W to z kingdom – campaign medals & military service

Notes: I believe that the Army Service Number of #4145 for this Regiment would indicate enlistment between January 1893 & April 1894; This Soldier would have spent the first 2 years of his service with the Depot 2^nd Battalion in Chatham, Kent, or the main Regimental Depot in Warwick, before being posted to the 1^st Battalion who were stationed in Egypt in 1897; There are records for the issue of medals for #4145 Private W. Kingdom who served with the 1^st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Sudan between 1896 & 1898; This Soldier served in the Atbara Campaign & the Battle on 08.04.1898 & on the Expedition to Khartoum in 1898; He was awarded the Silver Queen’s Sudan Medal 1896-1898 & Clasps for Atbara & Khartoum; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: Transferred to the Kingdon List; This is actually William John Yendall Kingdon born in Launceston, Cornwall on 15.11.1896; ADM 171/169 records that he was awarded the Victory & British war Medals; (He was the younger brother of Claude Carne Kingdon, #178198, Private, Machine Gun Corps, WW1);

Notes: This is probably William Kingdon born 4^th Q 1877 in Bishops Nympton, son of John Kingdon b.1852 Romansleigh & Mary Ann Lock who married in 1873 in Bishops Nympton; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (He is the elder brother of Charles Kingdon, #28483, Private, Grenadier Guards, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (I believe that another Brother, John Kingdon born 1880/82 in Bishops Nympton served in the 2^nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at the Battle of Colenso in the Boer War); (Probably also the Brother of Kingdon, Bertram: #4/122407, Private, Army Service Corps, 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Notes: This is William Edgar Kingdon 13.02.1893 in St Albans, Devonport; He received the Territorial Force War Medal on 16.10.1922 for service with the Devon Fortress Regiment; Medals Card on file; (He was the son of #81288, Able Seaman, Joseph John Kingdon, Royal Navy); (He was the Grandson of Kingdon, George Frederick: Royal Naval Dockyard Stoker, Paddle Tugs in Devonport); (He was the Nephew of Kingdon, John: #82600, Stoker, Royal Navy; ADM 188/76/189);

Notes: This is Walter George Kingdon born in 4^th Q 1890 in Woolwich, Greater London, Kent, son of Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset & Sarah A. Gardiner from Canterbury, Kent; They Married in 1881 in Bengal, India, volume 175 folio 138 – she must have been a Widow because her name is recorded as Bull nee Gardiner in the Bengal Marriage Index; There are two Medals Card Records on file for award of the 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (His Father served with the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1890’s, Sergeant Walter Kingdon b.1852 in West Monkton, Somerset); (Also the Brother of #464504 Private Harry Kingdon, ‘C’ Company, Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, #439435a & 439435b);

Notes: This soldier also served formerly as #35283, Private in the 2^nd Hussars; This is Walter Kingdom b. 2^nd Q 1898 Tiverton 5b.397; He is the son of George Kingdom, an Agricultural labourer b.1862 in Woolfardisworthy, Devon & Lucy Roberts, b.1868 in Witheridge, Devon, who Married in 1889 in Tiverton; In the 1901 Census Walter Kingdom lives with his parents at Bushment Cottage in Tiverton; In the 1911 Census Walter Kingdom was at school & lived with his parents in Howden Cottage, Tiverton, Devon where they continued to live in 1916; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (His married elder brother William Henry Kingdom # 3598, Corporal, Devonshire Regiment also Died in WW1 but in Iraq on 27.05.1916); (He was the brother of Frank Kingdom, #K29527, Stoker 1^st Class, Royal Navy);

Notes: The ADM 159 records have Walter Kingdom, born 04.06.1867 (no birth place) having Enlisted in the Portsmouth Division of The Royal Marine Light Infantry on 04.04.1887; I did not find a true matching birth record but this could be Walter Kingdom born in 1^st Q 1867 Tiverton 5b.478 (in Cruwys Morchard, Devon); He could be the son of Abraham Kingdon a Tailor baptised in Rackenford, Devon on 01.01.1837 & Mary Ann Roberts from Cruwys Morchard who Married in Cruwys Morchard, Devon in 1859; In the 1871 Census Walter Kingdom lives with his parents at Lower Penny Moor in Cruwys Morchard, Devon; In the 1881 Census Walter Kingdom is still living with his parents at Lower Penny Moor in Cruwys Morchard, he is aged 14 & recorded as being a Tailor like his Father; (In my research I lost this soldier from here which would fit in with him having Enlisted in 1887 in the Royal Marines)? I believe that Walter Kingdom Died in Tiverton in 1940 Aged 73; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Fred: #28222 Royal Engineers; W097 Records have Kingdon, Fred but the actual records have Fred Kingdom); Not found in other records – needs more research;

Notes: Walter Kingdom first served in France from 10.12.1914 & was Transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 01.04.1919; Medals Card on file for the award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Walter Joseph Kingdom or Kingdon born 17.06.1895 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia; This man was living at Dangarsleigh, near Armidale, New South Wales when he enlisted on 01.10.1916 & joined the 13^th Battalion, Armidale Depot on 01.11.1916 at the age of 21 years & 4 months, he was a Farm Hand & gave his Mother, Mary Anne Jane Doyle (then Kingdom & later Oram), of Niagara Street, West Armidale, New South Wales as his next of kin; I understand that his Father was Henry Kingdom b.05.03.1859 in Gostwyck, New South Wales, who was Married to Mary Anne Jane Doyle in Uralla in 1888 & Died on 17.08.1906; At the time of his enlistment Walter Joseph Kingdom was still serving with the 13^th Infantry; He was sent to UK with the 23^rd Reinforcements, 13^th Infantry Battalion, on the troopship ‘HMAT Beltana’ on the 25.11.1916 from Sydney, arriving in UK 29.01.1917 & sent to 4^th Training Battalion; On 03.05.1917 Private Walter Joseph Kingdom was transferred to France but was wounded in action in fighting in Belgium, with a gun shot wound to the head by 12.08.1917 & returned to hospital in Bournemouth, England on 19.08.1917; By the 14.02.1918 he appears to have recovered & was sent back to France to rejoin his unit, 13^th Infantry Battalion, on 20.02.1918; Unfortunately he was once again wounded in action, this time in the leg on the 18.09.1918 & invalided back to Southampton, England on 24.09.1918; I believe that Walter Joseph Kingdom was returned to Australia on 16.01.1919 arriving in Australia on the troopship ‘Demosthenes’ on 06.03.1919, he requested a Discharge on 27.03.1919 & was finally discharged on 26.04.1919 with no disability; Walter Joseph Kingdon Married Charlotte E. Short in 1927 in Armidale & Died on 18.04.1968; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British war & Victory Medals; He was the Brother of Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; He was a Cousin of Kingdom, Charles: Private, #1618A, 33^rd Battalion & 50^th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; (For my family records – this is the Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;

Notes: This Sailor’s official Naval number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1917 & 31.12.1917 & the prefix ‘M’ indicates that he was a Shipwright; This is probably Wilfrid Harold Kingdom born 14.09.1889 in Plymouth, Devon; He is the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary Ann Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In 1891 & 1901 Census Wilfrid H. Kingdom lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census Wilfred Kingdom was Aged 21 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being a Yachtsman; I believe that Wilfred Harold Kingdom Married Florence Elizabeth Clevevley in 1917 in East Stonehouse, Devon; Wilfred Harold Kingdom Died at Greenbank Hospital in Plymouth on 27.07.1963 Aged 73, he was living at #32, Admiralty Street, Stonehouse, Plymouth at that time; His Wife Florence Elizabeth Kingdom Died on 14.05.1965 at Greenbank Hospital, Plymouth, Devon; Awarded & issued with the Victory & British War Medals; (Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother of William James R. Kingdom who probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); (Brother of Albert Edward Victor Kingdom, #22079DA, Royal Navy Reserve);

Notes: I believe that this is Wilfred Thomas Kingdom born 1^st Q 1891 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1854 in Hull & Priscilla Hewitt Page from Hull who married in Hull in 1875; In the 1891 Census Wilfred T Kingdom, aged 2 months, lived with his parents in Woodcok Street, #11, Victoria Avenue, Newington, Kingston upon Hull, his Father was a General Labourer; In the 1901 Census Wilfred ‘D’. Kingdom, aged 11, lived with his parents in #4, Brunswick Square, Newington St John, Sculcoates, Yorkshire; (According to the East Yorkshire Regiment’s Deceased Army Form for his Brother Charles Herbert Kingdom’s WW1 Death, his Father had not lived with his family since 1905); I did not find Wilfred Thomas Kingdom in any 1911 Census records, so presume that he was at sea, where he continued to serve in the Mercantile Marine during WW1; The Steam Trawler “Celia” #H989, was ‘Lost with all Hands’, due to enemy action in the North Sea on the 8^th January, 1915. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War & Victory Medals; (He was the brother of Private Charles Herbert Kingdom, #10/998, 10th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 22^nd July 1916 in WW1); (He was the Brother of #SA78 Richard Ernest Kingdom, RNR Skipper who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for WW1 services); (He was the Son of Richard Thomas Kingdom, RNR #610/E; BT 164/10);

Notes: In the 1841 Census Records for the Finchley Road East Barracks in Marylebone, London there is a record for Wm Kingdon Aged 20 (b.1821), not born in Middlesex County, who is serving as a Soldier; There is no mention of any Regiment in these records; I did not identify this man further;

Notes: There are Records for Plymouth Dockyard Workers (Artificers & Riggers) dated 1779 which has references for a Naval Yard Labourer, Wm. (William) Kingdom, aged 28 (born 1751 but no information on location), & he is noted as being a ‘Good Workman’; The records reveal that he is Single, although he is recorded as having 1 Child, & had spent 2 months total service in the King’s Yards & the Royal Navy in 1779 & that he first entered this service on 12.10.1781; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: The Canadian Great War Project has a Record for William Kingdom, #706779 who served with the Canadian Infantry; unfortunately there are no other Specified Details; Insufficient information to identify;

Notes: (There is a note on his MIC card recording him as a Deserter on 01.05.1918 but this has been crossed out following an earlier Police check on his Brother); There is some confusion with this person & his immediate family as many records are incorrectly recorded in the name of Clifford? However, I believe that this is William Henry Kingdom of Goytre Cottage, Port Talbot; I cannot find his birth records but he is the son of Henry Clifford Kingdon/Kingdom b.1864 in Porlock, Somerset, a Seaman, & Maria Gubb b.1867 in Port Talbot, who Married in 1889 in Neath; His Father died at #16, Emroch street, Goytre, Port Talbot on 02.12.1902 aged 37; His Mother then remarried to a Peter Jones in 1905 in Neath but I have failed to locate this family in any 1911 Census records, even the family address in Emroch Street is recorded as being empty; This soldier served in France from 31.12.1915 & was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 16.01.1919; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; (He is the brother of Kingdom, Theodore: #316050, Private, 4^th Monmouthshire Regiment, Territorials; #31176, Private, Army Veterinary Corps & #370867 Sapper, Royal Engineers; WW1);

Notes: This soldier served in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment #28246 in 1916, he also served in Devonshire Regiment #21149 in 1917 & as #143807 with 261 Area Employment Company, Labour Corps in 1917; This is William Joel Kingdom born 1880 in Stonehouse, Devon; He was the son of James Henry Kingdom, a Boatman b.1855 in Plymouth & Elizabeth Ann Pope? b.1861 from Stonehouse who probably Married in 1878 in Stoke Damerel, but this is not proven in my research; William Kingdom first enlisted for Short Service for the Duration of the War as #21149 with the Devon Regiment in Exeter & then Plymouth on 10.12.1915 at the age of 35 years & 8 months, he was a Coal Dealer living at #13, New Street, Plymouth; He gave his Father’s name as his next of kin, James Henry Kingdom of the same address; He was actually Mobilised on 06.04.1916; William Joel Kingdom lived with his parents at #16, Castle Street, St Andrew, Plymouth in the 1881 Census; In the 1891 Census William J Kingdom lived with his parents at #61 High Street, St Andrew, Plymouth; In 1901 William Joel Kingdom was a Coal Porter living with his parents at #22, The Parade, Plymouth; (This family had 11 children but 5 of them had died before the 1911 Census); In the 1911 Census William Joel Kingdom is aged 30, is single & working as a Coal Dealer living with his parents at #11, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon; His WW1 Service Medals were issued on 28.12.19120 & 18.10.1921 & sent to #30A, Southside Street, Plymouth; Other correspondence from William Kingdom gives another address as #2, Castle Dyke Lane, Plymouth; On 02.11.1929 William’s wife wrote to the Secretary of the War Office to claim for a possible a Pension Payment for his WW1 Service as he was transferred to the Reserve on Demobilisation, giving their address as #7, Thistle Park Road, Coyside, Plymouth, Devon; File notes indicated that William Kingdom had served in the Labour Corps, The Devonshire Regiment, the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry & had served overseas in France from 06.05.1918 to 27.02.1919 at 1^st Corps HQ, before being Transferred to the Reserves on 03.04.1919; There is no indication of the outcome of this claim in his files, however I did find a reference to his Marriage to a Daisy Amelia Sayers on 09.09.1917 in Portsea, Portsmouth; His wife’s address is given as #19, Ethel Road Portsmouth & I believe that she was born Amelia (Daisy) Sayers in Portsmouth in 1890; I also believe that William J Kingdom Died in 1963 in Plymouth Aged 83; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; (He is probably the Brother of Kingdom, James: #A5350, #C.5096 & #D4855, Royal Naval Reserve, Merchant Seaman; BT 377/7/37303, WW1); (He is probably the brother of Kingdom, Herbert Edward Joe: #B6575& A9998, Merchant Seaman, Navy, Royal Naval Reserve; BT 377/7/8611 & BT 377/7/28830; Post WW1);

Notes: There are records from the Crimean War for the 90^th Regiment of Light Infantry, (‘The Cameronians’ or The Scottish Rifles or The 90^th Perthshire Light Infantry Regiment for this soldier Private William Kingdom, #3361 who Died on the 22.12.1854 probably during the Siege of Sebastopol either from Enemy Fire or from Disease; His Crimean Medal & Clasps became ineffective due to his death; Insufficient information to identify further;

Notes: The ADM Records have a William Kingdom born in Locker, Cornwall in the 2^nd Q of 1828 who Enlisted in the Royal Navy on 03.04.1856, however this Sailor may well have already been serving prior to 13.06.1853 when serving sailors were given the option to ‘sign on’; Despite searching for a suitable William Kingdon to fit this profile there is perhaps one in the 1841 Census that may be worth further investigation? (There is a William Kingdom born 1806 who is a Seaman with a younger, 13 year old William Kingdom, all living in Charles Place, St Jacob, Anthony, Cornwall, with a Thomas Kingdom, a Malster aged 65, born in 1776 & Ann Kingdom born 1786; There is also another William Kingdom, a Labourer born 1771 living at the same address? There is also John & Ann Kingdom family, born 1811 & he is also a Seaman living next door in Charles Place, this is John Thorn Kingdom)?

Notes: Prefix M2/ to his Regimental Number denotes he was an Electrician; William Kingdon first served in France from 31.08.1915 & was Transferred to Class Z Reserve on 21.07.1919 at the end of the War; He was promoted to Corporal during his service; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: The ADM Records have papers in Folios 253-260 for a William Kingdom, born in Devon, who was aged 22 (born 1829) when he Attested to serve in the Royal Marines at Plymouth in 1851; The record identifies that he was Discharged as an Invalid in 1871; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Notes: I believe this is William Kingdom born 1896 in Wandsworth, London, baptised 02.09.1897 in St Lukes, West Norwood, the son of William Kingdon, a Scaffolder, b.1860 in Bristol & Elizabeth Caroline Goddard from Lambeth who married in St Lukes, West Norwood, London on 30.06.1894; William Kingdom enlisted in the Territorial Force on 14.08.1913 in London Aged 17 years & 6 months; In the 1901 & 1911 Censuses William lives with his parents in East Street, Lambeth; William Kingdon was called up for training , giving his address as #1, East Street, West Norwood, London & his occupation as a Printer; He served at home before being sent to France on 16.03.1915; On 20.07.1915 he was accidentally wounded in the head by a premature exploding shell, but recovered & rejoined the unit on 11.08.1915; This soldier was renumbered in 1917 as he was serving with a Territorial Force unit & his #955391 number fits the allocation numbers for the 1/ 6^th & 2/6^th London Brigade; He was again wounded in action with a slight gunshot wound (GSW) in the back on 04.04.1917 & recovered to rejoin his unit on 10.04.1917; In August 1918 he was appointed Lance Bombardier, was paid his WW1 Bounty & posted to ‘A’ Battery, 236^th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; He was eventually disembodied on demobilisation on 18.02.1819 in Charlton; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory medals;