A kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Notes: Arthur Kingdon also served as #866032 & #295743 in the Royal Field Artillery; The prefix TF would normally indicate service was with a Territorial Force; Medals Card on file for the British War Medal only, however, this was unclaimed after 10 years & was subsequently returned to Ordnance Stores, The Royal Dockyard, Woolwich for disposal under King’s Regulations (1912) para 1743; There is insufficient information to identify this person further;

Notes: This is Arthur Kingdon born 07.05.1896 at Two Wells, South Australia, the son of John W. Kingdon & Priscilla Roberts of #7, Hauteville Terrace, Eastwood, South Australia; Arthur Kingdon enlisted at the age of 20 years on 19.04.1916 at Adelaide, South Australia, stated that he was a Postal Assistant with the Post Office & subsequently served in France & Belgium having originally embarked on 03.10.1916 from Melbourne Australia on ‘HMAT Aeneas’; This Gunner served with the 120^th Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery; He was wounded, fractured right foot, at Passchendaele on 04.10.1917 & was invalided back to the Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, England; He was considered medically unfit & returned to Australia on 27.05.1919 for Discharge; This soldier had served for 2 years & 39 days with service abroad of 1 year & 220 days; Medals awarded were 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; More records on Australian Military Files;

Notes: There is a Record of a Seaman’s Will for Arthur Kingdon (Mariner) in 1763 who hailed from Plymouth, Devon & served on ‘HMS Tyger’; His Will was deposited with Thomas Boyde & Ambrose Old, probably in Plymouth, (Ref: PCC PROB11 884); The Record states that he died & was buried in Plymouth in 1763, the dates recorded appear to be the 3^rd February & the 26^th March 1763; No other information;

Notes; This is Arthur Alban Kingdon born in 1892 in Churchstow, Devon, the illegitimate son of Edith Annie Kingdon b.1872 Churchstow. He was the Grandson of Jonathan Kingdon b.1836 Blisland, Cornwall & Elizabeth Drew from Churchstow; In 1901 Census he lives with his Grandparents in, Knap Mill, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge, Devon; In 1911 Census he is recorded as a Farmer’s Son working on his Uncle’s Farm at ‘Addlehole’ in Kingsbridge, Devon, he is aged 19 (Uncle William Henry Kingdon b.1875 Churchstow & his Grandparents also reside there); Arthur Alban Kingdon enlisted on 15.12.1914 & joined in Aldershot, served as a Driver in the RASC, and served from September 1916 to February 1919 in Macedonia; The T4/ prefix to his Regimental number depicts that he served with a Horse Transport Unit; He suffered with Malaria in September 1917 for which he claimed a disability pension; He was Discharged on 18.04.1919 giving his address as Addlehole Farm, Kingsbridge, Devon; I understand that he emigrated to Australia & Married Olga Muir in 1939 in Katanning, Western Australia; He Died in Australia in 1962 Aged 70; Medals Card on file;

Notes: The T/ prefix to this Soldier’s Regimental number denotes service with a Territorial Force; His Records Card indicates his being attached to an unknown “Wil. Dn. RE” notation to the Corps he served in? This Record states that he enlisted on 03.09.1914 & was Discharged as a Sapper under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) on 14.04.1916 as being Medically Unfit; The records indicate that he had served overseas at some point in his service; This is probably Arthur George Kingdon born in Dawlish, Devon in 1885, the son of William Kingdon, a Gardener b.1852 in Silverton, Devon & Mary Ann Routley from Sowton, Devon, who Married in 1882 in Exeter St Thomas; In the 1891 Census Arthur George Kingdon lives with his parents in #8, Brook Street, Dawlish, Devon; In the 1901 Census he is a 16 year old Mason’s Apprentice, living with his parents in Manor Row, East Dawlish ; In the 1911 Census Arthur George Kingdon is aged 25, working as a Plasterer & Slater & boarding with another family at #14, Tasker Terrace, in Rainhill, Lancashire; Awarded Silver War Badge #63712; Record & Medal Cards on file for the Victory Medal & the British War Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick R: Royal Engineers No: 286416 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in WW1); (He is the Brother of Kingdom, Charles: Royal Engineers No: 172009 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11; I did not research further;

Notes: This is Arthur Harold Victor Kingdon born in 1887 in Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Charles Kingdon, a Labourer b.1853 in Bishops Nympton, Devon & Ann Lee from Rose Ash, Devon who Married in 1875 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales; In 1891 & 1901 Censuses Arthur H Kingdon is living with his parents in Bedminster; I found it difficult tracing this man in 1911 but there is a Harold Victor Kingdon born 1887 in Bristol who is boarding as a Tailor Maker/Cutter at #15, Mill Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire which could be him; Arthur H V Kingdon Married Lilian May Hambridge b.1888 Bristol, (baptised 17.12.1889), in 1914 in Bristol; I believe that Arthur Harold Victor Kingdon served between 1918 & 1919 in the Royal Air Force; Arthur & his wife were living at #1, Dean’s Way, Finchley, Barnet, London between 1932 & 1938; Unfortunately his 1^st Wife Lilian May Died at the age of 64 years on 19.11.1952 whilst living at #78 Lyndhurst Road, Hove, Sussex; Arthur H V Kingdon then Married for a 2^nd time to Nellie May Thompson in 1953 in Surrey; Arthur H V Kingdon Died on 07.09.1957 whilst living at #53, Deepdene Vale, Dorking, Surrey Aged 70 years; (There is a son from the 1^st marriage, Raymond William Charles Eugene Kingdon b.1919 in Edmonton who was a Photographer);

Notes: In order to have the number #2061 this soldier would have enlisted between 18.02.1888 & 02.01.1889; Also served as #265525 in the Devonshire Regiment & #574497 Royal Engineers; This soldier was also awarded the Territorial Force War Medal; Medals Card on file; This could be Arthur John or Arthur James Kingdon, of which there are a few choices so I have not researched this soldier further; He maybe was a L/Cpl transferred from 1^st Battalion Devons to RE 448^th Northumbrian Field Co also? Further research of Colonel Flick’s Diary reveals that Lance Corporal A. J. Kingdon #265525, serving with ‘A’ Company of the 6^th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment was transferred to the Royal Engineers, 448^th Northumbrian Field Company on 01.08.1917;

Notes: Arthur Thomas Kingdon was aged 30 years, a Wireman for the General Post Office (GPO), married & living at #13, Claremont Street in Plymouth on 25.11.1915 when he was first attested for WW1 Service in Plymouth; This is Arthur Thomas Kingdon born in East Stonehouse in 1885, the son of John Thorne Kingdon, a Carpenter b.1853 in Crowan, Cornwall & Phebe Ann Hains from Devonport who married in 1876 in Stoke Damerel; In 1891 Census Arthur T Kingdon lived with his parents in Claremont Street, Plymouth; In 1901 Census Arthur Thomas Kingdon was a Tea Packer for a Grocer, still living with his parents in Charles, Plymouth; I believe that Arthur Thomas Kingdon Married Mabel Kate Baker from Exeter in Plymouth on 07.05.1910; In 1911 Census Arthur Thomas & Mabel Kate Kingdon lived at #19, Clarence Street, Plymouth, he was a Carpenter; They had 5 children until Mabel his wife died at the age of 41 in Plymouth in 1925, probably following the birth of their youngest daughter Lilian? Sapper Arthur Thomas Kingdon served with the Royal Engineers for Signal Service following his call up from the Army Reserve on 15.11.1917; I don’t believe that he served overseas as there is no Medals card on file but he was Discharged as being surplus to Army Requirements on 14.12.1918 in Chatham; Arthur Thomas Kingdon Died in Plymouth in 1966 Aged 80; No Medals card on file;

Notes: This is Arthur William Kingdon born 23.01.1882 in Bishops Nympton (baptised 29.07.1883 in Bishops Nympton), the son of William Kingdon b.1850 Bishops Nympton & Mary Luxton from Knowstone, who married in South Molton in 1881; In 1891 Arthur William Kingdon lived with his parents at North Roach Hole, Knowstone; In 1901 he lived with his parents at Lakehead Farm in Chulmleigh; In 1910 Arthur William Kingdon Married Annie Gibbings from Nymet Rowland on 25.05.1910 in Chulmleigh; In 1911 Arthur & his bride Annie Kingdon lived with his Uncle William Luxton as a Farm Labourer at Pyne Mead, Chulmleigh, Devon; Arthur William Kingdon enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment, #16094, on 12.04.1915 but was Discharged due to Mental Slowness & Deficiency on 16.10.1915 after only 188 days service; I have not researched them further than their 5 children between 1911 & 1921, all born in Chulmleigh; There is No Medals Card;

Notes: This is Arthur William Branch Kingdon born 22.08.1894 in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon, the son of William Robert Kingdon, a Dockyard Labourer b.1868 in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall & Lisette Constance Pine Branch from Antony who married in 1893 in Stoke Damerel; In 1901 Census Arthur Kingdon aged 6 lives with his parents in Ferry Street, Antony, Cornwall; There are no dates given for his Royal Navy enlistment but he did serve during WW1 & also served on ‘HMS Cairo’ ca.1919; The ADM 188/1036 Collection would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1914 & 31.12.1914; The M prefix to his number indicates that was either an Artisan, Artificer or an RPO, but on his medals records he is recorded as having the rank of L.V.A, which I have failed to identify; In the 1911 Census Arthur Kingdon is aged 16, a Labourer in HM Dockyard & living with his Widowed Mother at #10, Stopford Place, Tamar, Devonport, Devon; Arthur W B Kingdon Married Frances L. Bland in Plymouth in 1919; I believe that they had 2 daughters, both born in Devonport in 1923 & 1926; I understand that this Senior Chief Petty Officer had served on ‘HMS Clematis’ in 1928 & was still serving in the Royal Navy on shore at ‘HMS Vivid’, Devonport Naval Barracks in 1929; Arthur W. B. Kingdon Died in 1967 in Plymouth Aged 72; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals; ADM 171/141 record the issue of his Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 23.11.1929;

Notes: This is Augustus Frederick Boughton Kingdon born & baptised in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England on 27.05.1832, one of 10 children of Richard Kingdon, a Surgeon b.1782 & Jane Parsons; In the England Census for 1841 Augustus 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; On 08.03.1856 Augustus Kingdon is recorded as being eligible for Jury Duty in New Plymouth, New Zealand; Private Augustus Kyngdon fought in the Maori Wars between 1860 & 1870, as did both of his brothers; In 1870 Augustus Kyngdon was living on Freehold Land in Omato; In 1875 Augustus Frederick Boughton Kingdon is recorded as a Freeholder in Urenui, Omato; I believe that Augustus Frederick Boughton Kyngdon Died in 1881; (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 Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon who also served during the Maori Wars of 1860 - 1870); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Adolphus: Private, Taranaki Volunteers, Taranaki Militia, New Zealand Army Maori Wars);