A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: Mark Kingdon enlisted in the Army on 01.03.1874 & served in England until 15.06.1874, however, he may well have attested in 1871? I believe that he was then posted to the East Indies; Private Mark Kingdon was considered to be unfit for further Military Service at a Regimental Board held on 23.06.1876 in Netley, England after having served in the East Indies for a period of 2 years & 33 days & with the Regiment for 2 years & 301 days; It would appear that he had been suffering from a general debility as a result of tropical climate service since September 1873; In 1874 he was recorded as being in a very weak & nervous state with heart palpitations & was subsequently declared unfit for further service, (he may well have had a drink problem too); Mark Kingdon was a Carpenter by trade & was born in the Parish of Tiverton & on discharge intended to live in Exeter, Devon; I believe that this is Mark Kingdon born in 1839 in Rackenford, the son of George Kingdon, a Carpenter b.1809 Bishops Nympton & Elizabeth Loosemore from Rackenford who married in 1833; Mark lived with his parents in Rackenford, Devon in 1841; In 1851 he was an 11 year old servant for a Butcher in Tiverton; In 1861 he was a Carpenter working in Plymtree, Devon; I cannot find Mark Kingdon in 1871 records? Mark appears again in the 1881 Census living as a Carpenter in the Tiverton Union Workhouse; I cannot find him in 1891 but in 1901 Census he is a Journeyman Carpenter working in Cullompton; Mark Kingdon died in Tiverton in 1910 Aged 71, I do not believe that he ever married;

Notes: The list for Chelsea Pensioners has reference to a Mark Kingdon born 1847 in Exeter, Devon; I believe that this is actually Oliver Mark Kingdon born 1846 in Exeter, the son of Abraham Kingdon, a Carpenter b.1807 Exeter & Elizabeth Melden, who Married pre 1835 in Exeter; In 1851 Census Oliver M Kingdon is aged 5 & living with his parents in Barrett’s Court, Magdalen Street in Exeter Holy Trinity, Devon; In 1861 Census Oliver M Kingdon is an Errand boy, living with his parents in St Leonards, Exeter; In 1871 Census Mark Kingdon is now aged 25 & working as a Painter, living with his parents at #2, Lock Beare Cottages, Holloway Street, Exeter St Sidwell; I believe that Oliver Mark Kingdon Married Jessy Stark Jarman (b.1852 Exeter) in 1873 in Exeter, Devon; In 1881 & the 1891 Censuses, Oliver M. & Jessy S. Kingdon live at #5, Lansdown Terrace, Exeter Holy Trinity & is working as a House & Home Decorator; I understand that Oliver mark Kingdon Died aged 51 years in Exeter in 1899; His Widow Jessy S. Kingdon lived alone as a Coffee House owner, Fried Fish & Tobacco Dealer at #100, Black Boy Road, Exeter in 1901; In 1911 she worked as a Cook/Servant for a Scottish Barrister at Bentham, Kingsbridge, Exeter; I understand that Jessy S. Kingdon (nee Jarman) remarried to a Thomas Sobey in 1915 in Exeter; I did not find any Military Records for this man?

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian military Files; This is Mark Leslie Kingdon born 16.08.1891 in Yeovil, Somerset, England; He is the son of William Henry Kingdon, a Railway Clerk, b.1862 in Barnstaple, Devon & Annie Tilley b.29.02.1860 in Dorchester, Dorset who married in 1889 in Dorchester; In the 1901 Census Mark L. Kingdon is aged 9 years & living with his widowed Father (his Mother died in 1894) in #21, Colmer Road, Yeovil, Somerset, England; In 1906 Mark Leslie Kingdon worked for the Great Western Railway in Lawrence Hill Station as a Clerk; In the 1911 Census Mark Leslie Kingdon is a Railway Clerk with the Great Western Railway & visiting with his Uncle Thomas Charles Kingdon, a School Headmaster at Rackenford School in Creacombe, Morchard Bishop, Devon; Mark Leslie Kingdon probably served with the British Territorial Army, 6^th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment for 3 years prior to emigrating to Australia; I believe that Mark Leslie Kingdon resigned from the Great Western Railway Company & was paid up to 31.03.1911; I also believe that Mark Kingdon sailed to Australia at the age of 19 on the Ship ‘Wakool’, arriving in Sydney on 20.06.1911, (this was around the same time that his brother Frank Kingdon emigrated to Canada); Mark Leslie Kingdon enlisted in the Australian Army in Cootamundra, New South Wales on 17.04.1916, claiming to be employed as a Journalist & giving his Father, William Henry Kingdon, #23, Elton Road, Bishopston, Bristol, England as his next of kin; He served initially with ‘D’ Company, 1^st Battalion, Cootamundra Depot & then with ‘A’ Company, 4^th Battalion, Liverpool, ‘B’ Company the 4^th Battalion Cootamundra & the DBBO Depot Battalion; By this time he was promoted to Acting Sergeant specifically for the journey to Europe & on 08.11.1916 he was sent to England on board the ‘SS Port Nicholson’ sailing from Sydney, arriving Devonport, England on 10.01.1917, with the 22^nd Reinforcements, 4^th Infantry Battalion; After some further military training at Dorrington & reverting to the rank of Corporal he was then sent to France on 10.04.1917, where he appears to have been wounded by gun shots to the legs & arms on 06.05.1917, initially being treated in Rouen, France & declared seriously ill he was again reverted to the rank of Private & then treated in Edgebaston, England from August 1917 through July 1918; He was returned to Australia for Discharge on 21.07.1918 on board the H.M.A.T. ‘Boonah’ & finally discharged on 21.09.1918; Mark Leslie Kingdon Died on 24.05.1972 in New South Wales, Australia aged 80 & is buried in a Cemetery outside Riverina; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Frank Neville: #928576 Private, 153^rd (Wellington) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force);

Notes: There are Royal Navy records for a Nathaniel Kingdon (also recorded as Nathaniel Kingdom) serving in the Royal Navy as a Rating from 16.10.1840 to 08.11.1843 with an Application made to the Admiralty on 16.11.1843 (I presume for a pension?); No other information on Year of Birth, Birth Place or his Age on Entry are given; There is, however, another record for Nathaniel Kingdon, Able Seaman, Royal Navy having served in the French Revolutionary Wars on ‘HMS Triumph’; He is recorded as having fought at the Battle of Camperdown on 11.10.1797; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has a record for Nathaniel Kingdon, Able Seaman in 1848 having served in the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; There is little or no information to enable identification of this sailor but the possibilities are: Nathaniel Kingdon, a Mariner living in Brixham & his wife Mary had a number of children baptised there in the early 1800’s; Nathaniel Kingdon Married Patience Roach in Tiverton on 27.06.1789; Nathaniel Sanders Kingdom was Baptised in Topsham, Devon on 20.07.1775; Any one of these could be a candidate; Awarded the Naval General Service Medal Clasp, Camperdown T/20, for service on ‘HMS Triumph’; Insufficient information to identify accurately;

Notes: This is Nelson Kingdon born 24.03.1891 in Yatton, Somerset; He is the son of William Bradford Kingdon, a Railway Signalman b.1860 in Stoke Canon, Devon, & Sarah Emily Methin from Nailsea in Somerset, who Married in 1884 in Bristol; In 1891 Census Nelson is recorded as ‘Moses’ aged 12 days, living with his parents in Horsecastle, Yatton, Somerset; In 1901 Nelson lives with his parents in Horsecastle at the same address, his Father is a railway signalman; In 1911 Census the family still live in Horsecastle, Yatton in Somerset & Nelson is a Railway Engine Cleaner aged 20; Nelson Kingdon joined the Railway on 21.09.1908 in Yatton; He was a Railway Fireman 3^rd Class in 01.01.1912 & continued to work for the railways until joining the Colours for WW1 Service in July 1915; Nelson Kingdon served with the Royal Navy until returning to work for the Railways on 23.04.1919 when he was demobilised, I do not know what capacity he served in the Navy but believe that it was as an Acting Leading Stoker as the prefix ‘K’ to his official number would indicate service as a Stoker; His official number also indicates enlistment between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915; In 1918 Edith May Shave & Nelson Kingdon, separately used the same Penny Street address for their voters records in Chalcombe Regis, Weymouth, so I presume that they were living together at that time; It was in 1919 that Nelson Kingdon then married Edith May Shave (nee Churchill) in Weymouth, Dorset, she was a Widow, previously married in 1902 to a Domestic Chauffeur Herbert Arthur Shave who had died in 1914, she was born in 1885 in Radipole, Dorset; Unfortunately I believe that Edith May Kingdom may well have died in 1921 in Marylebone aged 36 years; It then appears that Nelson Kingdon remarried on 13.10.1923 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales to Catherine Mabel Morgan, b.06.04.1901 in Neath; They had 6 children, 3 born in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales & the other 3 born in Weymouth, Dorset, & Nelson Kingdon appears to have continued to have worked for the railways as an Engine Driver until his death on 13.10.1948 at Portwey Hospital in Weymouth, Dorset, Aged 57; He was living at #13, Wesley Street, Weymouth at the time of his death; I believe that his 2^nd wife, Catherine Mabel Kingdon then Married Walter N Hawkins in Weymouth in 1958; She died in 1961 in Bridport, Dorset Aged 77; Awarded the Victory & British War Medals;

Notes: This is Oliver Kingdon born in North West India in the Province of Ranikhet on 14.12.1886, son of Oliver Kingdon b.1857 Clerkenwell who served in India as a Warrant Officer & Maud Matilda Bateman from Cork, Ireland (who married in Bengal, India in 1882), returning to UK around 1895; Oliver’s Father was a serving Warrant Officer in India & was an Army Pensioner after his discharge; In 1901 Oliver & Maud lived in Goring Row in Southgate, Enfield, Middlesex; (Captain Oliver Kingdon is the Grandson of Oliver Kingdon b.1831 South Molton & 1^st Wife Jane Blee, who married in 1856 in Hackney, London). Oliver Kingdon, aged 14, lived with his parents at #9, Goring Row, Southgate, Middlesex in 1901 UK Census (previous to that this family were in India); In 1911 Census Oliver Kingdon is aged 24, an Insurance Clerk & living with his parents at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London; #1114 Private Oliver Kingdon first served with the London Regiment, he was Commissioned on 21.05.1915 & served with the 7^th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
where he earned promotion from temporary 2^nd Lieutenant to temporary Lieutenant on 04.02.1917, & then to temporary Captain on 15.07.1917; He was Mentioned in Despatches and received the Military Cross (MC) before he died age 31
on 24 April 1918 in France. There were quite a few requests for additional medals made; Whilst serving as a Temporary Captain with the Bedfordshire Regiment Oliver Kingdon was noted for conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty in the London Gazette Supplement dated 16.09.1918, This Officer, at the end of 5 days constant fighting & marching, led his company in a dashing counter-attack against a village held by German troops, which resulted in its recapture & severe losses to the enemy, besides covering the retreat of other troops across a river; Medals Card on file; (He was also the Brother of Lieutenant George Alfred Blee Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery); (Son of Oliver Kingdon #1120 6^th Dragoon Guards 1873 to 1891); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: I believe that this is Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon born on 07.04.1880 in Shoreditch & baptised on 02.05.1880 in Bethnal Green, son of Oliver Abraham Kingdon b.1847 Bristol & Elizabeth Durham Stephens from Liskeard in Cornwall who married in 1874 on 08.03.1874 in Lambeth; In 1881 & 1891 Oliver lives with his parents in Shoreditch, his father is a Police Constable but had previously served with the Grenadier Guards; Oliver Kingdon went to the Shap Street Infants School in Hackney until 1887; He was living with his parents at #45, Dunloe Street at the age of 7 when he went to Shap Street School in Hackney from 12.12.1887 until 18.04.1892; During his schooling he was exempt from receiving religious education; His Regimental #8315 indicates that Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon must have enlisted in the Grenadier Guards between 05.01.1899 & 01.01.1900 & subsequently served in the Boer War in South Africa; In the 1901 Census Oliver Kingdon is now a soldier living in The Grenadier Guards Wellington Barracks in Westminster, London; I have a Medals Record that has a Private O. Kingdon #8315 being eligible for the South Africa Boer War Medal; I believe that Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon died in 1907 in Orsett, Essex Aged 26; (His Father Kingdon, Oliver: Private, Grenadier Guards also served in the Army & in 1871 Census was at the Barracks in Brentwood, Essex);

Notes: I believe that this is Octavius Gillard Kingdon born 03.07.1891 in Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of John Gaylord Kingdon, a Tailor & Draper, b.1842 in Swansea & (his 1^st wife Sarah Maria Jones b.1843 from Mumbles died in Glamorgan in 1877), John G Kingdon remarried ca.1878 to his 2^nd wife Ann Eliza Gillard from Tiverton in 1878, Octavius’s Mother; In 1901 Census Octavius lived with his parents in #3, Woodland Villas, Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales; In 1911 Census Octavius lives with his parents at the same address in Oystermouth & is a Shunter with the Great Western Railway; Octavius G Kingdon emigrated to Canada, arriving in Quebec on 24.06.1913 aged 21, aiming to settle in Montreal; He sailed from Liverpool on the ‘SS Teutonic’; Upon enlistment in Canada on the 27.11.1914 in Toronto, Octavius Gillard Kingdon was aged 23 years & 4 months & was a Railway Man; After WW1 I believe that Octavius Gillard Kingdon returned to England & married Nell Goddard in Wallingford in the 1^st Q of 1919; Octavius Gillard Kingdon served as a Trooper with the 4^th Canadian Mounted Rifles from 27.11.1914 until 01.01.1916 & as a Private from 01.01.1916 until 20.04.1919 but was a Prisoner of war from 02.06.1916 & finally Repatriated on 29.11.1918; (I believe that he is the Brother of Kingdon, Benjamin Rufus: Liverpool Regiment No: 56170 Acting Colour Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in England in WW1); (I believe that he is also the Brother of Hubert Kingdon who also emigrated to Canada in 1912 & served in WW1 as #109435 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force); (He was also the Brother of Royal Navy Apprentice Hedley Vicars Kingdon); I have not researched this soldier further;

Notes: This is Oliver Kingdon born in 1857 in Clerkenwell, London, the son of Oliver Kingdon b.1831 South Molton, Devon & 1^st Wife Jane Blee who married in 1856 in Hackney, London; In 1861 Census he was aged 4 & visiting with his Grandfather Oliver Kingdon b.1802 in Mill Lane, South Molton, Devon; In 1871 Census Oliver was a 14 year old Painter living with his parents in St Pancras, Marylebone, London; Oliver Kingdon enlisted into the 6th Dragoon Guards on 17^th July 1873; On 29^th November 1885, having attained the rank of Troop Sergeant Major, he transferred to the Unattached List (Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Corps) as 1^st Class Sergeant Instructor, and on 28^th September 1891 was promoted Garrison Sergeant Major; Oliver Kingdon was finally discharged to pension on 7^th February 1901 having served for over 24 years in India; Whilst in India Oliver Kingdon Married an Irish girl from Cork, Maud Matilda Bateman in 1882 in Bengal; In 1901 Census Oliver & Maud Kingdon lived at #9, Goring Road, Southgate, Middlesex, Oliver was a Retired Warrant Officer & an Army Pensioner; In 1911 Census Oliver & Maud Kingdon lived at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London, he is an Army Pensioner & an Insurance Company Secretary; Oliver Kingdon died in Edmonton, Middlesex on 27.08.1946 Aged 89; Medals awarded to him were for Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal G.V.R. 1^st TYPE, with ‘The Great War 1914-18’ clasp (Oliver Kingdon) NEF, all of which have been on sale on the internet for ca. £325; (He was the Father of Lieutenant George Alfred Blee Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery who served in WW1); (He was also the Father of Captain Oliver Kingdon MC who Died in WW1 in 1918 in France); (Also the Father of Kingdon, Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: This is Oliver Abraham Kingdon born in 1847 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Abraham Kingdon, a Railway Clerk & Station Master, b.1814 in South Molton, Devon & Eliza Eades born 1815 from Reading, Berkshire who married in 1837 in Reading; In 1851 Census Oliver Abraham Kingdon was living with his parents in Bedminster, Gloucestershire; In 1861 Census he was a scholar living with his parents in Stixwold, Woodall, Lincolnshire; In 1871 Census he was aged 23 & serving with the Grenadier Guards at the Depot Foot Guards Barracks in Little Warley, Brentwood, Essex; Oliver Kingdon Married Elizabeth Durham Stephens, a Widow from Liskeard, Cornwall on 08.03.1874 in Lambeth, he was a Private serving in the Grenadier Guards at that time & took on her children; I believe that he joined the Police Force when he left the Army; In 1881 Census Oliver & Elizabeth Kingdon live in #45 Dunloe Street, Shoreditch; In 1891 Census Oliver & Elizabeth Kingdon live at #26, York Street, Shoreditch, he is still a Police Constable; I believe that Oliver Abraham Kingdon Died in the 3^rd Q 1894 in the Strand Aged 46; (He was the Father of Kingdon, Oliver Abraham Francis: #8315, Private, 3^rd Battalion Grenadier Guards who served in the Boer War);

Notes: This record was picked up via the 1881 Census that has an Oliver Alfred Kingdon, Single, Aged 22, serving as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on board ‘HMS Miranda’ in Sydney, Australia; I believe that this is Oliver Alfred Kingdon born in 1859 in Exeter St Thomas; He is the son of Abraham Robert Kingdon, a Painter, b.1835 Exeter & Elizabeth Lake from Exeter, who Married ca.1856; In 1861 Census Oliver A Kingdon lives with his parents at #1, Garden Square, St Mary Arches, Exeter; In 1871 Census (Oliver) Alfred Kingdon lives with his parents in #3, Colleton Buildings, St Sidwell, Holy Trinity, Exeter; (The ADM File Records have Attestation forms for the Plymouth Division, Folios 57-65, for Oliver Kingdon, born in Devon, to serve in the Royal Marines at Plymouth, 1876 (when aged 17) & record that he was Discharged in 1882 as Paid 20 Pounds); In 1881 Oliver Alfred Kingdon is serving with the Royal Marines; Oliver Alfred Kingdon Married Emily Battershill from Woodleigh, Devon in Exeter in 1884 & in the 1891 Census they live at #6, Jubilee Street, St Leonards, Exeter & he is a Painter & Decorator; Emily his 1^st wife Died in 1897 Aged 35 & Oliver Alfred Kingdon Married for a 2^nd time to Mary Jane Tett from Exeter in 1898 in Exeter; In 1901 Census Oliver A & Mary J Kingdon live in #1, Russell Street, St Sidwell, Exeter, he is a Painter; In the 1911 Census Oliver Alfred & Mary Jane Kingdon were living at #106.Cowick street, St Thomas, Exeter, he is a House Painter; I understand that Oliver A Kingdon died at the age of 68 in Exeter in 1928;

Notes: The 1st Central Ontario Regiment was part of the "Territorial Regiment System" that was created in Canada to recruit and provide basic training for the overseas Expeditionary Force after 1917; The 1st Central Ontario Regiment was basically a reinforcement unit based in Canada, and an umbrella organisation, which included other battalions. It fed soldiers into the system in a directed manner; Drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917, Oliver James Kingdon was medically examined in Toronto on 10.10.1917 & probably called up for service on 26.04.1918 in Toronto; He was a single Farmer living in Weston, Toronto & aged 21 years & 4 months at the time; I believe that this is Oliver James Kingdon born 24.12.1896 in Weston, York County, Ontario, the son of John Francis Kingdon, b.14.08.1866 Etobicoke, Ontario & Arabella Gracie or Gracey, b.in 1869 in Ontario, who were Married on 15.01.1896 in York County, Ontario, Canada; (I believe that his Grandparents were James Kingdon b.14.03.1827 in Devon, England & Catherine McKnight b.15.03.1837 in Ireland who married on 24.03.1856 in Toronto; James Kingdon emigrated to Canada from England in 1855; This needs more research); I cannot find Oliver James Kingdon’s family in 1901 Census; In the 1911 Census for Etobicoke, York County, Ontario Oliver James Kingdon lives with his parents & next door to his future wife’s family; After his WW1 service, Oliver James Kingdon Married Alice Elizabeth Sims on 08.09.1920 in Weston, York County – he is a Farmer & she is a School Teacher; His wife was born in Ontario on 06.04.1899;

Notes: This is Oliver Wissler Kingdon born on 16.01.1922 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire the son of Fletcher Monroe Kingdon, a Schoolteacher, b.1890 in Pateley Bridge & Letitia May Wissler b.1894 Leeds who married in St Martin’s Church, Potternewton in Leeds on 15.09.1920; Oliver Wissler Kingdon served in the Royal Air Force in WW2 & was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (#120149) on the 20^th August 1942; On 17.04.1952 Oliver Wissler Kingdon Married Joan Dyer Frazer, the second daughter of Lt. Colonel & Mrs. D.R. Frazer in Jersey; I believe that Oliver received other awards during his life for Public & Political Services in 1993; I understand that Oliver Wissler Kingdon Died in 1995 in Nottingham Aged 73; (He was the son of Kingdon, Fletcher Monroe: Army Service Corps No: T/401 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: This is Paul Kent Kingdon born 1895 in New Zealand, the son of Thomas Medland Kingdon b.1859 New Zealand, a Sheep Farmer, & Emma Eleanora Reimenschnieder, who married in ca.1894 (she was the daughter of a German Missionary who had been in New Zealand since 1843); In 1896 this Kingdon Family are recorded as Settlers, living in Mangaone, Pahiatua; In 1900, 1905 & 1906, they are in Mangaone, Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wuanganui; In the 1911 & 1914 Electoral Rolls they are Farming in Levin, Otaki, Wellington; Paul Kent Kingdon joined for WW1 Service in early 1916; He embarked from Wellington in New Zealand for Plymouth or Devonport in England on board either the ‘HMNZT 55 Tofua’ on 27.05.1916 or the ‘HMNZT 54 Wilochra’; He served with the New Zealand Field Engineers in Europe & was wounded in January 1917; He was reported as being dangerously & seriously ill from 31.01.1917 to 02.03.1917 when he was taken off the seriously ill Lists; Sapper Paul Kent Kingdon returned home to New Zealand on 06.05.1918 with Draft #159; In 1919 he was an Engineer living at #9, Priestley Road, Napier, Hawke’s Bay; Paul Kent Kingdon Married Rosina Emily Judd in 1921, she was b.1894 in Carterton, Wairarapa; In 1928 they lived in Marine Terrace, Bayswater, Waitemata, Auckland; In 1935 they are recorded twice, as an Engineer at #36, Nile Street, Nelson & as a Traveller at #61, Cowper Street, Greymouth, Westland; In 1938 Paul Kent Kingdon is recorded as a Draughtsman at #104, The Terrace, Wellington North; In 1946 & 1949 they are both recorded living at #9, Boucott Terrace, Wellington Central, Paul is an Engineer; In 1954 & 1957 they are living at #222, The Terrace, Wellington Central; In 1963 Paul Kent Kingdon has Retired & they still live at #222, The Terrace, Wellington; I believe that Rosina Emily Kingdon died on 25.11.1963 Aged 69; In 1969 & 1972 Paul Kent Kingdon, Retired, lives at #57, Skerman Street, Marton, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; In 1978 he is recorded as Retired at #61/63, Allendale Road, Mt Albert, Auckland but also recorded at Retired #57, Skerman Street, Marton, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; In the 1981 Electoral Roll he is Retired, living at #20/30 Bond Street, Merton Rangitikei; I understand that Paul Kent Kingdon Died on 10.01.1986 in Marton; Paul Kent Kingdon was a Design Engineer & Artist, also a Member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts & this family are well documented in the Kingdon Book ‘A Second Look’ dated 1974); (He was the son of Kingdon, Thomas Medland: #29419, ‘E’ Company, 1^st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12^th Reinforcements, WW1);