W to z kingdom – campaign medals & military service

Notes: I believe that this is probably William Kingdom who was Baptised in Clyst St Mary, Devon on 14.02.1835, the son of a Publican, Thomas Kingdom & Anne ?? who lived in the Blue Ball Pub in Heavitree in 1835 & then in St Sidwell in Exeter in 1841 Census; I failed to locate William Kingdom or his family in either 1851 or 1861 Census records; However, I do believe that William Kingdom Married Elizabeth Pengilley in 1861 in Exeter; (She was baptised 10.03.1833 in Exeter St Thomas & in 1861 was a Servant visiting her married sister in Alphington Street in Exeter); The ADM 188 records indicate that William Kingdom enlisted for a period of initially 10 years on 17.02.1859 on HMS Persian & then for a further 10 years from February 1869; The ADM 139/446 records have William Kingdom as being born on 01.01.1834 in ‘Beartree, Exeter’ which I believe should be ‘Heavitree, Exeter’, & that his Continuous Service Number was #4570A. This number was issued during the period 1859 to 1867 & records that William Kingdom volunteered for service in the Royal Navy on 01.February 1859; In the 1871 Census I failed to find William Kingdom but Elizabeth Kingdom is recorded as a Naval Pensioner’s Wife living at #1, Keppel Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon; In the 1881 Census I found William & Elizabeth Kingdom living at #13, Deddington Terrace, West Ham, Essex, he is a Naval Pensioner; In the 1891 Census William & Elizabeth Kingdom live at #5, Bidder Street, West Ham, he is a Naval Pensioner; I believe that William Kingdom died in West Ham in 1892 Aged 57; In the 1901 Census, Elizabeth Kingdom is recorded as a Widow, an underclothing machinist, & lives in #22, Kelly Road, Canning Town, West Ham; I believe that Elizabeth Kingdom (nee Pengilley) Died in 1905 in West Ham Aged 74; (He was the Father of Kingdom, Henry Lockyer: Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy #114720; ADM 188/144; & the Father of Thomas Sidney Cornish Kingdom #121062 Royal Navy);

Notes: There is a Probate Record dated 28.01.1860 for a William Kingdom, for Letters of Administration of the Personal estate & effects of this late Petty Officer (Captain of the After Guard) belonging to Her Majesty’s Ship “Sappho” He is recorded as a bachelor who had deceased or died at sea, in or since January 1858; His effects were under 100 Pounds of Queen’s Pay; I can find no suitable Kingdon candidate to enable me to identify this Sailor; However, ‘HMS Sappho’ was a Royal Navy Brig that operated as a slaver-catcher off the West & East African coasts for 9 years; ‘HMS Sappho’ was ordered from African waters to Sydney, Australia in early 1858 but never arrived; She was considered foundered for no known reason & all 147 crew lives were lost; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: This is probably William Kingdom born 11.06.1871 & baptised 05.07.1871 Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1845 in Tenby & Emily Creese, b.1852 Tenby, who Married in 1870 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1881 Census William is aged 10 & living with his parents in Quay Hill, Tenby St Mary in Liberty, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census William Kingdom lived with his parents in Bridge Street, Tenby, Pembrokeshire & he is a Seaman; My research indicates that William Kingdom born 1871 Tenby & who served as an Ordinary Seaman & Royal Naval Reservist, #29607, was originally serving onboard the vessel ‘Janet’ in 1892 and then onboard the vessel ‘Beta’ from 28.04.1892 in Swansea & was signed off on 13.07.1892 in Santos, Brazil, where he subsequently Died of Yellow Fever in hospital? (The Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve, #D2519, & #B2005, & #C3530, WW1); (The Brother of Kingdom, Aaron: Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve, #TS/3765, WW1);

Notes: There are Medal rolls for this Soldier, Private William Kingdom #34 who served with The 2^nd Regiment of Foot, who were also known as The Queen’s Own Regiment & The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment; The records indicate that he Served in Egypt in 1801, probably at the Battle & Siege of Alexandria; William Kingdom then served during the Peninsular War in Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro on 21.08.1808 & then in Spain; He fought at the Battles of Corruna on 16.01.1809, Salamanca on 22.07.1812, Vittoria on 21.06.1813 & the Pyrenees on 25.07.1913, for which he received mention & presumably a Cash Payment for all 5 Battles; Insufficient information to identify further;

This is probably the same Soldier?

Kingdom, William: Private, 2^nd Foot, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey); Napoleonic Wars; WO 97/1143 from Crediton & WO 120 2^nd Garrison Battalion, November 1916 “Reduction”; (1798 to 1800 period);

Notes: This Regiment served in the West Indies in 1797, Ireland in 1798, Egypt in 1800 & the Peninsular War 1808 to 1814; There is a Medal Roll on record for the issue of the Military General Service Medal (MGSM), one of the very first real campaign medals which records a Private William Kingdom of the 2^nd foot (Queen’s Royal Regiment, West Surrey) having fought in the Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801) against Napoleon Bonaparte & at the Battle of Vimiero on 12.08.1808 in Portugal during the Peninsular war; Awarded the MGSM with clasps for Egypt & Vimiero; I have no other information on this soldier;

Notes: The Militia Service Records for 1806 to 1905 has a William Kingdon born in 1889 in Plymouth on the list; I believe that this is probably William James R. Kingdom, born in 1888 in Plymouth, the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary A. Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In 1891 & 1901 Census William J. R. Kingdom lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census William Kingdom was Aged 23 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being a Yachtsman; William J.R. Kingdom Married Beatrice May Facey, born 1892 Plymouth, in 1916 in Plymouth, Devon; His Wife Beatrice M Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1945 Aged 54; William J Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1959 Aged 72; (Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve);

Notes: This is William Kingdom born 21.08.1835 in Devonport, Devon, the Son of William Kingdom, a Mason b.1801 in Devon & Susan ?? from Cawsand in Cornwall, who Married in ??; In the 1841 Census Wm. Kingdom is Aged 6 & living with his parents in King Street, Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon; In the 1851 Census Wm. Kingdom is Aged 15 & living with his parents in Granby Street Tenements in Stoke Damerel; I believe that William Kingdom enlisted in the Royal Navy on 01.02.1861, his Official Continuous Service Naval Number would support this & shortly before he Married Jane Odgers (or Hodgers) from Maker in Cornwall in 1861 also; (There appears to be a double entry for his new wife in the 1861 Census records as she is also noted as being a Domestic Servant working for a Retired Naval Paymaster at #1, Collingwood Villas in Stoke Damerel); In the 1861 Census William & Jane Kingdom are also recorded as living next to Jane’s parents (Samuel & Mary Odgers) in Little Lane, Maker in Cornwall, William Kingdom is shown as being a Stoker in the Royal Navy; (I note here that they appear to have lost their 1^st Child, Samuel William Hodge Kingdom b.1862 & died 1863 in Stoke Damerel); In the 1871 Census Jane Kingdom is living next door to her parents in Garratt Street, Cawsand, Rame in Cornwall with their 3 children; I presume that William was at sea but have not located him; In the 1881 Census William & Jane Kingdom, & 4 children (their 2^nd son called Samuel is serving in the Royal Navy), live in Cremyll, Maker, Cornwall, William is a Ferry Man & son Samuel has since left the Navy & works in the Dockyard at Devonport; I understand that both William & Jane Kingdom Died in Stoke Damerel in 1899? (I have no idea what happened here but I note that one of their daughters, Rosa Kingdom is living in the Western district Pauper Imbecile Asylum in 1901, perhaps there was a traumatic event in 1899?); (He was the Father of (Samuel Odgers Kingdom) Kingdom, Samuel: Royal Navy, Rank: 1^st Class Boy & #108368, Royal Navy; ADM 188/131);

Notes: This is probably William Kingdom born in 1861 in Plymouth, the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Master Boatman & Boat Proprietor, b.1827 in Plymouth, & Emma Menhinnich from Cornwall who Married in 1853 in Plymouth; (There is however, some discrepancies in my records for this man – he may have been born as William Henry Kingdom or William John Kingdom; The Royal Marine Records have his date of birth as 09.09.1861 but there are no Kingdom or Kingdon children born in the Plymouth area during that period? However, I have concluded that this is probably the correct person as follows; In 1871 Census William Kingdon is Aged 10 years & lives with his parents at #8, Hoe Gate Place, Plymouth St Andrews; In the 1881 Census William Kingdon is aged 19 & lives with his parents still at the same address in Plymouth, he is a Waterman like his Father, (his Father’s wife in this census is recorded as Charlotte A Kingdon from Falmouth in Cornwall & his parents ages do not compute with earlier records? Further research indicates that his Mother Emma Kingdom died in 1876 aged 50 & that his Father William Henry Kingdom Married again in 1878 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, to a Charlotte Ann Doney, however, her maiden name was Charlotte Ann White & she had been previously Married to Thomas Doney, a Warder in Plymouth Charles & I believe that he had died in 1875 in Plymouth too); According to the Royal Marine records, William Kingdon Enlisted in the Plymouth Division of the RMLI on 09.08.1881; William Henry Kingdom Married Alice Mary Ann Gazzard, b.1866 Plymouth, in Plymouth in 1888 & in the 1891 Census they lived at #11, Hoe Gate Place in Plymouth; William Henry Kingdom is now a licensed boat owner; In 1901 William & Alice Kingdom still live at #11, Hoe Gate Place, Plymouth; In 1911 William & Alice Kingdom live at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth, they had been married for 24 years & had 7 children, only 6 of which were still living in 1911; (He was the Father of Kingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068); (Father of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve); (His other son William James R. Kingdom probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); This family may need further investigation & research;

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

Notes: This is William Alexander Kingdom born 4^th Q 1896 Tiverton 5b.411, Son of William Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1864 in Rackenford, South Molton, Devon & Janet Gordon b.1863 in Bukcudleigh, Scotland, who married in 1887 in Tiverton, Devon; In the 1901 Census young William Kingdom is aged 4 & living with his parents at #15, West Exe South in Tiverton, Devon, his Father William is a Chimney Sweep; In the 1911 Census I think that William Kingdom is a 15 year old Farm Labourer at Stoneland Farm in Stoodleigh, Devon; I believe that William Alexander Kingdom enlisted for WW1 Service in1914, even though his Regimental Number indicates that he probably enlisted between 28.05.1913 & 31.03.1914; He first served overseas in France on 13.11.1914; Medals Card on file for award of the 1914 Star, Victory & British war Medals; (The sons in this family are Grandchildren of Robert Kingdon b.1839 & Caroline Were); (He was the Brother of Gordon Kingdom #8207, Lance Corporal, 2^nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment who also Died in WW1 in France in 1916); (He was the Brother of Frank Kingdom, #10191, Private, 8^th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment who also Died in WW1 in France in 1915);

Notes: This is William Alexander Kingdom born in 1892 in Southwark, London, son of James Kingdom, a Tailor, b.1850 in Oakford, Devon & Charlotte Salter from Poplar, London, born 1852, who married on 28.09.1875 in Stepney, London; In 1901 & the 1911 Census William Alexander Kingdon lived with his parents at #59, London Road, Southwark, London; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to 2Lt. W A Kingdom, 3/38 MGC, #118343, & are marked as a demobilised officer; 2^nd Lieutenant W. A. Kingdom first served in France from June 1916; William Alexander Kingdom Married Sybil Mary Enid Jekyll Stonehewer on 29.11.1916 in The Chapel of Ease of holy Trinity in All Saints, Wandsworth, London; I believe that William Alexander Kingdom Died in Yeovil, Somerset in 1986 Aged 94; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals; His medals were sent to him on 25.03.1902 & 08.09.1921 to #14, Lebanon Gardens, Wandsworth, London SW18; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, James H: #4778 & #721951, Private, 24^th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He is the Brother of Frances Casserley (nee Kingdom) who was killed in the Blitz on 26.09.1940 in Lambeth, London during WW2);

Notes: No further information on William C Kingdom; The GS/ prefix to this soldier’s Royal Welsh Fusiliers number indicates a General Service Enlistment for WW1; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: This is possibly William Edward Kingdom born 13.12.1874 (Registered 1^st Q 1875) in Marylebone, as this is the only acceptable Kingdom male birth in that location & period; If I am correct then he lived with his parents, William Kingdom, a Railway Porter b.1854 in Marylebone & Esther Sarah McIver from St James, who Married ca.1874 in Marylebone, at #78, Great Suffolk Street, Southwark in 1881 Census; In 1891 Census William Kingdom is aged 16 & working as a Market Porter but living with his parents at #17, Lant Street in Borough Road, St George the Martyr in London; The ADM 159 Record says that William Edgar Kingdom Enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham Division on 28.08.1894 & gives his birth date as 13.13.1874; The ADM 157 Record says that William Henry Kingdom, born (1875) in Marylebone, London, Attested at the age of 19 & Joined the Royal Marines, Chatham Division in 1894; This record also states that he was Invalided & Discharged from the service in 1897; I believe that William Edward Kingdom Married Susannah Clark in West Ham in 1898; In the 1901 Census records there is a William E Kingdom & wife Susan from Berking, living in Bermondsey, London, William is a GPO Labourer; In 1911 Census William Edward & Susan Kingdom live at #133, Darwin Road, South Ealing, he is a GPO Telephones Foreman; I also believe that William E Kingdom Died in 1950 in Ealing, Middlesex, Aged 75; Not 100% but no other information; (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); (There is another Brother, James Henry Kingdom b.1882 in Southwark who has no Military Records but is recorded on the Chelsea Pensioner list);

Notes: I believe that the Official Number #J78544 would indicate being issued after 1908 for Long Service of 12 years plus an optional 10 years to qualify for pension; The Official Number #SS124501 is for Short Service of 7 years plus 5 years on the Reserve & was probably issued in 1919; Both ADM 188 records have his date of birth as 26.09.1899 in Dorchester, Dorset; I would suggest that this Sailor joined the Royal Navy post 1915, probably in 1917, as he was not awarded the 1914-15 Star; This is William Edward Kingdom born 1899 in Sydling, Dorset, the son of William Thomas Kingdom, b.1865 in Cerne Abbas (baptised 21.01.1866) & Ellen Green from Frampton, who married on 01.01.1894 in Charminster, Dorset; In 1901 the family lived in Front Street, Sydling St Nicholas, Cerne, Dorset; In 1911 Census the family lives in the High Street, Sydling, young William is 11 years old & his Father is a Rabbit Trapper; William Edward Kingdom probably joined the Royal Navy during WW1 in 1917; I understand that William Edward Kingdom Died at #10, Orchard Close, Sydling, on 17.11.1971 in Dorset & was Buried in the family grave, opposite the Church door in Sydling St Nicholas in Dorset on 22.11.1971 Aged 72; Awarded the WW1 Victory & British War Medals & was serving on HMS Victory’ at the time of issue; (Brother of Francis William Kingdom who served in WW1 in the Coldstream Guards #17882 & was wounded); (Brother of Henry “Harry” Kingdom b.1897 in Frampton who served in WW1 in the Royal Irish Regiment #8354 & who Died on 03.09.1916 at Thiepval); (Note also that there is a Henry George Kingdom baptised 31.05.1868 in Cerne Abbes who enlisted with the Dorset Regiment on 01.10.1887 Aged 18, probably an Uncle of our 3 Kingdom Brothers? He served in England from 01.10.1887 to 14.02.1889; Malta from 15.02.1889 to 14.07.1889 & Egypt from 15.07.1889 to 23.06.1893; He Deceased on 23.06.1893); I did not research further;

Notes: William Edward Kingdon born in 1879 in Bristol served initially as an Armourer’s Crew with the Royal Navy as #F.47852, which indicates service with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS); On 01.01.1918 W E Kingdom appears on the Muster Roll for enlistment in the Royal Air Force as #247852 & this number indicates transfer from the RNAS in 1918 as do his official service numbers; This is William Edward Kingdom born 19.07.1879 in Westbury, Gloucestershire, 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 1881 & 1891 Census William Edward Kingdom lives with his parents in #13, Southfield Road, Westbury; In the 1901 Census William E. Kingdom is aged 21 & lives with his parents as an Ironmonger’s Assistant in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire ; In 1911 William E. Kingdom Married Cissie M. Currie, born 1886 in Barnstaple, Devon, in St. Thomas, Exeter, Devon; In the 1911 Census they lived at #3, Fairlawn Avenue, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire & William Kingdom worked as an Ironmonger’s Shop Assistant; (I believe that his Father died in Bristol on 28.03.1917); I believe that he was Awarded the British War Medal in ADM 171/107, Wm. E. Kingdom A.C.2.; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, John Herbert: #525219, Private, Canadian Army Medical Corps, WW1: Canada Records #439425a & 439425b);

Notes: I have very little information on this Royal Navy man but he is serving onboard ‘HMS Donegal’ in 1861, moored on the night of the Census in Hamoaze, as a Carpenter’s Crew; His name is clearly recorded as William George Kingdom but unfortunately there is no other information or age against his name, except that he was born in Plymouth, Devon? His Crew number on the census was #167; I have tried to locate him in other Census records but to no avail; (This Naval Carpenter may have been awarded a Superannuated Carpenter’s Pension of 25 pounds per year on 28.12.1884);

Notes: This ADM 171/21 has a Medals Roll for issue of the Crimean War Medal for Sailors serving onboard ‘HMS Nile’ & has reference to a Wm. Kingdom, Carpenter’s Crew #558; Awarded the Crimean War Medal which was sent to him whilst still serving on ‘HMS Nile’ on 15.04.1857; Insufficient information to identify; Needs more research;

Notes: This record has William Gilbert Kingdom born on 22.10.1861 in Brixham, Devon, & has him serving for a 4^th five year engagement in 1900; I have many Brixham Kingdom family information on file but did not find this man’s birth, however, he was probably the son of another William Gilbert Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1836 in Brixham; This family is quite mixed up in the records & nothing is definite, but in the 1871 Census William Kingdom b.1862 in Brixham & aged 9 years is ‘boarding’ with a Brixham Kingdom fishing family in Overgang, Brixham; I failed to find him in the 1881 Census but understand that William Gilbert Kingdom Married Mary Ann Matthews, b.1864 Brixham, in 1884 in Brixham, Devon; In the 1891 Census William & Mary A Kingdom live in Overgang, Lower Brixham, he is a Trawler Fisherman; In the 1901 Census Mary Kingdom & children lived in Furzeham, Brixham, whilst William Gilbert Kingdom is the Skipper of the Trawler “Progress” fishing at sea off the coast of Cornwall; Awarded the Reserve Long Service Medal as #E2113 on 09.12.1910 in Brixham; I did not research further as this family needs more in depth research;