A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: The prefix ‘B’ to his Regimental number indicates that he was probably an Army Reservist whose number had been re-allocated, or that he was a previously discharged Army Reservist who was re-enlisting for WW1 service; I would assume the latter & expect that he had originally enlisted between 04.01.1905 & 20.01.1906, but this is not proven & I have no indication of which Battalion he may have served with; From his medal card it indicates that he first served in France 03.12.1914; The medal card indicates that he only earned the 1915 Star & also records that he was Discharged, presumably before the end of WW1? Medals Card on file, awarded the 1914-15 Star; Insufficient information to identify this person with accuracy;

Notes: The Muster Roll for the Royal Air Force in WW1 has reference to A. F. Kingdon enlisting on 01.08.1917, his number of #91818 would indicate that he was a Royal Flying Corps Civilian Recruit; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: There is a record note for Trooper A.F. Kingdon having served with the Transvaal Mounted Rifles during the Bambata Natal Battalion in 1906 in South Africa; The records specifically note that this soldier did not take part in the Boer War; The Natal 1906 Medal was awarded; Insufficient information to identify this person with any accuracy;

Notes: There is a Medals Roll for the Boer War which was issued in Colchester on 14.07.1903 but I cannot read the Regimental details? This records indicates a Corporal Kingdon, #5633 having served in South Africa; Under the Queen’s South Africa Medal issue column there is reference to “see Private Abel”, I have therefore assumed that this was his first name; Medals Awarded: State Clasps - Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal; South Africa 1901; I have searched for Abel Kingdon in the records but failed to find him;

Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to an Abraham Kingdon, a Joiner, who served in the Militia; This is probably Abraham Kingdon, born ca.1780 in South Molton, who Married Sarah Walterman on 09.09.1804 in Exeter St Paul; In 1851 Census Abraham Kingdon is aged 71, a Widower & living in Rock Street, St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon; I believe that Abraham Kingdon was the son of Abraham Kingdon, b.1760, & Mary Kingdon from South Molton, Devon, who married on 29.05.1773 in South Molton; I also believe that Abraham Kingdon Died in South Molton in 1860 aged 81;

Notes: This is Abraham John Kingdon born 15.02.1884 in Lambeth, Surrey, the Son of John Kingdon b.1851 in South Molton & his 1^st wife Elizabeth Piller from Drewsteignton, Devon; In 1891 Census Abraham John Kingdon lives with his parents at #123 Mayall Road, Lambeth, his Father is a Carpenter; In 1901 Census Abraham John Kingdon is now 17 years old & also a Carpenter, living with his Father & Step Mother, (Mary Cecilia Coomber from Hastings, who married his Father in 1894 in Lambeth), in Mayall Road, Lambeth; In 1911 Census Abraham J Kingdon is a 27 year old Royal Marine Private on board ‘HMS Hermione’ in Barrow in Furness; (Brother of William Henry Kingdon who served with The Durham Light Infantry & The Sherwood Foresters); (His younger Brother was Kingdon, George Charles: Register Number: #11322; Division: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division, who served in WW1 & died during WW2); I have not researched any further information;

Notes: This is Adolphus Kingdon born & baptised in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England on 07.08.1834, one of 10 children of Richard Kingdon, a Surgeon b.1782 & Jane Parsons; In the England Census for 1841 Adolphus Kingdon lives with his parents in Gothier House in the London borough of Lambeth; This family then emigrated to New Zealand, The Mother & all the children except one in 1850 on board the ‘SS Eden’ to New Plymouth & the Father in 1851, taking up freehold land in Omato; At this time the family decided to adopt the older style spelling of their name to Kyngdon which is generally used in all future records; Adolphus Kyngdon fought in the Maori War, as did both of his brothers, but not without losing some property for which they were compensated for from the ‘Taranaki Relief Fund’; In 1870 & 1871 he is recorded in Omato as a voter occupying freehold land; Adolphus Kyngdon Married a previously married woman, Clara Ann Dyce Lepper (nee McCracken) in 1872 & they continued to live in Omato farming in 1875, 1876 & 1880; Unfortunately his wife Clara Ann Dyce Kyngdon Died at the age of 47 in 1885; I believe that Adolphus Kyngdon returned to Lostwithiel in Cornwall on a visit in 1893; In 1905 & 1906 Adolphus Kyngdon was registered for voting in the Taranaki Roll as a New Plymouth Settler & probably visited England again as he was returning on board the ‘Paparoa’ from UK to Wellington on 03.10.1906; In 1911 Adolphus Kyngdon lived in Bow Street, Raglan & I understand that he died there in 1912 Aged 78; (See “Kingdon Book – A Second Look, 1974” for this Holsworthy/Kingdon line); Awarded the New Zealand Medal for the Maori Wars; (He was the Brother of Augustus Frederick Boughton Kyngdon who also served in the New Zealand Army during the Maori Wars); (He was the Brother of Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon who also served during the Maori Wars of 1860-1870);

Notes: There is a record for Albert Kingdon born 1892 in Wales who is living with his parents in Russell, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada in the 1916 Census; The record states that he is a 24 year old Serving Canadian Soldier at Camp Hughes but I have failed to find any Canadian enlistment papers or any other information; I believe that his parents were Henry (Harry) John Kingdon, a Shoemaker, b.01.04.1867 in Wales who emigrated to Canada in 1888 & Minnie ?? b. 02.09.1868 in England who emigrated to Canada in 1890, who were probably Married in Canada in ca.1891/92? (He is the Brother of #3345970 Private Ernest Arthur Kingdon who served with the Canadian Army in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Alfred Henry Kingdon who served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in WW1); (He is also the Brother of #922649 Sapper William Henry Kingdon of the Canadian Engineers Regiment in WW1); No other Details;

Notes: This is Albert Charles Kingdon born 23.02.1899 in Bampton (registered in Tiverton); He is the son of Arthur John Kingdon, a Farm Horse Carter b.1874 in Bampton, Devon, & Emma Sarah Webber from Raddington, Somerset, who Married in 1898 in Tiverton, Devon; In 1901 Census Albert C Kingdom lives with his parents in Swingles Cottage in Bampton, Devon; In 1911 Census Albert Charles Kingdom lives with his parents at Middle Beer, Uplowman in Devon; Albert Charles Kingdon Enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division on 11.04.1917 as #19969, later being registered with the Portsmouth Division as #20606; I believe that Private Albert C Kingdon served on ‘HMS Curlew’ when she was commissioned in late December 1917; Albert C Kingdom Married Mary Ann Tucker in Dulverton, Somerset in 1929; I have no further information other than I believe that Albert Charles Kingdom Died in 1983 in West Somerset Aged 84; Follow up of ADM/171/169 – Awarded the Victory & British War Medals;

Notes: In order to have been given this number 2711 initially then this soldier would have enlisted between 02.01.1889 & 11.06.1890 & further research identifies that this number fits exactly with an enlistment date of 14.09.1914; Sergeant Albert Edwin (Bert) Kingdon also served as #266049 Devonshire Regiment and was Mentioned in Despatches on 07.02.1919 for Gallantry in The Field in Mesopotamia; His 6 figure Regimental number would have been issued when the Territorial force renumbered in 1917; He is mentioned in the book ‘Dujailah Days’ by Colonel G.B. Oerton; He enlisted for WW1 on 14.09.1914 & was Discharged on 21.02.1919; This is Albert Edwin (Bert) Kingdon who was born 09.08.1883 in Cooks Cross, South Molton, son of Edwin (Ned) Kingdon b.1858 Kings Nympton & Mary Jane Gregory (born in Barnstaple Workhouse), who married in South Molton in 1878; In 1891 he lived with his parents in South Molton; In 1911 he was a Groom for Lord Poltimore’s Manor Estate in the Stables in North Molton; Albert Edwin Kingdon Married Florence Mary Jury on 26.02.1913 in South Molton; Albert Edwin Kingdon Died on 15.09.1959; Medals Card on file; (This is my Wife’s (Alexandra Mary Kingdon) Paternal Grandfather);

Notes: It is difficult to ascertain which Battalion Albert E. Kingdon served with or whether this soldier had an L/ or a G/ prefix Regimental Number, however, his number could indicate an enlistment date between 04.01.1910 & 05.01.1911 if he was in the 1^st & 2^nd Battalions; Albert E. Kingdon also served in the Corps of Hussars #79393 & a similar problem of identifying which unit he served with exists; First went to France on 20.07.1915; Medals Card on file; There is insufficient information to identify this person accurately;

Notes: This is Albert Edwin Kingdon who was born in South Molton, Devon in 1873, the son of Edwin Kingdon b.1851 South Molton & Lucy Ann Ridd from Mariansleigh, who married in 1873 in South Molton; In 1881 Census Albert (Alfred) Kingdon was lodging with his Ridd Grandparents in South Molton, his parents were in Wales working; His Father died in 1886 & in 1891 Census his Mother Lucy lived at #27, Thornhill Street, Canton, Cardiff, working as a Widowed Laundress, Albert Kingdon was 18 years old & a Draper’s Porter at that time; Albert Edwin Kingdon enlisted in the Army Aged 19 years on 16.05.1892 in London, joined at Winchester & served for 7 years with the Main Depot of the Kings Royal Rifles in Winchester, England & in Kilkenny & Cork, Ireland, serving latterly as the CO’s Orderly, until he was declared Medically Unfit with severe Neuralgia on 18.05.1899 & discharged from the Army on 29.05.1899; Albert Edwin Kingdon was awarded a Chelsea Hospital Pension; I believe that Albert Kingdon Married Emma Griffin, born in 1873 in Bradninch, Devon, in Cardiff ca.1901, however, I failed to find this record until a Marriage in Cardiff in 1917, which I don’t quite understand? In the 1901 Census Albert & wife Emma Kingdon live as a Married couple at #66, Forrest Road, Canton, Cardiff, Wales, he works as a Paper Mill Warehouseman & she as a Paper Sorter; In the 1911 Census Albert & Emma Kingdon live at #35, Forrest Road, Canton, Cardiff, he is a General Labourer; Needs more research as there is something not quite right here?

Notes: This #8162 Devonshire Regiment needs double checking as other records also refer to Kingdon, Herbert H: Devonshire Regiment No: 8162 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Notes: Medals Card on file states that he also Died? I can find no other references to this soldier?

Notes: The WO 100/524 Records have a medal issue to #2548901 Corporal Albert James Kingdon for service with 6 Field Park Squadron, Royal Engineers in Palestine between 27.09.1945 & 30.06.1948; I have no further information other than I believe that he was promoted to Sergeant at some point in his Army career; Awarded the General Service Medal & Palestine Clasp, issued from Benghazi on 21.01.1949; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1, but he is recorded as a Reservist in the 1st Division in 1916, recruited in #9 Recruitment Centre in Christchurch, stating that he was living in Sockburn as a General Hand at the Jockey Club, Epsom Road; This is Albert John Kingdon b.1883 in New Zealand, the son of Josiah Stephens Kingdon, b.1842 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England & Catherine Johnson who Married in 1868 in New Zealand; In 1905 Albert John Kingdon was a Farm Labourer in Yaldhurst, Courtney, Wellington; In 1911 & 1914 he appears to have been working as an Engine Driver in Yaldhurst; I understand that Albert John Kingdon Married Eleanor Mary Westaway in 1915 & was recruited for the 1^st Division Army Reserve in 1916; In 1919 they are living at #98, Epsom road, Upper Riccarton, Albert is still an Engine Driver; In 1928, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1949 & 1954 they live at #75, Peverel Street, Riccarton, Canterbury, Albert is a Labourer; I believe that they had no children; Eleanor Mary Kingdon died in 1962 Aged 79 & Charles Ford Kingdon had died in 1956 Aged 73; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, George: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Charles Ford: New Zealand, 2nd Division Reservist, 1917 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, James Alexander: #41577, ‘F’ Company, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Stanley Craig: #8/3828, 2^nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army, WW1);

Notes: This is Albert John Kingdon born 22.05.1894 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan, Wales, a son of John Kingdon, a Greengrocer, b.1862 in Newton Nottage, Glamorgan & Mary Wylde from Laleston, Glamorgan, who married in 1888 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales; (Grandson of John Kingdon b.1830 North Molton, Devon & Mary Rees from Newton, Glamorgan, Wales & Great Grandson of Philip Kingdon b.1801 North Molton & Ann Smith b.1804 North Molton); In 1901 Albert John Kingdon lived with his parents in Church Street, Newton Nottage, Glamorgan; In 1911 Albert J. Kingdon is living with his parents at Chestnut Cottage, Newton, Glamorgan & he is working as a Baker’s Assistant; In 1913, Albert John Kingdon then shipped to Canada aged 20 to take up work as a Farm Labourer onboard the ‘SS Tunisian’, with his elder brother Philip Henry Kingdon; He registered in Canada for WW1 service on 26.02.1916 & was sent off to War; He served overseas in Europe as he was returned to Canada on a dispersal Draft from CCD Bramshott in England to Winnipeg onboard the ‘SS Baltic’ in 1919, presumably for discharge; I understand that Albert J. Kingdon Died in 1967 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales Aged 74; There is no Medals Card; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Eustace W: Welsh Regiment No: 59624 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was the brother of Kingdon, Philip Henry: 226^th Overseas Battalion, No: 100529 Rank: Private Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force); (He was the brother of Kingdon, Arthur R, (Richard Arthur Kingdon): Royal Welsh Fusiliers No: 75494 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who Died in WW1 on 14.06.1918 in Flanders); I have not followed up on any further research;

Notes: This is Albert Thomas Victor Kingdon born 05.03.1915 in Chelsea, London; He is the son of Frank Stanley Kingdon, a WW1 Soldier & later a Laundry Carman, b.08.07.1886 in Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, (bapt. 01.08.1886 in Upper Clapton, St Matthews Church), & Daisy Matilda Ward from Leamington Spa who married on 16.01.1910 in St John’s, Leamington, Warwick; From 1915 until the 1930’s, this family lived at #3, Groom Place, in the City of Westminster, London; Albert T V Kingdon Married Rose Ethel Laundy, b.21.03.1908 in Lewisham, in 1937 in Greenwich; In 1938 Albert Thomas Victore & Rose Ethel Kingdon lived at #21, Wickham Road, Deptford, Lewisham; In 1939 they live at #36, Kilgour Road, Lewisham West; On 19.02.1942 Albert Thomas Victor Kingdon was a Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve & was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant in February of 1944; He was the Commanding Officer of the vessel HDML 1383 & carried out ‘shake down’ trials in January 1944; This boat was part of the 149^th ML Flotilla & took part in ‘Operation Neptune’, the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944, she was a Channel Marker at Omaha Beach on D-Day; On 19.12.1944, Temporary Lieutenant Albert Thomas Victor Kingdon, RNVR, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, (DSC) for his good service distributing instructions in the assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy; Lieutnent Albert T V Kingdon continued to Command HDML 1383 & on 03.07.1945 he was Mentioned In Dispatches (MID) for the Rescue of survivors of the ‘MV Gold Shell’ which was mined & sunk off the Belgian coast on 16.04.1945; I understand that HDML 1383 was disposed of in October 1946; From 1947 until 1955, Albert T V & Rose Kingdon lived at #9, Morton Court, Whitton Avenue West, in Ealing; From 1956 to 1974 Albert T V Kingdon lived at #22, Welldon Crescent, Harrow in Middlesex; His 1^st wife Rose Ethel Kingdon died in Brighton in 1971 & Albert T V Kingdon remarried in 1975 in Harrow to a Dorothy I Mason; I believe that Albert Thomas Victor Kingdon died in 1981, Hillingdon, Greater London, Aged 66; Awarded the Distinguised Service Cross & Mentioned in Dispatches for Gallant Service during WW2 & also the normal WW2 medals; (He was the son of Kingdon, Frank S: Army Service Corps No: M/303737 Rank: Private 1914-1920, WW1);