 1881 Census William Kingdom aged 10 is boarding with a William & Eliza Howell (a Japanner by trade) at #6, Shepherd Street, Wolverhampton; In the 1891 Census William Kingdon is a Groom, working in Wolverhampton; I believe that William Alexander Kingdon Married Frances Maud Wilkinson, b.1879, in Wolverhampton in 1899; In the 1901 Census I failed to find William Kingdon but his wife, Frances (Fanny), was visiting with her remarried Mother (Mary Wooley) in Wright Street, Wolverhampton; In the 1911 Census I found William & Frances Kingdon, now working as a Carter for a Railway Company & living at #31, Albion Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; I understand that William A. Kingdon died in Wolverhampton in 1926 Aged 52;



Kingdon, William: Corporal #127185, 302nd Company, Labour Corps, (WW1 Home);

Notes: This Soldier also served with the Royal West Surreys #G/19190 & the Depot Company Royal Fusiliers #G/53428; The G/ prefix indicates a WW1 General Service Enlistment & was also found on various Home Counties’ Regiments’ Service Battalions in WW1; His records indicate that he Enlisted on 10.12.1915 in Walthamstow, London & was placed on the Reserve; He was medically examined at Stratford on 31.05.1916 at the age of 36 years & is an Insurance Clerk living at #6, ?? Park Road, Walthamstow; This is William Kingdon born 1880 in St Luke’s Parish, Islington in London, the son of William Kingdon b.1836 in North Molton & Eliza ?? from Hoxton, London who married in ?? in ??; In 1901 Census William Kingdon is aged 21, a Clerk & is living with his parents in Islington; William Kingdon’s records show that on 11.12.1917, after 2 years & 2 days service, he was considered No Longer Physically Fit for War Service & that he was Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi); I believe that this was due to his having Defective Vision as he was in Edmonton Hospital in October 1917 & I also believe that he may well have been given a pension; His records give his next of kin as Alice Kingdon (Wife) living at #6, ?? Park Road, Walthamstow; Further research indicates that William Kingdon Married Alice Maud Kimpton, from Cawsand, Devon/Cornwall, daughter of a Police Constable, in St Mark’s Church, Islington on 18.06.1902; In 1911 Census William & Alice Kingdon & their family, plus his Widowed Mother Eliza Kingdon all live at #27, Cottenham Road, Walthamstow (Note: Both filled out Census Records for the same address); William & Alice Kingdon have 4 daughters by 1913 – Alice b.18.11.1903 Islington, Ivy b.11.02.1906, Maud b.06.11.1910 & Violet b.11.01.1913; There is no Medals card on file as he served in England only; Needs more research for William pre 1901;


Kingdon, William: Militia Service; (Early 1905);

Notes: The Militia Service Records for 1806 to 1905 has a William Kingdon born in 1889 in Plymouth on the list; I believe that this is probably William James R. Kingdom, born in 1888 in Plymouth, the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary A. Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In 1891 & 1901 Census William J. R. Kingdom lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census William Kingdom was Aged 23 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being a Yachtsman; William J.R. Kingdom Married Beatrice M. Facey in 1916 in Plymouth; (Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve); This family may need further investigation & research;


Kingdon, William: Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Serving in 1871;

Notes: This is William Kingdon born ca.1836 in Barnstaple, Devon, according to the 1871 Census but this could just be a reference to the area in which he was born as Barnstaple was the local registration centre; The 1871 Census for Royal Navy Vessels, has records for ‘HMS Cadmus’, at sea with a Private William Kingdon, serving in the RMLI onboard; William Kingdon is recorded as being Married & Aged 35 years, there is no other information; Insufficient information to enable proper identification;



Follow Up Notes: There is a Marriage Record in The Asplin Military History Resources taken from the Plymouth Division Royal Marine Marriage Register (ADM 184/52) which records a Marriage for Private William Kingdon of the 75th Company to a Charlotte Chubb on the 22.12.1867; The only record I can find that matches this data is a Marriage for William Kingdon & Charlotte Chubb in 4th Q 1867 Stoke Damerel 5b.639; It is possible that Charlotte Kingdon (nee Chubb) was born in 1841 in Plympton St Mary, Devon but there is no way of knowing for sure; I failed to find any other information to support this theory?

Further Research:

The ADM 157/240/293 Folios 293-301 has reference to a William Kingdom, born in Devon, having been Attested for service in the Royal Marines at Plymouth in 1860 at the age of 24 (born 1836); This record also indicates that this Marine was discharged in 1874 as an Invalid; Despite this new information I still failed to locate this person in any other census than 1871; I would suggest that this William Kingdon/Kingdom is the same Royal Marine?



Kingdon, William: #8420, 1st Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, WW1;

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military files; This is William Kingdon born on 20.11.1893 in Naracoorte, South Australia, the son of Thomas Augustus Kingdon & Jane (Jennie) Fowler of Port Lincoln, South Australia; William Kingdon enlisted on 01.10.1915 in Adelaide at the age of 22 years, he was a Fireman by trade; he embarked from Australia on 22.11.1915 onboard the ‘HMAT Persic’ from Melbourne, as a Driver with the 18th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade; He served in the Middle East in Tel-el-Kebir in 1916, Transferred to 21st Battery in Ismalia on 09.03.1916 & Embarked for France on 17.03.1916; On 27.01.1917 he was transferred to France & Wounded in Action with a shrapnel wound to the neck & a wound to his foot on 05.10.1917; He was again Wounded in Action by a Gun Shot Wound, again in his foot on 22.07.1918, remained at duty but did spend some time in hospital in Ypres; William Kingdon was Returned to Australia on 27.04.1919 & Discharged on 01.08.1919; I believe that William Kingdon Married Olga Barry in Port Lincoln on 03.09.1921; Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & The Victory Medal; Could be researched further;


Kingdon, William: Private, #3063, 2nd European Light Infantry, East India Company Army; (1859-1863 period);

Notes: There are Bombay Soldiers Records on file from 1858-1860 which refer to #3063 Private William Kingdon serving with the 2nd Battalion of the European Light Infantry in the East India Company’s Army in Bombay; Records indicate that he entered the service in 1859, was a Painter by trade from Taunton in Somerset & enlisted in Cardiff; He was attested on 26.07.1859 & enlisted for a 10 year term; He arrived in Bombay on board the ship “Speedy” on 19.08.1859; I believe that William Kingdon was invalided & embarked for England on 26.01.1863; File references are L/MIL/12/115; Unfortunately I have failed to identify this soldier any further?



Further Notes: Following contact in August 2012 with a possible descendant of this family, I would now suggest that this is William Kingdon, a Painter, born in Taunton, Somerset, England on 14.06.1840, (records at St Mary’s Church); I was given a copy of his Birth Certificate which confirms this information; He was born at an address in Taunton High Street & was the son of Richard Kingdon, b.1811, a Carver & Gilder & Maria Fry from Somerset, b.1816, who Married pre 1833 in Somerset; (Research would indicate that William’s Father Richard Kingdon probably died in Lambeth, Surrey around 1865 & that his mother Maria remarried to a Richard Gowen, a 51 year old Widowed Bricklayer in 1867 in Battersea; Please refer to the information above for the period 1840 to 1863; We have now located records for this William Kingdon in the 1841 Census living with his parents in Mary Street, St Mary Magdalene Parish, Taunton Hundred, Somerset; Unfortunately we have not yet found this family in the 1851 Census records; However, in the 1861 Census William’s Parents were living at #3, Bulls Head Court, Newington, Lambeth, Surrey, (William had already enlisted in 1859); I believe that William Kingdon Married Mary Ann Rose, who was probably b.14.06.1854 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, on 06.10.1870 in St Saviours, Southwark, London, England; I failed to locate this family in 1871 Censuses; In 1881 Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada’ I could not find the Passenger List details for either a ca.1874 trip to Canada, or a ca.1881/2 return to UK trip, but they certainly resided in Canada between 1876 & 1881 as they have children born in Ontario; They also have a son born in Battersea, London in 1882; The remainder of their children were born in Cardiff, Wales; In 1891 Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon had returned to UK & were living at #4, Crofts Street, Roath, Cardiff, Wales, & they were also at this same address in the 1901 Census; I understand that William Kingdon then took his whole family back to Canada in December 1905 on board the ‘SS Virginian’, some of his children following later in 1906 & some remaining in Wales & England; William Kingdon then sailed back to England alone from Montreal on 27.08.1906 on the ‘SS Dominion’; Then I found William Kingdon traveling back to Saint John, New Brunswick on the ‘SS Empress of Britain’ in December 1906 with his son Sidney Walter Kingdon, both were working as painters & both marked as Returning Canadians; I have no idea why Sidney Walter & his Father William Kingdon should both travel separately to England in 1906 & then return to Canada together in December but wonder if it was for work or perhaps a family bereavement; In 1911 Canada Census William & Mary Ann Kingdon live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; I understand that William Kingdon Died on 11.08.1934 & is buried in Prospect Cemetery, his wife Mary Ann Kingdon (nee Rose) Died 21.12.1927 & is also buried in Prospect Cemetery; (He was the Father of Kingdon, Sidney Walter: #8147, Manchester Regiment); (He was the Father of Kingdon, Ernest: Royal Irish Fusiliers No: 13731 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was also the Father of Gordon William Kingdon, born in 1875 in Toronto, Canada & who seems to have served at some time in UK because there is a Chelsea Pensioner of that name & with the correct birth place on records, who I am also following up); This Family may still need a little more research although a descendant contact has been very helpful in updating this record;

Kingdon (or Kingdom), William: Chelsea Pensioner, (No other details); (1841-1851 period);

Notes: In 1841 Census there are records for a William Kingdon aged 64 (born 1777), an Army Pensioner, & wife Catherine ?? aged 55 (born 1786 in Ireland), alongwith a daughter Margaret Kingdon aged 22 (born 1819 in Middlesex), living at Woods Building Gardens in St Luke’s, Chelsea, South District; I have since found a Death record for a Catherine Kingdon in Chelsea in 1851 & have assumed this is the wife of William Kingdon; In the 1851 Census for the Woods Building in St Jude, Chelsea, there is a record for a William Kingdom aged 79 (born 1772 in Devonshire) as a Chelsea Pensioner; In my Chelsea Pensioner’s List of records there are 3 possible William Kingdom soldiers from Devon who could be the same person; I found no other records;



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