H to k kingdom – campaign medals & military service

Notes: There is a Record for a Chelsea Pensioner James Henry Kingdon born 1882, London, Surrey; Whilst there are no actual WW1 or Military Service Records that would fit this man’s profile I have researched my Kingdon files & would suggest that this is James Henry Kingdom, baptised 04.06.1882 in Christ church Southwark; He is the son of William Kingdom, a Labourer b.1854 in Wimbledon & Esther Sarah McIver, b.1853 in St James, London, who Married in 1874 in Marylebone; In 1891 Census James Kingdom was aged 9 & lived with his parents at #18, Lant Street, St George the Martyr in London; I failed to locate him in either the 1891 or 1901 Census records; However, James Henry Kingdom, a 28 year old Postman living at #6, Turquand Street, Married Emma Ringsell, b.1884 in St Saviour, on 18.12.1910 in St John’s Parish Church, Newington, London; In the 1911 Census we find James & Emma Kingdom living at the same address in Walworth, London, James Kingdon is a parcel Postman working for the General Post Office; I believe that James Henry Kingdom Died on 21.05.1960 & is buried in Streatham Park Cemetery; (I believe that he was the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick J: #2173, Private, Royal 1^st Devonshire Yeomanry & #345090, Private, 16^th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1; &/or Kingdom, Frederick: #341107, Royal Navy; ADM 188/515/107; (1892 period); (He is the Brother of Thomas Charles Kingdom #723244, Rifleman, London Regiment who was a Deserter at points throughout his service); (He is possibly the Brother of Kingdom, William Edgar: #8055, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division; ADM 159/48);

Notes: The prefix SR/ on his Regimental #2707 denotes that he was a Special Reserve Soldier; This soldier also served as a Gunner, #277707, RGA, presumably having enlisted for regular service in WW1; It appears that he first served in France from 03.04.1915, continued to serve throughout WW1 & was finally transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 24.03.1919; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) had 8 Battalions during WW1 but I have no idea in which one this soldier may have served; I would suggest that he may have enlisted sometime in 1917; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: The records for the Second Afghan War, 1878-1880, refer to #695 Private John Kingdom having served in the Service Company with the 2^nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment, formerly the 70^th Regiment of Foot; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: Also served as a Private with the South Wales Borderers #49023 & as a Private with The Royal Welsh Fusiliers #93412; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory Medal only; There are 2 possible candidates living in Wales in the 1911 Census; John Kingdom b.1887 in Glamorganshire, a Miner & Hewer aged 24 who is boarding in #29, Phillip Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales; & John Kingdom b.1888 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, a Coal Miner & Hewer aged 23 who is Boarding at #40, Pomfray Street, Nantyffyllon, Higher Llangynwyd, Glamorgan, Wales; Insufficient information to enable accurate identification;

Notes: This is John Kingdom born in 1896 in Knowstone, Devon, the son of Eli Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1864 in Knowstone, Devon and Annie Scoins,; (Also has a Gravestone with his parents in Knowstone); In the 1901 Census John Kingdom lived with his parents in Creacombe Moor; In the 1911 Census, John Kingdom was a Farm Cattle Boy on a local farm, living with his parents at Westcott in Knowstone, Devon; I believe that he first served in France from 17.08.1915; His Father was living in Barton House, South Molton, Devon at the time of his death, his mother had died in 1918; There is a Gravestone for him in St Peters Churchyard, Knowstone, Devon; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Isaac: #S4/157557, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdom, George: #L7253, Officer’s Clerk, Class 2, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1002);

Notes: This soldier was originally Territorial Force but would have been renumbered during 1917 & probably served with the 4^th Battalion as this number fits the correct allocataed number block; If this is correct then he could have served in India, Palestine or Mesopotamia depneding oon whether he was 1^st/4^th or 2^nd/4^th Battalion; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable proper identification;

Notes: There is a record of a Will for Lieutenant John Kingdom of the Royal Navy dated 05.09.1823, with admon. being granted to his Father William Kingdom; This is John Kingdom born in St Andrews, Holborn, London, Middlesex & Baptised there on 21.06.1792; He was the son of William Kingdom, b.1755 Camden. London, & Hephzibah Dutton from St Dunstan in the West, who Married in St George’s, Bloomsbury, Camden, London on 07.05.1785; I believe that John Kingdom Married Caroline ?? (b.1795 in London) in ca.1815 but I have no records; Lieutenant John Kingdom may have died in Sierra Leone in 1823, probably whilst serving with the West Africa Squadron on Anti-Slavery patrol, where many British Officers & Sailors were killed in action or died of disease; Insufficient information or records to enable clearer identification;

Notes: The ADM 139/20/1961 Records have references to a John Kingdom having Volunteered for Royal Navy Service on 01.07.1853 with a Continuous Service Number of #1961; These records have his date of birth as 02.02.1831 in Plymouth, Devon; The ADM 188 Records have reference to John Kingdom, Royal Navy, Carpenter’s Crew, having signed up on 01.07.1853 for a period of 7 years; He was serving on ‘HMS Arrogant’ at the time; (I have failed to find any other supporting records but there is a John Kingdom, aged 28, born in 1833 in East Stonehouse, Devon, boarding with his wife Johan(?) aged 26, born in 1835 in Ireland, lodging with a family at #18, Union Place, East Stonehouse, Devon in the 1861 Census; John Kingdom is recorded as being a Royal Navy Seaman); Insufficient information to identify but I believe these to be the same sailor;

Notes: In various Naval History records & in Naval Letters dating from the years 1810 & 1811 there is mention of a Midshipman John Kingdom & Master’s Mate John Kingdom carrying out Royal Navy duties in and around the Mediterranean; On 05.09.1810 Midshipman John Kingdom, serving on the 38 ton Frigate ‘HMS Surveillante’ was sent with 5 others & a master’s mate to cut out a French brig which had sought protection of land batteries, they succeeded; On 06.09.1810 John Kingdom & 2 others were sent late at night to destroy a new battery, which they did without a casualty; In 1811 Captain Sir George R. Collier of ‘HMS Surveillante’ wrote to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton advising him that Mr Kingdom, Master’s Mate, was despatched to blow up the guard house & signal station on the heights of Machichaco, which service he executed perfectly; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: John Kingdom was probably was a Territorial Force man who joined up late in WW1 as his #39520 would indicate that it was in the number block changed in 1917 & that he probably served with the 1/10^th or 2/10^th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, both of which were formed in Oldham, Lancashire; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; On the premise that this soldier lived in Lancashire, there is 1 possible John Kingdom b.1898 in Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan in Wales, aged 13 years in the 1911 Census who is a Grocery Errand Boy living with his parents at #65, Stirling Street, Oldham, Lancashire; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: There are UK records for a John Kingdom having Deserted from the Army in 1837 in North Molton, Devon; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: The ADM 157/9/64 records have Attestation Papers for a John Kingdom, born in St Phillips, Bristol, Somerset (Gloucestershire) to serve in the Royal Marines at Chatham between 01.01.1811 & 31.12.1811 (when aged 21); Other information states that he was Discharged, (discharge date not given) & a reason for discharge is also not given; This young man had obviously volunteered to join the 100^th Royal Marine Company at Chatham in order to claim the high bounty amount of 12 pounds, which I understand was used as an incentive to recruit men into the service & serve in the last 4years of the Napoleonic Wars & then possibly into the 1812 War with America? Unfortunately there is no other information available; Insufficient to enable identification;

Notes: There is a record in the Soldiers of Oxford Museum for a John Kingdom having served with the 43^rd Regiment of Foot & who was Discharged at the end of his service on 08.08.1843 in Chatham, Kent; There is no other information available but I would guess that this soldier had probably been serving with the Regiment in Fort York, Canada, taking part in the suppression of the Rebellions of 1837; The Regiment left Canada for England in 1846; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: There is a list of Officers who were serving with the 94^th Regiment of Foot, known as the ‘Scotch Brigade’, between 1800 & 1869 which records John Ayres Kingdom; From 25^th June 1804 to 24^th December 1804 this Regiment was in camp near Futtypore (Fatehpur); I have no other information;

Notes: The prefix G/ to his Regimental number appears on various Home Counties ‘Regiments’ Service Battalions in WW1; This soldier first served in France from 15.06.1915; This is John Arthur Kingdom born 1900 in Edmonton, Middlesex; He is the son of Fred Kingdom, a Confectioner b.1860 in Marylebone, London & Isabella Mary Ward b.1863 from Southwark; In the 1901 Census John A Kingdom lives with his parents in #20, Hilda Terrace, Edmonton, Middlesex; In the 1911 Census John A Kingdom is aged 11 years & lives with his parents, mostly Cocoa Factory workers at #15, Wingmore Road, Tottenham; This Soldier was Discharged from ’B’ Company of the 6^th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 23.10.1915 in Gillingham, Kent; He was discharged for having incorrectly declared his age as 19 years & 10 months when in fact his Birth Certificate indicated his age as 18 years & 307 days; His trade is declared as that of Labourer & he intended to live at #15, Wingmore Road, Church Road, Tottenham; The records also state that he had served at Home since 27.02.1915 & prior to 15.06.1915, then in France until 02.09.1915, being underage to have served at the Front & finally he was back in the UK until 23.10.1915, having served a total of 239 days; His Enlistment papers, dated 27.02.1915 give his Father as Frederick Kingdom of #15, Wingmore Road, Tottenham, London; I believe that John Arthur Kingdom Married Sophia Alice Pitts (baptised 12.06.1898 in Tottenham), in 1924 in Edmonton, Middlesex; Medals Card on file for the award of the 1915 Star, British War & Vistory Medals, which surprises me (perhaps he eventually got to serve in WW1 later?); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Frederick J: #L/31062, Driver, 1^st Brigade Headquarters, Royal Field Artillery & #431062, Royal Horse Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1);

Notes: This is John Henry Kingdom born 1885 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, son of John Kingdom, a Coal Worker, b.1859 in Burnham, Devon & Maria Steer from Colebrook, Devon; In the 1891 Census John Henry Kingdom lives with his parents in Bolt Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales; In the 1901 Census he is a Barber & living with his parents at #2, Pill Wharf, Newport; John Henry Kingdom Married Charlotte Coles in 1^st Q 1909 in Newport, his wife was born in 1890 in Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire; In the 1911 Census John Henry & Charlotte Kingdom are living at #48, Raglan Street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, he is a Hairdresser; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals;

Notes: Information from the South Wales Borderers Museum – Private John Henry George Kingdom was renumbered to #200135 as a member of the 1^st Brecknock Battalion South Wales Borderers during the Army renumbering on 01.03.1917; This unit were Territorial soldiers who first landed in a theatre of war in Aden on 03.07.1915; The Regimental Museum thinks that he was not killed in action but died of wounds or disease on 22.11.1918; I believe that he enlisted on 03.07.1915; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He was the son of Kingdon, John Henry: #4679, Private, 6^th Dragoon Guards & 3^rd Battalion, Dragoon Guards; Who I also believe to be Kingdon, J. H: #4348 Private 12^th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers – Boer War Deserter);

Notes: This is John Herbert Kingdom born 01.11.1884 in Westbury, Bristol, & baptised on 27.11.1884 in Redland, St Nathanael, Glocestershire, England; He was the son of Edward James Jolly Kingdom, an Ironmonger Commercial Traveller, b.1841 in Stapleton, Gloucestershire & Mary A. Burbidge from South Wraxall, Wiltshire who Married in 1876 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire; In the 1891 Census John Herbert Kingdom lives with his parents in #13, Southfield Road, Westbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; In the 1901 Census John H Kingdom lives with his parents in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, he is aged 17 years; In 1911 UK Census John Herbert Kingdom is aged 26, a single man, boarding at #12, Lonsdale Road, Barnes in Surrey & working as a Linen Salesman; John Herbert Kingdom sailed from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada, arriving on 11.08.1911 on the ‘SS Laurentic’, destined for Montreal; On the 13.04.1917 in Victoria, British Columbia, there are Attestation Papers on record for a Farmer, John Herbert Kingdom, born 01.11.1884 in Bristol, England; He is aged 33 years & gives his Mother’s address as #8, Belvedere Road, Redlands, Bristol, England; I believe that his Father had died in Bristol, England on 28.03.1917; Upon enlistment John Herbert Kingdom was Farming at Royal Oak, P.O. R.RNo,1, British Columbia; He was posted to the Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, No 11, Canadian Expeditionary Force; I have found no further Military Service Records for this soldier until his return to Canada on the ‘SS Grampian’ in 1919, apparently ‘Unfit’ so have to assume that he served in Europe; I believe that John Herbert Kingdom Married Emma Stark on 11.02.1935 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; John Herbert Kingdom Died in British Columbia, Canada on 03.12.1962 Aged 77; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, William Edward: #247852 Royal Air Force in WW1 & #F47582 RNAS/Royal Navy – ADM 188/639/852 & AIR 79/2232/247852; WW1);

Notes: I believe that this is John James Kingdom born 1894 in Liverpool, the son of James Kingdom, a Printing Stereotyper b.1869 in Chester & Eliza Williams b.1866 in Chester who Married in 1892 in Chester, Cheshire; In the 1901 Census John J Kingdom lives with his parents at #45 White Rock Street, West Derby, Lancashire; In the 1911 Census John James Kingdom is aged 16 years & is an Estate Office Clerk living with his parents at #59, White Rock Street, West Derby Road in Liverpool; John James Kingdom enlisted in the RAMC on 09.08.1917 & was discharged on 24.11.1919 at the age of 25 under King’s Regulations, Para 392 (xvi) Army Order 29/19 due to Sickness, he was aged 25 & had never served overseas; John J Kingdom probably Married Elizabeth Wright in 1933 in West Derby, Lancashire; I understand that John James Kingdom Died in 1970 in Liverpool Aged 76; Awarded Silver War Badge #B341149; Records Card on file;

Notes: ADM 139 has reference to John Joseph Kingdom, #30146, serving in the Royal Navy; His date of birth is given as 14.02.1833 in Stoke Damerel, Devon & his Date of Volunteering for service is recorded as 16.07.1856; This Sailor’s official ‘continuous service’ number would indicate enlistment between January 1853 & 1859; There are some confusing records for John Joseph Kingdon / Kingdom but I believe that this is actually John Joseph Kingdon born & probably baptised on 26.03.1833 in Stoke Damerel & that he is the son of Joseph Kingdon, a Shipwright born 1799 in Devonport & Susanna ?? b.1803 in Ottery Saint Mary, Devon; In the 1841 Census John Kingdon is aged 8 & living with his parents at the Back of Higher Somerset Place, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon; In 1851 Census there is a Jno Kingdom, born in Devonport in 1833, being a patient in Woolwich Royal Ordnance Hospital, Greenwich, London but it is recorded that he was a serving Private in the Royal Sappers & Miners, which is rather confusing? This man needs further research; (I believe that he may be the Brother of Kingdon, George: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in Devonport);

Notes: This is John Rogers Kingdom born 14.08.1841 in Wilcove, Torpoint, Cornwall, the son of John Thorn Kingdom, also Royal Navy & Greenwich Pensioner, b.1809 in Morice Town, Devonport & Mary Ann Rogers from Wilcove in Cornwall who married on 10.04.1832 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In the 1841 Census John Kingdom is aged 2 months & living with his parents at Charles Place in Torpoint, Antony, Cornwall, his Father is recorded as a Seaman; In 1851 John Kingdom is recorded as being aged 9 & living with his parents in Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon, his Father is a Greenwich Pensioner; The records indicate that John Kingdom volunteered for Royal Navy Service on 01.10.1856 which his official naval number series of #31681 would suggest; In the 1861 Census John Kingdom is Aged 16 & recorded as being a Seaman in the Royal Navy but living with his parents in #5, Coombe Park, Antony, Cornwall, his Father is a Greenwich Pensioner & Agricultural Labourer; In 1871 Census I have John Kingdom Aged 29 as the Coxswain Pinnace serving onboard ‘HMS Defence’ in the harbour in Malta; In 1873 the Royal Navy changed serving sailors official numbers, John Rogers Kingdom became #62768 at this point; In 1877 John Rogers Kingdom married Sarah Ann H. Sindon, b.1854 in Newhaven, Sussex, in Eastbourne, East Sussex; In the 1881 Census John Kingdom is Aged 39 & is now a Commanding Boatman with the Coast Guard, serving & living in Birling Gap, Eastdean, Sussex; In 1891 Census we find John R. Kingdom & wife Sarah living at #11, Cornwall Road, Bexhill, Sussex, he is recorded as a Naval Pensioner; I believe that John Rogers Kingdom died in 1895 in Battle, Sussex Aged 53; (Son of John Thorn Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #9762A Joseph Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #66612 & #18070A William Joseph Kingdom Royal Navy); (Brother of #84867 Christopher Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);

Notes: Query on #81418 marked in most records? There was concern that there were 2 different soldiers here as #81418 John Kingdon had enlisted in Cardiff Aged 18 on 15.08.1914? I believe that #81419 had also enlisted in Cardiff on 15.08.1914 so I have presumed that this is John Tucker Kingdon born on 15.02.1898 in Kings Nympton, son of James Kingdon, a Farm Labourer b.1856 in Bishops Nympton & Martha Tucker who married in 1876 in South Molton; Medals Card on file for the award of 15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; (Brother of Kingdon, E: #4209, Private, 2^nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment; Boer War);