W to z kingdom – campaign medals & military service

Notes: This is William Hugh Kingdom born 27.04.1888 in Bristol, the son of John Robert Kingdom, a Lithographic Writer b.1858 in Bristol, & Agnes Elizabeth Clutterbuck from Bristol who married in Barton Regis in 1887; In the 1891 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom lived with his parents at #3, Edgewood Villas, Bedminster, Bristol; In the 1901 Census Wm Hugh Kingdom is living with his parents at #28, Leighton Road, Bedminster, Bristol; In the 1911 William Hugh Kingdom is a Bank Clerk, aged 22 & boarding at #4, Stockwell Road, Lambeth in London; I next found Wm Hugh Kingdom Aged 25, travelling as a Bank Cashier from Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa to Liverpool on board the ‘SS Tarquah’ on 06.07.1913 & prior to his WW1 enlistment; As #200470 he served with the Gloucestershire Regiment; He also served with the 1/4^th Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment with #2319TF, the TF denotes a Territorial Force & the Regimental Number indicates enlistment between 05.08.1914 & 01.09.1914; His second Regimental number fits the number block allocated for the 4^th Battalion, Gloucesterhire Regiment in 1917; William H Kingdom appears to have ben promoted to Sergeant when serving as #2319TF; This soldier first served in France from 31.02.1915 landing with the 4^th Battalion in Boulogne; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Leslie: #2419 TF, Lance Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on 13.08.1915);

Notes: This is William Henry Kingdom who was born 2^nd Q 1890 in Tiverton, Devon & is the Son of George Kingdom b.1862 Woolfardisworthy & Lucy Roberts b.1868 Witheridge; who married in 1889 in Tiverton; In the 1891 Census William H Kingdom lived with his parents in Ditchets Cottage, Tiverton; In the 1901 Census William H Kingdom was aged 11 & lived with his parents in Bushment Cottage, Tiverton, Devon; In the 1911 Census William Henry Kingdom lived with his parents in Howden Cottage, Tiverton, where they also lived in 1916, & he worked as a Gardener; William Henry Kingdom married Louise Clarke (b.1882?) in Tiverton in 1912 & lived probably in #15, Sharland Square, Tiverton, Devon until his untimely death in WW1; This soldier’s unit, 1/6^th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, first landed at Basra with the independent 41^st Indian Brigade on 02.03.1916, and thereafter remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the War; Medals Card on file for award of the British war & Victory medals; (His younger brother Walter Kingdom, #34535, Private, Border Regiment & #28711, Private, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment also died but in France on 20.09.1918); (He was also the brother of Frank Kingdom, #K29527, Stoker 1^st Class, Royal Navy, 1914-1920 ADM 188/926/27, WW1);

Notes: There are no other Military Records for this soldier that I can find, however his name does appear in 3 separate 1911 Census Records; However, the Militia Service Records for 1806 – 1915 include a William Kingdom b.1884 in Manchester, Lancashire & I have accepted that this is probably the same person; Following up on this research I now believe that this is William Henry Kingdom, born 1883 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire; He was the son of Henry Kingdom a Copper Works Labourer, born 1859 in Great Boughton, Lancashire & Emily Martin from Manchester, who Married in Chorlton, Lancashire in 1882; In 1891 Census lived with his parents at #28, Charlotte Street, Broughton, near Salford, Lancashire; I did not find any members of this family in 1901 Census; In 1911 Census William Kingdom’s parents were living in #5, Stone Street, Hulme, Manchester & had noted on the records that they had a son William serving in India at that time; Further searches of military 1911 Census records have Lance Corporal William Kingdom, Aged 26 from Broughton, Lancashire serving at Dilkacha in Lucknow, India with the Kings Own Regiment; There is another 1911 record for a Lance Corporal Wm. Arthur Kingdom, aged 26 from Hulme, Lancashire also serving with the 1^st Battalion The Kings Own Regiment at Landour Depot in India; I believe these to be the same person; I believe that William H Kingdom may have Died in 1929 in West Derby, Lancashire Aged 46; No Medals Card on file; (He was probably the son of Kingdom, Henry: Territorial Service, #18035, Private, 319 Prot. Coy, Royal Defence Corps); I did not research further;

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is William Henry Kingdom born 16.10.1891 in Drouin, Victoria, Australia who was a Bread Carter, Aged 25 years & 10 months at his enlistment; He joined the 13^th Light Horse on 17.08.1917 in Melbourne, Victoria & gave his Wife, Pearl Kingdom of #10, Goodwood Street, Richmond, Victoria as his next of kin, this address was later changed to #70, Lennox Street, Victoria; My research would indicate that William Henry Kingdom Married Francis Carol Pearl McKee in 1914 in Victoria; (I believe that William Henry Kingdom was the son of William Kingdom b.1863 in Ballarat, Victoria & Lily Mary Fuhrmann, who married in Victoria in 1889); William Henry Kingdom was posted to the Recruit Depot at Broadmeadows on 03.09.1917 & Embarked for Suez with the 13^th Light Horse on 21.11.1917 on board the Troopship ‘Abbasseih’, arriving in the Australian Camp there on 15.12.1917, before sailing on to England on 24.01.1918; On 07.05.1918 William Henry Kingdom was sent to France with the 13^th Light Horse Regiment, Australian expeditionary Force; Unfortunately, this soldier appears to have ben sick with rheumatism by 03.10.1918, was sent back to Australia via hospital in Cardiff Wales, & sailed from England on 10.12.1918 suffering with Myalgia on board the Troopship ‘Somali’; In November 1918 his wife’s address was #87, Erin Street, Richmond, Victoria; William Henry Kingdom was finally discharged from the Army on 24.02.1919 in Melbourne; Awarded the British war Medal & the Victory Medal; Could be researched further;

Notes: William J Kingdom first served in Egypt from 01.07.1915; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to be able to identify further;

Notes: There is no other information for this William J Kingdom; Medals Card on file ffor award of the British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to be able to identify;

Notes: This is William John Kingdom who was born on 09.02.1887 in Torpoint, Cornwall; He was the son of George Rogers Kingdom, a Skilled HM Dockyard Worker b.1853 in Antony, Cornwall & Mary Jane Rith from Torpoint in Cornwall who married in 1876 in Cornwall; (This sailor’s Grandfather John Thorn Kingdom, & many of his Uncles, all served in the Royal Navy); In the 1891 Census William J Kingdom lived with his parents in Antony in Cornwall; In the 1901 Census he is 14 years old & living with his parents at Coombe Park, Antony, Cornwall; William John Kingdom’s Official Navy Number would indicate enlistment as being during the year 1902 & the sequence #345574 confirms his employment as a Royal Navy Shipwright; I failed to locate this sailor in the 1911 Census records; I understand that William John Kingdom Married Florence Louise Pegler, b.1890 in Torpoint, in the 3^rd Q of 1911 & they had a son born in Torpoint in 1914; Unfortunately Florence Louise Kingdom Died as a result of that childbirth on 26.04.1914; William J Kingdom remained serving with the Royal Navy for the duration of WW1; I understand that he may have remained in the Devonport, Devon area & remarried a young girl named Catherine May Flanagan in 1920 in Devonport, but this needs further research? She was born in Devonport in 1902 from Irish parentage; He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War & the Victory Medals & was serving at ‘HMS Defiance’ when they were issued;

Notes: This is William Joseph Kingdom born 05.08.1838 in Torpoint, Cornwall, the son of John Thorn Kingdom, also Royal Navy & a 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 1841 Census William Kingdom lived with his parents in Charles Place, Antony, Cornwall; In 1851 Census William Kingdom was 12 years old & lived with his parents in Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon; William Kingdom volunteered for Service in the Royal Navy on 05.04.1859 & his official Naval Service Number sequence would support that; In 1861 Willm’ Kingdom was an Ordinary Seaman serving onboard ‘HMS Exmouth’ located in Naples Bay; In the 1871 Census Wm. Kingdom is aged 32 & serving aboard the 3^rd Class Frigate ‘HMS Agincourt’, which was located at moorings in Hamoaze, Devonport on the night of the Census, however, William Joseph Kingdom was recorded as not being on board but actually spent the night ashore with his parents in Wilcove, Anthony, Cornwall; William Kingdom Married Miriam Susannah Palmer, b.1849 Devonport, in 1872 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1881 Census William, now a Naval Pensioner, & his wife are living in #29, James Street, Stoke Damerel, however, the 1881 Census for ‘HMS Indus’ also has him recorded as an AB Pensr. (Able Seaman, Pensioner), & the census notes that he was ‘not on board’ – perhaps he had just been pensioned off? In 1891 Census William J Kingdom & his family are living at #74, James Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon & he is still recorded as a Naval Pensioner but is also serving in the Steam Reserve; I believe that William Joseph Kingdom Died in 1899 in Devonport Aged 58; In 1901 Census his widow Miriam Kingdom became the local Church Caretaker & lives at #74 James Street with her daughters as she continued to do in 1911; I believe that she Died in 1925 in Devonport Aged 76; (Son of John Thorn Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #9762A Joseph Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom Royal Navy); (Brother of #84867 Christopher Kingdon Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);

Notes: This is William Llewellyn Kingdom born 4^th Q 1892 Oakford/Tiverton; He was the son of William Kingdom, an Innkeeper b.1861/3 in Oakford, Devon & Catherine Emily Dyer b.1864 Swindon, Wiltshire, who married in Tiverton, Devon in 1891; In the 1901 Census William Llewellyn Kingdom lived with his parents at #64, Bampton Street, Tiverton; In the 1911 Census William Llewellyn Kingdom lived with his parents at the Castle Inn, Bampton, Devon, he was working as a Motorists Attendant; The MS/ prefix to his regimental number denotes service as Mechanical Specials with the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport); William Llewellyn Kingdom enlsted as a Motor Lorry Driver at the age of 22 on the 11.09.1914; He gives his mother & Father as his next of Kin at their address, Barnhay House, Bampton, Devon; I believe that he first served in France from 23.09.1914 & served there for 4 years & 178 days duration; He was awarded a Good Conduct Badge on 04.10.1917; William Llewellyn Kingdom Married Bertha Maud Luscombe from Penzance, Cornwall, on 14.11.1917 in Tiverton, Devon; Upon completing his Army Service on 08.03.1919 he passed a Light Car Driving Test at ‘Y’ Siege Park Headquarters, RASC M.T; He was transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve on 17.04.1919 giving his permanent address as #16, Westexe South, Tiverton, Devon; I understand that William L Kingdom Died in Plymouth, Devon in 1958 Aged 66; His Wife, Bertha Maud Kingdom Died in Plymouth in 1981 Aged 89; 2x Medals Cards on file for the award of the 1914 Star as Kingdon W.L, & The British War & Victory Medals as Kingdom William L; (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); (Brother of Kingdom, Horace D: #30429, Private, 1^st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1); (All 3 Brothers are recorded on the Bampton, Devon Memorial Roll);

Notes: (For my own personal family reference this soldier is part of our Coldridge Kingdon line); This is William Tremlett Kingdon born 01.02.1898 in Sandford, Devon, the son of Fred Kingdon, a Farmer, b.1859 in Bampton & Fanny Maunder from Morchard Bishop who Married in 1896 in Crediton, Devon; In the 1901 & 1911 Censuses William T Kingdon lives with his parents in Down Hayne Farm, Sandford, Devon, (1911 address is for Cheriton Fitzpaine); This soldier’s Regimental Number indicates enlistment prior to January 1917 when the new 6 figure Territorial force numbers were started; The Spring 1919 Absent voters List for South Molton, Devon, the Parish of Sandford has reference #4324 for Kingdon Wm. Tremlett – Downhayne – Queen’s Westminster Rifles; I believe that William Tremlett Kingdon Died in 1975 in Crediton Aged 77; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; His Medals were Returned under King’s Regulations 1743 - The wording in the Kings Regulations 1743 is " Medals which, at the end of 10 years, still remained unclaimed, will be sent to the India Office (If granted for India Service), or to the deputy director of ordnance stores, Royal Dockyard (Medal Branch), Woolwich (if granted for other services) to be broken up. A.O. 402 1913;

“A service on ‘HMS Australia’ over the spot in the Pacific where the ‘Good Hope’ & the ‘Monmouth’ went down. The crew with bared heads, lined up on the deck while the chaplain read the burial service for the brave men of Admiral Craddock’s Squadron, who met their fate ike true British sailors.”