A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: This is Colin Alfred Kingdon born 30.04.1899 in Upper Norwood, Croydon, Surrey, the son of Alfred John Kingdon, a Secretary with a Gas Company b.1866 in St Pancras & Celina Sarah Griffiths from Winchester who Married in 1897 in Wandsworth; In 1901 Colin Alfred Kingdon lives with his parents in Streatham, London; In 1911 he is aged 11 & living with his parents at #66, Wilton Road, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, where Colin Alfred Kingdon & his parents continued to live in 1922 & 1924; Colin Alfred Kingdon appears to have been a young Cadet with the Royal Air Force, his number #81003 indicates joining from civilian life in May 1917, as he was later granted an Honorary Commission to 2^nd Lieutenant on 23.03.1919, this was gazetted on 30.01.1920; I believe that Colin Alfred Kingdon Died in Torbay, Devon in 1973 Aged 74; I have no other information on his WW1 Service;

Notes: This is Courtney William Trehunsey Kyngdon born 1910 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia; (Note that the spelling of Courtney is inconsistent both in public & family documents; This family are also recorded in the ‘Kingdon Book – A Second Look’ published 1974); He was the son of Francis Boughton Kyngdon b.1846 & Florence Elizabeth Evans who Married in ??; Courtney Kyngdon joined the Australian Army & was living in Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland; In 1937 he is recorded as an Army Officer in Victoria Barracks, Melbourne Ports, South Melbourne; At some stage he was in England as he sailed as a 29 year old Army Officer from Southampton to Melbourne, Australia on board the ‘SS Jervis Bay’ on 08.04.1939; At that time he gave his UK contact address as Kenilworth Road, Fleet in Hampshire; I believe that Courtney William Trehunsey Kyngdon married Edit Olwen Daniell around that time; In 1943 he is a Soldier & they both live at #49, Bruce Street, Toorak, Fawkner, Victoria; In1949 they live at #11, Washington Street, South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Courtney Kyngdon is still a Soldier; In 1954 they are recorded as an Army Officer & Wife living in Alfred Road, Swanbourne, Claremont, Fremantle, but are also recorded in Bethune Street, Queenscliff, Corio, Victoria; In 1963 Courtney Kyngdon is a Lecturer living in Mann Road, Mount Eliza, Frankston, Finders, Victoria; In 1968, 1972,1977 & 1980 he is recorded as an Executive living at #717, Toorak Road, Malvern, Higgins, Victoria; I did not research further;

Notes: This is Courtney Melmoth Kingdon born & baptised in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, one of 10 children of Richard Kingdon, a Surgeon b.1782 & Jane Parsons; In the England Census for 1841 Courtney Kingdon lives & works with his elder brother Boughton Kingdon, both as Man Servants, in Gothier or Gothic Lodge in the London borough of Lambeth; This family then emigrated to New Zealand, The Mother & all the children except Boughton (who followed later), left England in 1850 on board the ‘Barque Eden’ arriving on 29.10.1850 in New Plymouth & the Father in 1851, taking up freehold land in Omato; At this time the family decided to adopt the older style spelling of their name to Kyngdon which is generally used in all future records; During the Maori War Courtney Kyngdon was one if the Garrison of the Omato Stockade & also took part in the Battle of Waireka, later being given a commission in North Taranaki body of friendly Maoris; Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon Married Jane Jessie Messenger in 1868; He held Freehold Land at Urenui in 1870, 1871, 1875 etc., where he continued to farm well into 1900; In 1905 Courtney & Jessie Kyngdon were residing at Morley Street & recorded as a Settler; In 1911 they lived in Rimu Street, Fitzroy & remained there until the date he died; Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon Died in 1920 at the age of 98 years; I believe that Jane Jessie Kyngdon died in 1936 Aged 91; (See “Kingdon Book – A Second Look, 1974” for this Holsworthy/Kingdon family line); Awarded the New Zealand Medal for the Maori Wars; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Adolphus: Private, Taranaki Volunteers, Taranaki Militia, New Zealand Army Maori Wars); (He was the Brother of Augustus Frederick Boughton Kyngdon who also served in the New Zealand Army during the Maori Wars);

Notes: This is a Major D. Kingdon who served with the 80^th Regiment of Foot (The Staffordshire Volunteers) who was awarded an A1 Medal in 1801 for the Egypt Campaign of which I believe there were only 7 issued; He may well have also served in the Peninsular War 1808 to 1814? This is probably Dennis Kingdon born 1779 in Bridgerule, Devon, the son of John Kingdon b.1735 Holsworthy, Devon & Jane Hockin who married on 17.07.1766 in Okehampton; Dennis Kingdon Married Mary Ann Herring in 1817 in North Petherwin, Cornwall; I have no record of when he first joined the Army, or when he retired, but in 1841 Dennis & Mary Kingdon live in The Barton, North Petherwin; I then believe that his wife died in Plymouth in 1^st Q 1850; In the 1851 Census Dennis Kingdon, a Retired Army Major, is a Widower living with his Niece at #16, Cobourg Street, Plymouth; Dennis Kingdon died in Plymouth later in 1851 & I believe that his Will & Probate was on 11.09.1851, ref 11/2139 wherein it states that he was ‘late of North Petherwin’; Dennis Kingdon Esquire, a Major in the 80^th Regiment of Foot who inherited the Barton at North Petherwyn, Cornwall, ca.1822 by the right of his wife, the only daughter & heir of Leonard Herring Esquire, who’s wife originally inherited it from the Yeo Family in 1741; (Note that around that time the Herring family were 1^st cousins to the Archbishop of Canterbury); In 2011 the Barton is a Grade II listed building; In the Church of St Paternus in North Petherwin there is a Monument to ‘Denis Kingdon of Barton’ (qv) (1851); The Regimental Museum has this Officer as Lieutenant D. Kingdom; He was awarded the Military General Service Medal with a Clasp for service in Egypt; I have not researched this line any further;

Notes: There is a London Gazette notice on page 1865, Supplement dated 22.02.1917, which identifies that 2^nd Lieutenant (on Probation) D. R. Kingdon resigns his commission on 23.02.1917; There is no other information to enable identification of this soldier/officer; However, this could be Dennis Roger Kingdon born 1895 in Gravesend, Kent, the son of Roger Kingdon, an Accountant b.1866 in Great Bookham, Surrey & Bertha Florence Gramshaw, b.1860 in Gravesend, Kent, who Married in 1894; In the 1901 Census Dennis R Kingdon lives with his parents in #13, Portland Road, Gravesend, Kent; In the 1911 Census Dennis Roger Kingdon is aged 15 & living with his parents at #14, Dry Hill, Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent; Needs further research;

Notes: This is Daniel Kingdon born in St Helier, Jersey on 05.04.1842 according to his Naval records but I can only find a Daniel Kingdon born in 1846 in Jersey; I therefore assume that this is Daniel Kingdon the son of Daniel Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker b.1811 in Devonport, England & Elizabeth Johns Kingswell from Truro, Cornwall, who Married on 25.01.1837 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1851 Census this family live in #8, Victoria Street, St Helier on the Island of Jersey, Daniel’s Father is a Cabinet Maker; In 1861 Census Daniel Kingdon is aged 15 & an Apprentice Cabinet Maker working with his Father at #35, Cecil Street, St Andrew, Plymouth; Daniel Kingdon enlisted for 10 years service as a Carpenter Crew with the Royal Navy on 12.08.1867 on board ‘' Lord Warden’ but I don’t believe he served his full time, perhaps serving only 3 years; In 1871 Census I find Daniel Kingdon aged 25 working as an Upholsterer with his brother & his Widowed Father, a Cabinet Maker in Charles, Plymouth; I believe that Daniel Kingdon Married Mary ?? (b.1857 in Torquay) in ?? in ca.1875 (not found); In 1881 There is a Daniel, aged 35, & Mary Kingdom, a Cabinet Maker, living at #1, Saltram View in Egg Buckland, Plympton, Devon; In 1891 Census Daniel & Mary Kingdon live in Ladywell Cottage, Charles, Plymouth; In 1901 there is a Daniel Kingdon, birth place unknown, Aged 52 (b.1849), a Widower & French Polisher, boarding at #13, Summerland Place, Plymouth which may be this man; In 1911 Census Daniel Kingdon now aged 63 is living at #1, Well Street, Plymouth, he is a Widower & still works as a French Polisher; I believe that Daniel Kingdon died in 1911 in Plymouth Aged 64; (Father of #11870 Frank Kingdom, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division);

Notes: David Kingdom was Attested for 3 Years Short Service on 02.09.1914 in Neath, he did not give his address but I believe that it was #9, New Henry Street, Neath, Glamorgan because on checking I find this to be a house owned by the Bevan Family although there are 3 young Kingdon men lodging there at the time; I later discovered that his Mother may be Jane Bevan born in1859 in Neath & that Private David Kingdon records her as his “Mother” & next of kin in the records; At the time of his enlistment he gives his age as 27 years & 11 months, making him born in 1886, despite his age in the 1911 Census indicating that he was born in 1888; Birth records for a David Kingdon in Neath seem to support a birth date of 1886; He was posted to the 5^th Battalion South Wales Borderers which was a Pioneer Service Battalion originally formed in Brecon in September 1914 & then moved to Tidworth, Hampshire in late 1914; On 12.11.1914 Private David Kingdom was declared Medically Unfit for Further Military Service under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii) & was Discharged from the Army having served only 72 days; His Medical Records state that he had defective teeth;

This is probably David Kingdon born 1886 in Neath, possibly the son of David Kingdon b.1858 in Neath, a Tin Worker, & Jane Davies b.1861 in Neath who married in 1880 in Neath; In 1891 David lived with his parents in Briton Ferry; This family lived at #4, Bowen Street, in Neath in 1901 Census & son David aged 14 was a Tin Plate Bundler; I believe that David’s Father David Kingdon Died in Neath in 1904 aged 45 & that David’s Mother Jane was remarried to a Albert Bevan, a Sawyer from Herefordshire & lived in New Henry Street in 1911 Census, (but in the record Jane has been crossed out to read Margaret)? (Albert Bevan’s 1^st wife was called Margaret Ann & she had died in Neath in 1903); David & Jane Kingdon’s 3 sons certainly were lodging there in 1911, David Kingdon b.1888 Neath, Edwin Kingdon b.1889 Aberdare & Oliver Kingdon b.1894 in Neath, Glamorgan;

Follow up research shows that Albert Bevan aged 41 was serving a prison sentence in Carmarthen Prison in 1901 Census; Follow up research indicates that Widow Jane Kingdon did marry Albert Bevan in 3^rd Q 1905 in Neath; The issue of their being married for 27 years with 8 children & Jane being called Margaret, as marked on the 1911 Census, is yet to be resolved, but these people weren’t too trustworthy & Albert’s 1^st wife was called Margaret so maybe it is just a slip of the memory when making out the census record;

Question, was this David Kingdon also a little feeble minded as well as being feeble in stature just like his Brother John?

Notes: This is David Kingdon born in 1880 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Thomas Kingdom b. 27.11.1856 in Neath, Port Talbot & Elizabeth Ann Owens from Neath, who married in 1877 in Neath; In 1881 Census David Kingdon lives at #7, Colliery Row with his parents; In 1891 Census David is aged 11 & living with his parents at #9, Colliery Row, Neath; David Kingdon must have enlisted into the Army some time after this as in 1901 Census I find him Aged 21 & a single Soldier being cared for as a Patient at the District Connaught Hospital in Farnborough, Hampshire; I can find no record of why he should have been in hospital in England at that time? In the 1911 Census I found Private David Kingdom Aged 32 living as a single soldier in the Royal Artillery & Cavalry Butt Road Barracks in Colchester, Essex; I have no other information except that David Kingdom is recorded as having been in receipt of a Chelsea Pension at some time; Did he serve in WW1? There is no Medals card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John (Jack): Leicestershire Regiment No: 10192 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who served in WW1);

Notes: This is probably David Kingdon born in 01.10.1897 in Clifton, Bristol although his Merchant Seaman’s WW1 Medals Record had 1898; If I am correct then this David Kingdon is the son of David Kingdon, a Slaughterman/Butcher b.1870 in Clifton, Bristol & Blanche Beavis from Bristol who Married in 1890 in Bristol & initially lived & worked as a Butcher in Elgin Street in Birkenhead, Cheshire; In 1901 David Kingdon is aged 4 years & living with his parents in Dowry Square, Bristol; In the 1911 Census David Kingdon is now aged 13 & living with his Parents at #6, Ambrose Road, Clifton, Bristol, his Father is a Butcher; I did not research further but David Kingdon may well have emigrated to Canada at some later stage as there is a Canada to USA, Niagara Falls border crossing on 09.04.1943 for a 2 week visit which fits his personal details? Awarded the WW1 Mercantile Marine & the British War Medal; (Probably the Brother of Merchant Seaman Sidney Kingdon, WW1 BT 351/1/177262); Not researched further;

Notes: This is Dick Kingdon born in 1873 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 Dick & the rest of their family to New Zealand, 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 Dick’s brothers, Samuel Wendon Kingdon, died by drowning in a river at a Wesleyan Picnic in 1883 at the age of 12 years); Dick Kingdon lived with his parents in Cambridge as a Labourer in 1900, 1905, 1906, & 1911; Dick Kingdon Married Mary Elizabeth Hall in 1913; In1914 Dick Kingdon is recorded as a Labourer in Flat Park, Leamington; In August, September, October of 1917 Dick Kingdon registered for WW1 Service with the 2^nd Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force & was classified in ‘Class E’, having 4 children;; There are no other military records for this soldier but I do not believe that he actually served in WW1; In 1919 Dick & Mary Kingdon live in Flat Park, Leamington, Dick is a Labourer; His Father died around 1919; They live in Carlyle Street, Leamington, Cambridge in 1928, 1935 & 1938; I believe that Mary Elizabeth Kingdon died in 1940 Aged 68 & that Dick Kingdon died in 1946 Aged 72; (He was the Brother of Percy James Kingdon, 2^nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): (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): This family could be researched further;

Notes: This is Edward Kingdon born in 1877 in Bishops Nympton, Devon; His name first appears as #4209 Drummer Kingdon E. on a Medal Roll for the 2^nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment for individuals entitled to the South African Medal for Boer War Service, dated 20.08.1901 in Standerton; His name again appears as #4209 Drummer Kingdon E. on a Medal Roll for the 2^nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment for individuals entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal and Clasps for Boer War Service, dated 11.12.1903 in Bordon, the record indicates that he was already Discharged; After exhaustive Kingdon Family research, this Edward Kingdon is believed to be the son of James Kingdon, a Farm Labourer born in 1856 Bishops Nympton, & Martha Tucker, who Married on 26.10.1876 in Bishops Nympton; In 1881 Census Edward Kingdon was aged 4 & lived with his parents at Barton House, Bishops Nympton, Devon; In 1891 Edward Kingdon was aged 14 & a Farm Servant at Bainsworthy in North Molton, Devon; It was during the next few years that Edward Kingdon joined the Devonshire Regiment as a young Drummer as per the referenced medal rolls & I also failed to locate him in any UK 1901 Census; Edward Kingdon must have been discharged from the Army sometime pre- December 1903 & returned to Devon; Edward Kingdon Married Esther Sampson in 1906 in Bishops Nympton & lives & works as a Farm Labourer at Broad Park in Bishops Nympton in 1911; Medals awarded – Queen’s South Africa Medal, King’s South Africa Medal, with Clasps for service at Tugela Heights, Paardeberg, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laings Nek & Belfast; (Brother of Kingdom, John Tucker: Royal Field Artillery No: 81419 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: The WO 100/528 Records indicate the issue of to Private E. Kingdon of the 1^st Battalion the Border Regiment on 16.03.1948 from Gothic Camp, El Ballah, Suez; I have no other information for this soldier; Awarded the Palestine General Service Medal & Clasp, 1945-1948; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: This is E.C. Kingdon but I have no other information except that she served at the Royal Hospital in Chatham in Kent from at least 1917 until 1923 as a Massage Nurse; These women were the forerunners of what we now call Physio Therapists in the medical profession & were always called Mrs. & not Nurse or Sister; I failed to find any other information for this woman; Needs more research;

Notes: (This was the Military Auxiliary of the YMCA); This is Elizabeth Frances Kingdon whose name appears on the Absent Voters List for #21, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire for 1918 & again in 1919; Her credentials are indicated as A.I.B.D. which probably stands for Australian Infantry Base Depot which was situated in Rouelles, near Le Havre, France; She is recorded as being an absent voter with a sister Winifred Adams Kingdon of the same address; Elizabeth Frances Kingdon obviously came from a wealthy family as in the 1911 Census she is aged 42 & living with her Widowed Mother & 3 other spinster sisters, all on ‘Private Means’, at The Croft, St Annes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex; (This family originates from the Cory Kingdon, Holsworthy, Devon line); Elizabeth Frances Kingdon was born in Spondon, Derbyshire in 1868, she is the daughter of Godfrey Kingdon, a Clergyman b.1838 in Poughill, Cornwall & Frances Adams, b.1833 in Nottingham, who married in 1863 in Radford, Nottinghamshire; In the 1871 Census Elizabeth F. Kingdon is aged 2 & living with her parents at the Spondon Vicarage in Derbyshire, her Father was the Vicar of Spondon; In the 1881 Census Elizabeth F. Kingdon is aged 12 & lives with her parents, who were absent on the census date, at the St Mary’s Church Vicarage, Spondon, Derbyshire; In the 1891 Census her Father was the Vicar of Taunton St James in Somerset & Elizabeth F Kingdon lived with her parents at Salisbury House, Taunton St Mary Magdalene Within, Somerset; In the 1901 Census she is living with her parents at Witherley Rectory in Leicestershire; In 1935 & in 1939 Elizabeth Frances Kingdon lived with her spinster sisters at #13, Yew Tree Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire; I believe that Elizabeth F Kingdon Died in 1954 in Newton Abbot (Teignmouth, Devon) Aged 85; I can find no medals card info for this person, however, there is a reference at Kew WO 372/23/24106? (She is the Sister of Kingdon, Winifred Adams: Soldiers Christian Association 1914-1920 WO 372/23);