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KINGDON –CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE(12th January 2014)
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Kingdon, A:#5633 Corporal, Norfolk Regiment,WO 100/173; Served in the Boer War;
Kingdon, Albert A:Norfolk Regiment #5633 & #39235 & #5763023Rank: Sergeant Regimental Sergeant Major, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; 1900 to 1921 Service, includes Boer War & WW1;
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? The National archives at Kew, indicate that WO 100/173 refers to Infantry of the Line, Norfolk & Lincolnshire Regiments; This record indicates a Corporal A. Kingdon, #5633 having served in South Africa; Under the Queen’s South Africa Medal issue column there is reference to “see Pte Abel” having had an Application for the Queen’s South Africa Medal previously, but following further research, I believe this should read “see Pte Albert”; The #5633 regimental number would indicate enlistment between 02.03.1900 & 24.06.1901; There was also another Regimental number of #39235 for this man; Researching further would indicate that this is #5763023 Regimental Sergeant MajorAlbert Arthur Kingdon born in 1st Q 1884 in St Peters, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Edward Kingdon, a Joiner, b.1851 in Farnham, Suffolk & Mary Ann Hannah Newby Leggett from Great Yarmouth who married on 31.03.1876 in Yarmouth, Norfolk; In 1891 Census the family live in Old Market Street, Thetford, Norfolk; Albert Arthur Kingdon’s records indicate enlistment at the age of 18 years & 5 months on or about 12.06.1900 in Norwich, he was working as a Baker at that time; He also stated that he had been serving with the 4th Battalion The Norfolk Volunteers; In 1901 Census he was stationed in the District Garrison Barracks in Colchester, Essex; I believe that he served with the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; By 25.06.1901 he was transferred to South Africa; On 19.03.1904 he extended his service to complete 8 years with the Colours; On 06.06.1908 Sergeant Albert A Kingdon extended his service by a further 12 years whilst serving in Pietermaritzburg; He next served in Gibraltar from 04.10.1908 until 13.02.1911; On 13.08.1909, whilst he was in Gibraltar he again confirmed a further extension of his service period; I understand that he married Maud Calthrop, b.1877 from Boston, Lincolnshire, in St Mary’s, Thetford on 11.08.1910; He then served in India from 14.02.1911 to 05.11.1914, he probably had his wife with him as they have a daughter Audrey Eileen Kingdon born on 23.02.1915 in India; (Follow up research finds Sergeant Albert Arthur Kingdon living in Barracks & his Wife, Maud Kingdon & a child under 1 year old is recorded also in Ceylon/India Military Census for the 2nd Battalion the Norfolk Regiment); He was the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment’s, Sergeant in charge of Civil Police on Railway Duty during the 1911 Delhi Durbar Coronation celebrations; He then served in the Asiatic Theatre from 06.11.1914 to 01.01.1916, in Mesopotamia, (modern day Iraq); He was appointed Company Quarter Master Sergeant on 19.03.1915, Acting Company Sergeant Major on 01.06.1915 & Acting Regimental Sergeant Major on 24.08.1915, a very fast rise in promotion, obviously due to high casualty rates in the trenches as noted on his records; He was himself wounded in action on 22.11.1915 at Steriphon; He was sent back to India in 1916 for a short while before returning to England; He appears to have been posted to the 3rd Bedford Regiment until being Discharged on 09.06.1921 as a Warrant Officer Class 1 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xxi), upon Termination of his Service of 21 Years & 3 Months; His Pension reference number was 34244/F; Medals Card on file, awarded the 1915 Star, Victory & British War Medals; Awarded the 1911 Delhi Durbar Coronation Medal; He was also awarded the Queen’s South African Medal & State Clasps - Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal; South Africa Date Clasps 1901 & 1902;The King George’s Durbar Medal, the Long Service & Good Conduct Medals; I also understand that he earned & was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division) around 21.06.1919 but I can find no Gazette Record; (He is the brother of Edward Kingdon #1445 Military Provost Staff Corps & #20399 The Coldstream Guards & this is clearly shown in his records); (He was a Cousin of Private Edward Pratt Kingdom #24594, 11th or 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment), who died on 17 July 1916 in France); (He may be the Cousin of #7108 Henry Capp Kingdon who served with the Lincolnshire Regiment); (Note: There is a Brother also named Henry Capp Kingdon, who was born in 1888 in Yarmouth, probably making him too young to have enlisted in 1904/5, although it is possible that I have the two Henry Capp Kingdons mixed up; In any case they are probably all related in the Norfolk Kingdon line; Further research reveals that this brother also served & died in WW1 as PrivateH C Kingdom, #34736, 3rd Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment, who died on 30 March 1916, Remembered with Honour Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery (I now believe that there is a Henry Charles Kingdon who also served with the Lincolnshire Regiment); (Also a George Frederick Samuel Kingdon #4570 North Staffordshire Regiment who is related);
Kingdon, A: Rank: Unknown but an Officer, 1914-1922 WO 339/136501 WW1;
Notes: No other information for A. Kingdonexcept for War Office WO 339 records, Officers' Services, First World War, Long Number Papers(numerical); This series contains records and correspondence for Regular Army & Emergency Reserve officers who served in the First World War; The content of the files varies enormously, from a note supplyingdate of death, to a file of several parts containing attestation papers,record of service, personal correspondence and various other information;
Records of British reserve officers who were commissioned into theIndian Army were originally held separately, but later added to this series;
For the majority of the series there is no correspondence date rangeand the nominal description has been abbreviated to surname andinitial;
The entire series has been made available 75 years after the notionalend of the series (1922). Due to War Office filing practices, latermaterial has occasionally been added to files, potentially delayingtheir opening, but the whole series was released together; Insufficient information to identify this person;
Kingdon, A:Rifle BrigadeNo: B968Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11/176166, WW1;
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;
Kingdon, A. F: #91818, Royal Flying Corps & Royal Air Force, AIR 79/834/91818-WW1;
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 probably a Civilian or Royal Flying Corps Recruit; Further research of AIR 79 records indicates that this is Arthur Finlay Kingdon,born in 1887 in Glastonbury, Somerset;He is the son of William Kingdon, a Mason b.1853 in Goodleigh, Devon & Louisa Jane Bond from Wincanton, Somerset, who married in Wincanton in 1876; (For my family records he is the Grandson of William Kingdon b.1819 Bratton Fleming & Susan ??);In the 1891 CensusArthur Finlay Kingdon is aged 3 & lives with his parents at #76, Bove Town, Glastonbury , Somerset; In the 1901 Census Arthur Finlay Kingdon lived with his parents at #9, Victoria Square in Portland, Dorset; In the 1911 Arthur Finaly Kingdon lives with his parents at #54, Nortoft Road in Bournemouth, Hampshire, His Father is a Stone Mason, his Mother owns a Confectionery Shop & Arthur Finlay Kingdon assists in the shop; I believe that Arthur F. Kingdon Died in 1929 in Bournemouth, Hampshire Aged 41; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick Percy:Dorsetshire Regiment No: 10616Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11 SEE ALSOKingdom, Frederick P: Royal Army Medical CorpsNo: 126610Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11);(He is the Brother of Henry William Kingdon who served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, initially with ‘D’ Company #440914 & later with the 76th Depot Battery #1250407); (He is also the Brother of John Kingdon b.1877 in Wincanton, who served in a Militia Unit); I did not research further;
Kingdon, A. F: Trooper, Transvaal Mounted Rifles, Natal, South Africa, early 1900’s;
Notes: There is a record note for Trooper A.F. Kingdon having served with the Transvaal Mounted Rifles during the Bambata Natal Rebellion in 1906 in South Africa; The records specifically note that this soldier & this unit did not take part in the Boer War; The 1906 Natal Rebellion Medal was awarded;Insufficient information to identify this person with any accuracy;
Kingdon, Abraham: Book 1670, Exeter,Devon Militia for 1803;
Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to anAbraham 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;
Kingdon, Abraham John: Register Number: #11852; Division: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division; When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 10 August 1901;ADM 159/181, pre WW1;
Notes: This is Abraham John Kingdon born 15.02.1884 in Lambeth, Surrey, the Son of John Kingdon b.1851 in South Molton & his 1st 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;
Kingdon, Adolphus:Private, Taranaki Volunteers, Taranaki Militia, New Zealand Army Maori Wars, 1860 - 1870;
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);
Kingdon, Albert: Canadian Forces in WW1;
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 1916 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 Kingdon, Alfred Henry; (#100845, Private, 226th Battalion), 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; Needs further research;
Kingdon, Albert Charles: #19969 & # 20606, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth & Portsmouth Divisions; ADM 159/166 & ADM 159/196, WW1;
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 (Mutt & Jeff);
Kingdon, Albert E:1/6th Battalion,Devonshire RegimentNo: 2711No: 266049Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;
Notes: In order to have been given this number #2711 initially, 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, (volunteer date for overseas service)indicates that he served initially with the Territorial Force; 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, with the 1/6th Devonshires, fighting against the Turks; He is also mentioned in the book ‘Dujailah Days’ by Colonel G.B. Oerton; An extract from Lieutenant Colonel C.L. Flock’s Reports on the 6th Battalion, also mentions -On the 22.02.1916 the Sixth Devons crossed the river to help man the Sennah trenches and were to come under aimed fire for the first time; Curiously enough it was a mare named “Lorna Doone” which first received baptismal fire; Sergeant Kingdon of South Molton(then a simple private) was grooming " Lorna Doone," when a shell or bomb came out of the blue and burst a few feet from the mare's quarters; To onlookers it seemed that both man and horse had "gone west," but both were untouched and "carried on."; His 6 figure Regimental number #266049 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 had volunteered for Overseas Service & WW1 on 14.09.1914;The 1st Battalion, 6th Devonshire Regiment was supposed to have been posted to France but their orders were changed on 17.09.1914 & they were sent to India on ‘HMS Galeka’, sailing from Southampton to Karachi, arriving there on 03.01.1915; The 1/6th Battalion served in India until 30.12.1915 when they embarked on the ‘HT Elephanta’, sailing from Karachi to Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), reaching Shat El Arab port of Basra on 03.01.1916; Albert Edwin Kingdon was appointed Acting Sergeant on 04.08.1916 & promoted to Transport sergeant on 22.08.1916; He had 1 months leave in India in April 1917 & only returned to England on leave on 17.10.1918 where he was retained in the United Kingdom & struck from strength on 17.10.1918, eventuallybeing Discharged on 21.02.1919 under Certificate #1351 from the 4th Reserve Battalion, Devon Regiment;; 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 at #11, Cambrian Place in South Molton, Devon; I did not find this man in any 1901 Census records? In 1911 he was a Groom for Lord Poltimore’s Manor Estate, living in the Stables in North Molton, Devon; Albert Edwin Kingdon Married Florence Mary Jury on 26.02.1913 in South Molton; At some stage his occupation is recorded as being a Brewer, living at #55, East Street, then #3, Fir Terrace, #32, Aclands & finally #42, Hugh Squire Avenue in South molton, Devon; Albert Edwin Kingdon Died on 15.09.1959; Mentioned in Despatches on 07.02.1919; (Mentions in Despatches - First listed in London Gazette of 9th May 1843; Sometimes referred to as MID & physically denoted by an oak leaf emblem; Prior to 4th Q 1916 these were not indexed and were included in the dispatches themselves; After this time they are listings of the names of those commended with where and when – not why);Medals Card on file, Awarded the Victory & British War Medals (Mutt & Jeff); His records indicate that there was no ‘Star’ Card & no ‘Territorial Efficiency Medal’ Card, but I am sure that those medals would have been issued; (This is my Wife’s (Alexandra Mary Kingdon) Paternal Grandfather); (He was the Uncle ofKingdon, Ernest:Devonshire Regiment No: 1833Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1); (He was the Father of Edwin John Kingdon, New Zealand Air Force during WW2);(He was the Father of #7519032 Albert Ernest Valentine Kingdon, Royal Army Medical Corps, who won the Military Medal for Bravery in 1945 in Italy during WW2); (He was the Father of Sidney Gordon Kingdon, North Devon Yeomanry, who also served in Italy during WW2);(He was the Father of Frederick GeorgeKingdon, Royal Air Force, who served in India during WW2);(He was the Father of #21073104,Lance Corporal, Gerald RoyKingdon, who served his National Service with the Military Police in Germany in 1947/1948); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick (Curly): Registered Declared Alien United States Army, WW1);