A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: His Regimental number of #10614 would indicate enlistment after the 8^th July 1914; Also served with the Machine Gun Corps as #14069; He served in Gallipoli & the Dardanelles from 11.07.1915; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to enable further research;

Notes: This official Naval Number indicates enlistment between 01.01.1910 & 31.12.1910 & the prefix ‘J’ that he was a Seaman; This is Frederick Kingdon born 01.12.1893 in Lambeth, London, he was the son of Frederick Kingdon, a Costermonger (street fruit seller) born in Westminster, London in 1868 & Jane Belleini, b.1865 in Lambeth, who Married on 29.01.1894 in Walworth all Saints, Newington, Southwark, London, (1 month after Frederick’s birth); In the 1901 Census, Frederick Kingdon & this family are incorrectly recorded as ‘Hingdor’ but live at #62, Tufton Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London & the Father is recorded as a Fruiterer; In the 1911 Census Frederick Kingdon was aged 17 & serving in the Royal Navy as a 1^st Class Boy onboard ‘HMS Essex’ with the 4^th Cruiser Squadron, stationed at Palma Bay in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean; No Medals info on file? (He was the Brother of Kingdon, John Ernest: 1^st Class Boy, #J85582, Royal Navy, who served in WW1); I researched no further;

Notes: I can find no Military Records for this soldier probably because the unit he served with was only formed in Saltash in June 1916, moved to Plymouth & in April 1917 became the 3^rd Labour Battalion, staying in England for the duration of the War. His details appear on the 1919 Absent Voters List for Barnstaple Division, Parish of Heanton Punchardon, but all research of this area & his address in Wrafton has failed to identify him for the time being? This could be Frederick William Kingdon born in Barnstaple in 1897? There is no medals card on file; Insufficient information to be able to identify him for certain;

Notes: There is no indication of when or where this Soldier served, however, he may well have been with the 12^th (Service) Battalion (East Anglian); Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals only; Insufficient information to enable further research;

Notes: Registration was signed 12.09.1918; This is Frederick (Curly) Kingdon born 16.09.1885 in South Molton, Devon, England; He was the son of Edwin (Ned) Kingdon b.31.12.1858 in Kings Nympton & Mary Jane Gregory from Barnstaple who married on 31.03.1878 in South Molton; In 1891 Census Frederick Kingdon was living with his parents in South Molton; In 1901 he was a Stable Boy/Groom but living with his parents at #10, Cooks Cross, South Molton; On 16.07.1910 Frederick Kingdon Married Laura Jane Turner from Chawleigh, in Chulmleigh, South Molton & immediately left England for emigration to the United States of America; The family lived in Illinois for the remainder of their lives; Frederick Kingdon Died on 23.08.1950 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA;

Notes: Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals only; Insufficient information to enable identification?

Notes: This is Frederick Kingdon born in Bishops Nympton, Devon on 05.10.1882 & baptised on 12.11.1882; He was the son of George Kingdon, a Farm Labourer b.1851 in Bishops Nympton & Ann Kingdom b.1863 in Knowstone, who married in 1881 in Knowstone, Devon; In the 1891 Census Frederick is living with his parents in Crosside Cottages, Knowstone in Devon; The 1901 Census for Knowstone, Devon has Frederick Kingdon as an 18 year old Farm Labourer living with his parents at Crosside Cottages, Knowstone, Devon; (His parents will live at Kimmings Farm in Rose Ash, Devon from 1911); Fredk Kingdom Emigrated to Canada at the age of 28 years in 1911, sailing from Bristol, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the ‘SS Royal George’ arriving on 28.03.1911; The Canadian immigration arrival information indicated that he had been a Farm Labourer for 14 years & that he intended to live in Toronto, Ontario; Frederick Kingdon went to live & work as a Farm Labourer in Camborne, Ontario; He enlisted in the Canadian Army, #814698 in the 139^th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on 27.01.1916 in Cobourg; He stated that he had previously served for 2 years with the 4^th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment in England, there is no indication of when or where & he gave his Mother’s name, Annie Kingdon, Kimmings Farm, Rose Ash, South Molton, Devonshire, England as his next of kin; I have no other Canadian WW1 records & have to assume that Frederick Kingdon served overseas with the Canadian Forces in WW1; On 10.04.1919 Private Frederick Kingdon, #814692, sailed on the SS Saturnia arriving in St John, New Brunswick, Canada from Glasgow in Scotland, for transfer back to Canada for Dispersal & to the 12^th Reserve; The 1919 UK Spring Absent Voters List for South Molton Division, Parish of Rose Ash, has reference #4155 to Kingdon Fred, Ash Moor, #814692 ‘C’ Company, 4^th Battalion, Canadians, 1^st Canadian Infantry Brigade being out of England; The Rose Ash Victory Hall Memorial in Devon records Private F. Kingdon in the Canadian Expeditionary Force; (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 probably also the Brother of Kingdom, Francis W: Devonshire Regiment No: 1775 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); I did not research further;

Notes: Served with the ‘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; 2x Medals Card on file; (He is probably the Brother of Ernest John Kingdon #220465 Royal Navy); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Walter Henry: #K22413, Stoker 1^st Class, Royal Navy; ADM 188/911); I have not researched this Soldier any further;

Notes: This is Frederick George Kingdon who was born in 1887 in Silverton, Devon, England 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 1891 Census Frederick G. Kingdon lived with his parents in Silverton Village in Devon; In the 1901 Census Frederick Geo Kingdon lives with his parents at #25, Dalmain Road, Lewisham, London & in the 1911 Census is now aged 23 & working as a Carman, living with his parents at #40, Dalmain Road in Lewisham; On the 29.09.1911 Fredk G. Kingdon sailed from London, England to Sydney, Australia onboard the ‘SS Orvieto’, his occupation is given as being a Packer; He travelled onwards to New Zealand; I believe that Frederick George Kingdon Enlisted at #5 Group Office, Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand, on 15.06.1915; In the New Zealand Army Nominal Roll for 1916, #22491 Private Frederick George Kingdon is recorded as being in ‘J’ Company of the Otago Infantry Battalion, 16^th Reinforcements who departed from New Zealand on board the “Navua” on 20.08.1916, sailing from Wellington, New Zealand to Devonport, England; His occupation is recorded as Labourer & his Mother’s UK address is given; #22491 Private Kingdon F.G. is reported Missing in Action on 18.07.1917, Casualty List #625/3, by the 16^th Reinforcements Force, under the 1^st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment list of the NZEF Summary of Casualties, up to & including 14.08.1917; Notification of this soldier’s death was recorded in the Summary of Casualties dated up to & including 14.11.1917 as #22491 Private Kingdon F.G. of the 1^st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 16^th Reinforcements was Killed in Action, report dated 23.09.1917 under Casualty List #676/1, NZEF; I have no doubt that Frederick George Kingdon died following the Battle of Messines on 07.06.1917 when the New Zealand Division retook this heavily defended strong strategic position from the Germans; The Messines Ridge Cemetery Memorial commemorates those Soldiers who died but have no known grave; Frederick George Kingdon’s name is also included on his parents Gravestone in the Ladywell Cemetery in Lewisham, Greater London, England; I understand that his name is also recorded on the New Zealand National War Memorial located at Buckle Street in Wellington; (He was the brother of Kingdon, Walter F: 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) No: 555062 Rank: Rifleman 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: On the Absent Voters Spring 1919 List there is reference to a Fredk J. Kingdon of the above unit being absent from the Ellacombe Polling District, Torquay Division; I have failed to identify this soldier as there are no Military Records for this #129253 on file? A search of his given address of #37, Princes Road West, Tormoham, Torquay in the 1911 Census also fails to identify him? Insufficient information;

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 son of William Kingdon, a Mason b.1853 in Goodleigh, Devon & Louisa Jane Bond from Wincanton, Somerset, who married in Wincanton in 1876; (For my family records he is the Grandson of William Kingdon b.1819 Bratton Fleming & Susan ??); In the 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lived with his parents at #9, Victoria Square in Portland, Dorset; In the 1911 Frederick Percy Kingdon lives with his parents at #54, Nortoft Road in Bournemouth Hampshire, His Father is a Stone Mason, his Mother owns a Sweet Shop & Frederick Percy Kingdon is an Errand Boy for Welshbank; Frederick Percy Kingdon appears to have already been placed on the Dorset Special Reserve when he enlisted at the age of 19 years & 7 months, in Bournemouth on 28.08.1914, giving his occupation as a Grocer, but I believe that he joined in Dorchester for service with the 5^th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment; Unfortunately he only served until 26.10.1914, a total of 59 days as he was medically re-examined & Discharged under Kings Regulations Para 392 (iii), marked as ‘For Medical Reasons’? I believe that he had Flat Feet & Hammer Toes & had not served overseas during his service time; I understand that he was awarded the Silver War Badge;

Additional service & pension records would indicate that Frederick Percy Kingdon, incorrectly recorded as Kingdom, managed to get himself re-enlisted for military service with the Royal Army Medical Corps on 24.09.1917 when he was aged 21, giving his occupation as a Porter; He initially served with the 5^th Training Battalion, RAMC but I believe that he then served for 1 Year & 329 days with the R.A.M.C. under #126610 at 20^th Station Hospital; He served this period with a downgraded Medical Fitness Grade; He served at Home from 24.09.1917 to 18.03.1918, he was sent to join the British Salonika Army (BSF) between 19.03.1918 & 13.04.1918, arriving in Constantinople on 14.04.1918, where he continued to serve both there & with the British ‘Army of the Black Sea’ until returning to the UK on 02.07.1919; He was finally discharged on 18.08.1919; I believe that Frederick P Kingdon married Florence E. Harris in 4^th Q 1941 in Bournemouth & died in Bournemouth in 1^st Q 1948 Aged 50; Claimed & awarded the Silver War Badge #157462 on 23.03.1917; Medals Card on file; Awarded the Victory medal for his RAMC service; (He is the Brother of Henry William Kingdon who served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, initially with ‘D’ Company #440914 & later with the 76^th Depot Battery #1250407); (He is also the Brother of John Kingdon b.1877 in Wincanton, who served in a Militia Unit);
Kingdon, Frederick R: Royal Engineers No: 286416 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Sapper Frederick Robert Kingdon #286416, "G" Depot Company, Royal Engineers who died age 29 on 18^th March 1919, Son of William and Mary Ann Kingdon, of 51, Manor Row, Dawlish. Remembered with honour Dawlish Cemetery;

Notes: This is Frederick Robert Kingdon born in 1890 in Dawlish, Devon; He was the son of William Kingdon, a Gardener b.1852 in Silverton, Devon & Mary Ann Routley from Sowton, who Married in 1882 in St Thomas; In the 1891 Census Frederick R. Kingdon lived with his parents at #8, Brook Street, Dawlish, Devon; In the 1901 Census Frederick Kingdon lives with his parents in Manor Row, East Dawlish; In the 1911 Census Frederick Robert Kingdon is a Plumber, Aged 21 & living with his parents at #36, Manor Row, Dawlish, Devon; Frederick Robert Kingdon’s Death record in England is 1^st Q 1919 Newton Abbot 5b.196 Aged 29; Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals only; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Arthur George: Royal Engineers No: 6886 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11; SEE ALSO: Kingdon, Arthur G: Royal Engineers No: T6886 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Charles: Royal Engineers No: 172009 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Transferred from Kingdom to Kingdon List);

Notes: The prefix B to his Regimental number indicates that he was an Army Reservist whose number had been re-allocated, or that he was a previously discharged Army Reservist who was re-enlisting for WW1 service; I would assume the latter in this case; He was attested 09.12.1915, put on the Reserve 10.12.1915 & Rejoined 29.05.1916; Frederick S Kingdon also served as #186408 in the Army Service Corps; This is Frederick Stanley Kingdon born in Dalston, Middlesex in 14.11.1889 & baptised in Hackney on 05.01.1890; The son of Henry James Kingdon, a Brass Finisher, b.1851 in Cardiff, Wales? (some records have him born in Clerkenwell, London) & Elizabeth Green Lowe from Hackney who married on 04.11.1871 in St James, Shoreditch, Hackney; In1891 Frederick S Kingdom is aged 1 year & living with his parents at #14 Downham Road, Hackney; In 1901 Frederick S Kingdon lived with his Widower Father at #35, Sidney Road, Hackney; I have a London Schools Record for Fred Stanley Kingdon attending Sidney Road School from 18.10.1898 until 25.08.1902; In the 1911 Census Frederick Stanley Kingdon lives with his Brother Percy Victor Kingdon at #33, Clifden Road, Clapton; At the time of enlistment at Hackney Baths in London he gives his address as #33, Clifden Road Lower Clapton, London; His records have him working as a Tailor’s Cutter; Frederick Stanley Kingdon Married Rebecca Cracknell on 23.12.1911 in Hackney; (I believe that she was a Pauper in 1901 in Edmonton Strand Union Infant Workhouse School); He enlisted in 1915 & served for 311 days with the Army Service Corps, for 1 year & 307 days with the Rifle Brigade for a total service time of 2 years & 253 days, 110 days of which were spent in France; During his service in France he was gassed at least once & probably wounded in 1917; Transferred to the Reserve on 04.02.1919 from the 5^th Battalion Rifle Brigade in Winchester; Frederick Stanley Kingdon claimed a pension for having been gassed during WW1 on 10.07.1918 but I believe that this was denied & rejected in March 1920; His medals were delivered to him on 28.07.1921; I believe that Frederick S Kingdon Dies in Hackney in 1946 Aged 56; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Herbert James: #143716, Royal Army Medical Corps, Rank: Private, who served in England in WW1);

Notes: This is Fred Sherwood Kingdon born 28.09.1887 in Backwell, Somerset, the son of John Kingdon, a Railway Station Master, b.1846 in Selworthy, Somerset & Caroline Sherwood from Farnborough Hampshire, who married in 1878 in Taunton, Somerset; In 1891 Census the family lived in the Railway Cottages, Backwell, Somerset; In 1901 Fred Sherwood Kingdon lives with his parents in Moorside, Backwell, Somerset; Fred Sherwood Kingdon enlisted on 19.11.1915 Aged 28 years, he was a Railway Porter living at #83, St John’s Lane, Bedminster, Bristol; He was sent to the Army Reserve on 20.11.1915 & finally Mobilised on 02.06.1917; He served in France & then Germany with the 14^th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery; It would appear that he actually joined his Unit on 02.06.1917 in Plymouth Citadel; On 07.03.1919 whilst serving in Germany he overstayed a leave permit for 6 days & was fined 7 days pay as a result; I believe that Fred Sherwood Kingdon Married Winifred Norris Mead, b. 20.05.1894 in Bristol, on 19.01.1918 in Holy Trinity Church, Clifton, Bristol; At the end of his service he was sent to a Discharge Area for Demobilisation on 27.09.1919; He was transferred to the Z Reserve on 23.10.1919; After discharge Fred Sherwood Kingdon went to work for Great Western Railway on 11.05.1925 being ex Bristol Joint Staff previously; I believe that Fred Sherwood Kingdon Died aged 85 in Weston Super Mare in 1973 & his wife Winifred Norris Kingdon in1979 in Weston Super Mare Aged 85; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Andrew Henry Kingdon #219925 RASC who also served in WW1);

Notes: The prefix WR to his Royal Engineer’s number indicates service with the Waterways & Railways Units; (I would presume that Frederick W Kingdon may well have been a Liverpool Docker before the War); This soldier also served as #17875 with the Liverpool Regiment (The King’s) & his number suggests that he enlisted along with many others after 04.08.1914; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to identify this man clearly;

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;

Notes: Also served as #1424 Devonshire Regiment with a Regimental number which does not help identify his enlistment date as this is a Territorial Force number & #265174 in WW1; Colonel Flick’s Diary for the 6^th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, serving in Mesopotamia has reference to a Private G. Kingdon #1424 serving with ‘C’ Company; George Kingdon is recorded on the Spring of 1919 Absent Voters List for the Parish of Queens Nympton, South Molton, Devon; His address is given as Cheyney which confirms his identity as follows: This is George Kingdon born 03.05.1892 in George Nympton, Devon, baptised 29.05.1892 in George Nympton, the son of William Kingdon, a Farm Labourer, b.1863 in Kings Nympton, Devon, & Elizabeth Jane Webber from Chulmleigh, Devon who Married in 1884 in South Molton; In 1901 Census George Kingdon lives with his parents in Kings Nympton, Devon; In 1911 Census George Kingdon is aged 18 & a Farm Labourer living with his parents at Cheyney Cottage, Queens Nympton; George Kingdon married (Bessie) Elizabeth Westcott from Bishops Nympton on 07.08.1920 in the Ebenezer Chapel in South Molton, Devon; I believe that George Kingdon died on 18.12.1968 Aged 76; This soldier was awarded the Territorial Force War Medal for service with the Devon Regiment TFM; Medals Card on file; His Granddaughter Jan Preston has his medals at home; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, William H: Devonshire Regiment No: 2705 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: Also served as #5749 when first enlisted in the 30^th Battalion London Regiment at the age of 38, enlisted on 23.03.1916 & discharged on 08.12.1918 – Record Card gives cause of discharge as Army Order 291/18 2a which equates to Silver War Badge, this was issued on 09.01.1919 for Wounds received during his service; George Kingdon was aged 25 at the time of his discharge; His Army Service Records say he had a Shrapnel wound on 08.04.1918 in his forearm; He was reported Missing on 30.08.1918, Reported as a Prisoner of War also on 30.08.1918; He was captured at Bullecourt & interned in Giessen, Germany; Repatriated & Posted to Depot on 04.12.1918; On 08.12.1918 he was declared no longer physically fit for War Services; He was awarded a small Pension on 09.12.1918 which was to be reviewed in 52 weeks; This is George Howardson (Hoursdon) James Kingdon born in 1877 in Hoxton, London, the son of James Kingdon b.1846 North Molton, Devon, a Tailor & Sophia Lightfoot from Peckham who married in 1876 in Clerkenwell; George Kingdon lived with his parents in Finsbury in 1881, he was a Port Errand Boy living with parents in Shoreditch in 1891 & a General Labourer living with parents in Shoreditch in 1901 Census; In 1911 Census George Kingdon still lives with his parents, is single & a Florist’s Salesman, at #38, Bevenden Street, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London; At the time of enlistment in 1916 he was a Florist’s Salesman; In 1922 George Houdson James Kingdon lives with his Mother Sophia, brother Zealey William & sister Sarah Ann at #38, Bevenden Street in Hoxton; In 1939 George Howardson James Kingdon lives in #76, Aske House, Shoreditch with his Brother Zealey William Kingdon & Sister Sarah Ann Kingdon; In 1957 George Kingdon lives at #48, Aske House, Academy Buildings in Ashford Street, with his Brother Zealey William & his sister Sarah, none of them seem to have married; George H J Kingdon died in 1959 in Shoreditch Aged 81; Awarded the Silver War Badge #B60923; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Zealey William: #14659, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/60);