H to k kingdom – campaign medals & military service

Notes: This is Horace Donald Kingdom born in Stoodleigh, Devon in 1^st Q 1896 Tiverton 5b.401; He was the son of William Kingdom, an Innkeeper, b.1861 in Oakford, Devon & Catherine Emily Dyer b.1864 Swindon, Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton, Devon in 1891; In the 1901 Census Horace Donald Kingdom lived with his parents in #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton; In the 1911 Census Horace Donald Kingdom, aged 15, lived & worked for his Uncle Thomas Kingdom as a 15 year old Horseman on his Great Torr Farm, Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon; Unfortunately there is no indication of when this soldier enlisted or first went to France but it was probably 1915 or 1916; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (Brother of Kingdom, William Llewellyn: #MS/4249, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother of Percy Arthur Kingdon: #R/32668, Private, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11b.1899; & also a Royal Air Force Officer in late WW1; AIR 76/277/105); (All 3 Brothers recorded on the Bampton Memorial Roll in Devon);

Notes: There is a record of a British Army Prisoner of War, I J Kingdom, being held in Stalag XX-B, Marlbork in Poland during WW2;

I have no other information on this soldier; However, it is possible that this is Ivor John Kingdom born 1910 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; He was the son of Abraham Steer Kingdom, a Dock Labourer b.1882 in Newport & Emily Morris who Married in Newport in 1904; In the 1911 Census Ivor John Kingdom lived with his parents at #12, David Street, Newport, Monmouthshire; I have not found any military records but believe that Ivor J Kingdom Married Margaret E Fitzgerald in 1935 in Newport Market, Monmouthshire, Wales; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: This is Isaac Kingdom born in 1876 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; He was the son of Samuel John Kingdom baptised 21.06.1841 Tenby, Wales, a Fisherman & Mary Ann Lewis, b.1843 Brixham, Devon, who Married in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1865; In the 1881 Census Isaac Kingdom Aged 4 is living with his parents in St Julian Street, St Mary Tenby in Liberty Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census Isaac Kingdom Aged 14, already a Seaman, is living with his parents at York House, Crackwell Lane, St Mary Tenby in Liberty; In the 1901 Census Isaac Kingdom Aged 25 is living with his Widower Father in Crackwell Lane, St Mary Tenby in Liberty; Isaac is a Fisherman; In 1901 Isaac Kingdom Marries Mary Ann Jacob (b.1871 Boulston, Pembrokeshire), in 2^nd Q 1901 Pembroke 11a.1878, Wales; In the 1911 Census Isaac & Mary Ann Kingdom live at #2, Green Hill Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; Record says they had been married 10 years with 1 living child; Isaac Kingdom now aged 35 is a Fisherman; During WW1 trawler fishermen were recruited into the Royal Naval Reserve & served as Minesweepers & Patrol Vessels & I believe that Isaac Kingdom was a Seaman #3347/B; I understand that in 1921 Isaac Kingdom was joint owner of the Brixham Trawler/Cutter #93851 ‘Genista’ BM197 (DH20); Isaac Kingdom died in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1960 Aged 84; The Royal Naval Reserve Medals Roll, ADM 172/122, records the issue of the 1914-18 Star, the Victory & The British War Medals; ADM 171/70 records the award of the Reserve Long Service Medal on 18.07.1912 whilst serving on ‘Neyland’ with his brother; (He is the Brother of Lewis Kingdom, #D1032 Royal Naval Reserve, pre WW1);

Notes: 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; (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; Isaac Kingdom appears to have served in Home Stations until 21.01.1916 when he was sent to Egypt, where he stayed until 19.04.1919; This soldier was transferred to the Reserve on 28.05.1919 from the Dispersal Hospital in Birmingham, his address was 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 for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (He is the brother of Kingdom, John: #16100, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 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);

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; 2x Medals Cards on File, Kingdon, Jack & Kingdom J; Awarded the Victory & British War Medals & the 15 Star accordingly; (He was Brother of Herbert John Kingdon, #347413, Petty Officer Ship’s Chief Cook, Royal Navy, ADM 188/527, WW1); (He was also Brother of Kingdon, Ernest W: L/5257, Acting Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);

Notes: There is a record of a Royal Canadian Air Force Prisoner of War, J A Kingdon, held in Stalag Luft 4 (L4), Sagan & Belaria in Poland during WW2; This was the infamous POW Camp from which the ‘Great Escape’ was made but I don’t believe that J A Kingdom was involved; I have no other information on this soldier; Insufficient information to identify;

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 (RAF) on 01.08.1916; AIR 79/417/44720 Records indicate that this is John Charles Kingdom; Unfortunately it has been quite difficult to identify this man, but I would suggest that it is Isaac John Charles Kingdom born 24.03.1898 in Barry, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales; (Later records have him recorded as John I.C. Kingdom, as John Charles I. Kingdom & John Charles Isaac Kingdom); If I am correct then he was the son of Isaac Kingdom, a Coal Miner & later a Labourer in Lancashire, born in Carhampton, Somerset in 1861, & Mary Ann Hadland, born 1862 in Marden, Herefordshire & who Married in 1893 in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales; This family moved from Barry in Cardiff, Wales to Oldham in Lancashire between 1901 & 1911; In the 1901 Census young Isaac Kingdon lived with his Mother at #33, Brook Terrace, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, his father was working away from home as a Coal Worker in Gelligear, Glamorgan; In the 1911 Census John Kingdom was aged 13 & working as a Grocer’s Errand Boy & living with his parents at #65, Stirling Street, Oldham, Lancashire, his Father was a Labourer in the Textile Trade; Royal Air Force records would indicate that John Charles Kingdom was transferred from the Royal Flying Corps on 01.08.1916; John I. C. Kingdom Married Naomi Wright, b.29.03.1904 in Oldham, in 1926 in Oldham, Lancashire; (His Father had died in 1922 & his Mother died on 03.03.1933 whilst living at #169, Middleton Road, Oldham, her Probate Administration was given to John Charles Isaac Kingdom, who was recorded as being a Textile Spinner at that time); I believe that John Charles I. Kingdom Died in Oldham in 1973 Aged 75 & that his wife Naomi Kingdom Died in 1990 Aged 86, registered in Devizes, Wiltshire;

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;

Notes: This military man served in the 1^st Battalion, 11^th 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 11^th 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 1914-1920 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 1^st Battalion, 11^th Regiment in Weymouth Barracks in 1861 Census, giving his birth place as Devon County, England, he is Single & Aged 22 years;

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;

In this painting of the Battle of Trafalgar by Nicholas Pocock, ‘HMS Mars’ is in the right foreground, just behind the captured Spanish ship Bahama;

Notes: The BT Records have this Seaman’s date of birth, as 22.06.1891 in Plymouth, however, there are no James Kingdom or James Kingdon births in that area of Devon around that period? I have therefore opted to suggest that this is James Henry Kingdom b.1889 Plymouth, 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; In the 1891 Census James H Kingdom lived with his parents at #61, High Street, St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1901 Census James H Kingdom aged 11 was living with his parents at #22, The Parade, Holy Trinity, Plymouth; (This family had 11 children but 5 of them had died before the 1911 Census); In the 1911 Census James H Kingdom is aged 21, working as a Boatman & living with his parents at #11, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon; James H Kingdom Married Elizabeth Sarah Davis in Plymouth in 1922; James H Kingdom Died in 1969 in Plymouth Aged 79; Medals Awarded #A5350 Seaman, under Jas Kingdom, 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdom, William (Joel): #143807, Private, Labour Corps, #28246, Private, Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment, #21149, Private, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1); (He is probably the brother of Kingdom, Herbert Edward Joe: #B6575 & A9998, Merchant Seaman, Navy, Royal Naval Reserve; BT 377/7/8611 & BT 377/7/28830; Post WW1);

Notes: I believe that the #11048 with the Welsh Regiment would indicate an enlistment date of between 29.12.1913 & 17.04.1914; This soldier first 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 for award of the 14 Star, British war & Victory Medals; 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;

Notes: Served with the Labour Corps 552 Company & was ex 6^th 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;

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 1^st 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;

Notes: I have failed to identify this particular young man but in the 1901 Census for Ossett, Grays, Thurrock on the River Thames in Essex, he is identified as Jas (James) Kingdom, a 13 year old boy, born in 1888 in Clerkenwell, who is effectively ‘under detention until the age of 16 years, living on board the London School Board’s Training Ship the “Shaftesbury”; In general these boys were orphans or waifs & strays, often with criminal misdemeanors behind them, who were sent for training; Needs more research, insufficient information to identify;

Notes: The Royal Naval Reserve WW1 Medals Roll has reference to this Merchant Seaman; I believe that this is James Arthur Kingdom born in 1892 in Sculcoates, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; He comes from a Trawler Fishing family & was the son of John William Kingdon, a Fisherman baptised 02.01.1861 in Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, & Ann Elizabeth Leng, who married in 1882 in Sculcoates, Hull; In the 1901 Census Ernest Kingdom was aged 8 & lived with his Mother in, Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, I believe that his Father was probably fishing at sea on the day of the census; In the 1911 Census I failed to find James Arthur Kingdom; I understand that James probably served on board WW1 Navy Trawlers out of Hull in WW1; I understand that James Arthur Kingdom married Eleanor Mabel Pearson in 1913 in Hull, Yorkshire & that they had at least 8 children; Medals awarded 1914-15 Star, The British War & Victory Medals; (He was the son of John William Kingdom Merchant Seaman, #DE.370; Royal Naval Reserve, Navy Trawlers; BT 377/7/71054); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Ernest: Rank Tr., #TS/3949, Royal Naval Reserve, WW1; BT 377/7/122279); Needs more in depth research as there is some confusion in his family tree line;

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 indicates that he is a Royal Navy Stoker; (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?

Notes: 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, London; In the 1881 Census James Kingdom lived with his parents at #111, Union Road, Newington, London; In the 1891 Census James Kingdom, aged 13, lived with her parents at #59, London Road, Southwark; I failed to locate this man in the 1901 & the 1911 Censuses; James Henry Kingdom enlisted on 18.08.1915, and 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; The number #4778 would indicate enlistment between 03.08.1915 & 06.09.1915; This soldier originally signed up for 4 years’ Service in the United Kingdom with a Territorial Force aged 37 years & 8 months, on the 18^th 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 served at Home from 18.08.1915 to 01.01.1916; He served with the British Expeditionary force in France from 02.10.1916 until 16.06.1917 & at Home again 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, a 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 for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of William Alexander Kingdom, 2^nd Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the Brother of Frances Casserley (nee Kingdom) who was a Civilian killed in the Blitz on 26.09.1940 in Lambeth London during WW2);