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KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (10th June 2013)
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Kingdon, A: #5633 Corporal, Regiment unknown? WO 100/173; Served in the Boer War;
Kingdon, Albert A: Norfolk Regiment #5633 & #39235 & #5763023 Rank: 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 Major Albert 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 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; 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 also 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: Rifle Brigade No: B968 Rank: Private 1914-1920 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 Glstonbury, 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 Census Arthur 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: 10616 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 SEE ALSO Kingdom, Frederick P: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 126610 Rank: Private 1914-1920 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 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;
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);