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Kingdon (or Kingdom), Nathaniel: Royal Navy, Original page #260, Rating, served pre 1853;Notes: There are Royal Navy records for a Nathaniel Kingdon (also recorded as Nathaniel Kingdom) serving in the Royal Navy as a Rating from 16.10.1840 to 08.11.1843 with an Application made to the Admiralty on 16.11.1843 (I presume for a pension?); No other information on Year of Birth, Birth Place or his Age on Entry are given; There is, however, another record for Nathaniel Kingdon, Able Seaman, Royal Navy having served in the French Revolutionary Wars on ‘HMS Triumph’; He is recorded as having fought at the Battle of Camperdown on 11.10.1797; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has a record for Nathaniel Kingdon, Able Seaman in 1848 having served in the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; There is little or no information to enable identification of this sailor but the possibilities are: Nathaniel Kingdon, a Mariner living in Brixham & his wife Mary had a number of children baptised there in the early 1800’s; Nathaniel Kingdon Married Patience Roach in Tiverton on 27.06.1789; Nathaniel Sanders Kingdom was Baptised in Topsham, Devon on 20.07.1775; Any one of these could be a candidate; Awarded the Naval General Service Medal Clasp, Camperdown T/20, for service on ‘HMS Triumph’; Insufficient information to identify accurately;

Kingdon, Nelson: #K27663, Stoker, Royal Navy, WW1; ADM 188/922, WW1;Notes: This is Nelson Kingdon born 24.03.1891 in Yatton, Somerset; He is the son of William Bradford Kingdon, a Railway Signalman b.1860 in Stoke Canon, Devon, & Sarah Emily Methin from Nailsea in Somerset, who Married in 1884 in Bristol; In 1891 Census Nelson is recorded as ‘Moses’ aged 12 days, living with his parents in Horsecastle, Yatton, Somerset; In 1901 Nelson lives with his parents in Horsecastle at the same address, his Father is a railway signalman; In 1911 Census the family still live in Horsecastle, Yatton in Somerset & Nelson is a Railway Engine Cleaner aged 20; Nelson Kingdon joined the Railway on 21.09.1908 in Yatton; He was a Railway Fireman 3rd Class in 01.01.1912 & continued to work for the railways until joining the Colours for WW1 Service in July 1915; Nelson Kingdon served with the Royal Navy until returning to work for the Railways on 23.04.1919 when he was demobilised, I do not know what capacity he served in the Navy but believe that it was as an Acting Leading Stoker as the prefix ‘K’ to his official number would indicate service as a Stoker; His official number also indicates enlistment between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915; In 1918 Edith May Shave & Nelson Kingdon, separately used the same Penny Street address for their voters records in Chalcombe Regis, Weymouth, so I presume that they were living together at that time; It was in 1919 that Nelson Kingdon then married Edith May Shave (nee Churchill) in Weymouth, Dorset, she was a Widow, previously married in 1902 to a Domestic Chauffeur Herbert Arthur Shave who had died in 1914, she was born in 1885 in Radipole, Dorset; Unfortunately I believe that Edith May Kingdom may well have died in 1921 in Marylebone aged 36 years; It then appears that Nelson Kingdon remarried on 13.10.1923 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales to Catherine Mabel Morgan, b.06.04.1901 in Neath; They had 6 children, 3 born in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales & the other 3 born in Weymouth, Dorset, & Nelson Kingdon appears to have continued to have worked for the railways as an Engine Driver until his death on 13.10.1948 at Portwey Hospital in Weymouth, Dorset, Aged 57; He was living at #13, Wesley Street, Weymouth at the time of his death; I believe that his 2nd wife, Catherine Mabel Kingdon then Married Walter N Hawkins in Weymouth in 1958; She died in 1961 in Bridport, Dorset Aged 77; Awarded the Victory & British War Medals;

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Kingdon, O: #8315, Private, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards; (Boer War period);Notes: I believe that this is Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon born on 07.04.1880 in Shoreditch & baptised on 02.05.1880 in Bethnal Green, son of Oliver Abraham Kingdon b.1847 Bristol & Elizabeth Durham Stephens from Liskeard in Cornwall who married in 1874 on 08.03.1874 in Lambeth; In 1881 & 1891 Oliver lives with his parents in Shoreditch, his father is a Police Constable but had previously served with the Grenadier Guards; Oliver Kingdon went to the Shap Street Infants School in Hackney until 1887; He was living with his parents at #45, Dunloe Street at the age of 7 when he went to Shap Street School in Hackney from 12.12.1887 until 18.04.1892; During his schooling he was exempt from receiving religious education; His Regimental #8315 indicates that Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon must have enlisted in the Grenadier Guards between 05.01.1899 & 01.01.1900 & subsequently served in the Boer War in South Africa; In the 1901 Census Oliver Kingdon is now a soldier living in The Grenadier Guards Wellington Barracks in Westminster, London; I have a Medals Record that has a Private O. Kingdon #8315 being eligible for the South Africa Boer War Medal; I believe that Oliver Abraham Francis Kingdon died in 1907 in Orsett, Essex Aged 26; (His Father Kingdon, Oliver: Private, Grenadier Guards also served in the Army & in 1871 Census was at the Barracks in Brentwood, Essex);

Kingdon, Octavius Gillard: #109436 Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: I believe that this is Octavius Gillard Kingdon born 03.07.1891 in Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of John Gaylord Kingdon, a Tailor & Draper, b.1842 in Swansea & (his 1st wife Sarah Maria Jones b.1843 from Mumbles died in Glamorgan in 1877), John G Kingdon remarried ca.1878 to his 2 nd wife Ann Eliza Gillard from Tiverton in 1878, Octavius’s Mother; In 1901 Census Octavius lived with his parents in #3, Woodland Villas, Oystermouth, Glamorgan, Wales; In 1911 Census Octavius lives with his parents at the same address in Oystermouth & is a Shunter with the Great Western Railway; Octavius G Kingdon emigrated to Canada, arriving in Quebec on 24.06.1913 aged 21, aiming to settle in Montreal; He sailed from Liverpool on the ‘SS Teutonic’; Upon enlistment in Canada on the 27.11.1914 in Toronto, Octavius Gillard Kingdon was aged 23 years & 4 months & was a Railway Man; After WW1 I believe that Octavius Gillard Kingdon returned to England & married Nell Goddard in Wallingford in the 1st Q of 1919; Octavius Gillard Kingdon served as a Trooper with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles from 27.11.1914 until 01.01.1916 & as a Private from 01.01.1916 until 20.04.1919 but was a Prisoner of war from 02.06.1916 & finally Repatriated on 29.11.1918; (I believe that he is the Brother of Kingdon, Benjamin Rufus: Liverpool Regiment No: 56170 Acting Colour Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who served in England in WW1); (I believe that he is also the Brother of Hubert Kingdon who also emigrated to Canada in 1912 & served in WW1 as #109435 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force); (He was also the Brother of Royal Navy Apprentice Hedley Vicars Kingdon); I have not researched this soldier further;

Kingdon, Oliver: Private, Grenadier Guards; (1870’s period);Notes: This is Oliver Abraham Kingdon born in 1847 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Abraham Kingdon, a Railway Clerk & Station Master, b.1814 in South Molton, Devon & Eliza Eades born 1815 from Reading, Berkshire who married in 1837 in Reading; In 1851 Census Oliver Abraham Kingdon was living with his parents in Bedminster, Gloucestershire; In 1861 Census he was a scholar living with his parents in Stixwold, Woodall, Lincolnshire; In 1871 Census he was aged 23 & serving with the Grenadier Guards at the Depot Foot Guards Barracks in Little Warley, Brentwood, Essex; Oliver Kingdon Married Elizabeth Durham Stephens, a Widow from Liskeard, Cornwall on 08.03.1874 in Lambeth, he was a Private serving in the Grenadier Guards at that time & took on her children; I believe that he joined the Police Force when he left the Army; In 1881 Census Oliver & Elizabeth Kingdon live in #45 Dunloe Street, Shoreditch; In 1891 Census Oliver & Elizabeth Kingdon live at #26, York Street, Shoreditch, he is still a Police Constable; I believe that Oliver Abraham Kingdon Died in the 3rd Q 1894 in the Strand Aged 46; (He was the Father of Kingdon, Oliver Abraham Francis: #8315, Private, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards who served in the Boer War);

Kingdon, O: 14th (Couny of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish), No: 1114, Rank: Private, 1914-1920 WO 372/11 & 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, Rank: Captain – Died in WW1; Captain Oliver Kingdon died age 31on 24 April 1918 on the Somme in France. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial on Panels 28 & 29;

Notes: This is Oliver Kingdon born in North West India in the Province of Ranikhet on 14.12.1886, son of Oliver Kingdon b.1857 Clerkenwell who served in India as a Warrant Officer & Maud Matilda Bateman from Cork, Ireland (who married in Bengal, India in 1882), returning to UK around 1895; Oliver’s Father was a serving Warrant Officer in India & was an Army Pensioner after his discharge; In 1901 Oliver & Maud lived in Goring Row in Southgate, Enfield, Middlesex; (Captain Oliver Kingdon is the Grandson of Oliver Kingdon b.1831 South Molton & 1st Wife Jane Blee, who married in 1856 in Hackney, London); Oliver Kingdon, aged 14, lived with his parents at #9, Goring Road, Southgate, Middlesex in the 1901 UK Census, (previous to that this family were in India); In the 1911 Census Oliver Kingdon is aged 24, working as an Insurance Clerk & living with his parents at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London; I believe that Private Oliver Kingdon first served with the 14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish), a Territorial Infantry Battalion & that his regimental service number of #1114 would indicate enlistment between 20.01.1909 & 07.02.1910; (This unit holds the distinction of being the first territorial infantry battalion to see action against the Germans in WW1, at Messines on 31.10.1914); Private Oliver Kingdon first served in France on 15.09.1914; This soldier was then Commissioned on 21.05.1915 & served with the 7 th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regimentwhere he earned promotion from temporary 2nd Lieutenant to temporary Lieutenant on 04.02.1917, & then to temporary Captain on 15.07.1917; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to Capt. Oliver Kingdom, 7/16, #100417, ‘Dead’; He was Mentioned in Despatches and also received the Military Cross (MC) before he died age 31on 24 April 1918 in France. There were quite a number of requests for additional medal issues made by his family from #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London – the 1914 Mons Star on 24.10.1918 & again on 15.10.1919; the 1914 Clasps & Rosette & the Bronze Oak Leaf on 07.04.1920; Whilst serving as a Temporary Captain with the Bedfordshire Regiment Oliver Kingdon was noted for conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty in the London Gazette Supplement dated 16.09.1918, This Officer, at the end of 5 days constant fighting & marching, led his company in a dashing counter-attack against a village held by German troops, which resulted in its recapture & severe losses to the enemy, besides covering the retreat of other troops across a river; Mentioned in Despatches; (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); Awarded the Military Cross oin 1918; Medals Card on file, Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory & British War Medals; The 1914 Mons Star Clasps were issued in 1920; (He was the Son of Oliver Kingdon #1120 6th Dragoon Guards 1873 to 1891); (He was the Brother of Lieutenant George Alfred Blee Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Oliver: #1120, Garrison Sergeant Major & Special Constable, 6th Dragoon Guards; (1873-1901);Notes: This is Oliver Kingdon born in 1857 in Clerkenwell, London, the son of Oliver Kingdon b.1831 South Molton, Devon & 1st Wife Jane Blee who married in 1856 in Hackney, London; In 1861 Census he was aged 4 & visiting with his Grandfather Oliver Kingdon b.1802 in Mill Lane, South Molton, Devon; In 1871 Census Oliver was a 14 year old Painter living with his parents in St Pancras, Marylebone, London; Oliver Kingdon enlisted into the 6th Dragoon Guards on 17th July 1873; On 29th November 1885, having attained the rank of Troop Sergeant Major, he transferred to the Unattached List (Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Corps) as 1 st Class Sergeant Instructor, and on 28th September 1891 was promoted Garrison Sergeant Major; Oliver Kingdon was finally discharged to pension on 7th February 1901 having served for over 24 years in India; Whilst in India Oliver Kingdon Married an Irish girl from Cork, Maud Matilda Bateman in 1882 in Bengal; In 1901 Census Oliver & Maud Kingdon lived at #9, Goring Road, Southgate, Middlesex, Oliver was a Retired Warrant Officer & an Army Pensioner; In 1911 Census Oliver & Maud Kingdon lived at #84, Brownlow Road, New Southgate, London, he is an Army Pensioner & an Insurance Company Secretary; Oliver Kingdon died in Edmonton, Middlesex on 27.08.1946 Aged 89; Medals awarded to him were for Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal G.V.R. 1st TYPE, with ‘The Great War 1914-18’ Clasp (Oliver Kingdon) NEF, all of which have been on sale on the internet for ca. £325; (He was the Father of Lieutenant George Alfred Blee Kingdon, Royal Field Artillery who served in WW1); (He was also the Father of Captain Oliver Kingdon MC who Died in WW1 in 1918 in France); (Also the Father of Kingdon, Frank V: London Regiment No: 2283 Rank: Private. 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Oliver Alfred: Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry; ADM 65/92 & ADM 157/325/57; (Service in 1881);Notes: This record was picked up via the 1881 Census that has an Oliver Alfred Kingdon, Single, Aged 22, serving as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on board ‘HMS Miranda’ in Sydney, Australia; I believe that this is Oliver Alfred Kingdon born in 1859 in Exeter St Thomas; He is the son of Abraham Robert Kingdon, a Painter, b.1835 Exeter & Elizabeth Lake from Exeter, who Married ca.1856; In 1861 Census Oliver A Kingdon lives with his parents at #1, Garden Square, St Mary Arches, Exeter; In 1871 Census (Oliver) Alfred Kingdon lives with his parents in #3, Colleton Buildings, St Sidwell, Holy Trinity, Exeter; (The ADM File Records have Attestation forms for the Plymouth Division, Folios 57-65, for Oliver Kingdon, born in Devon, to serve in the Royal Marines at Plymouth, 1876 (when aged 17) & record that he was Discharged in 1882 as Paid 20 Pounds); In 1881 Oliver Alfred Kingdon is serving with the Royal Marines; Oliver Alfred Kingdon Married Emily Battershill from Woodleigh, Devon in Exeter in 1884 & in the 1891 Census they live at #6, Jubilee Street, St Leonards, Exeter & he is a Painter & Decorator; Emily his 1 st wife Died in 1897 Aged 35 & Oliver Alfred Kingdon Married for a 2nd time to Mary Jane Tett from Exeter in 1898 in Exeter; In 1901 Census Oliver A & Mary J Kingdon live in #1, Russell Street, St Sidwell, Exeter, he is a Painter; In the 1911 Census Oliver Alfred & Mary Jane Kingdon were living at #106.Cowick street, St Thomas, Exeter, he is a House Painter; I understand that Oliver A Kingdon died at the age of 68 in Exeter in 1928;

Kingdon, Oliver James: #3035621, Private, 70th Overseas Battery, #2 M.D., 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment, WW1 period;Notes: The 1st Central Ontario Regiment was part of the "Territorial Regiment System" that was created in Canada to recruit and provide basic training for the overseas Expeditionary Force after 1917; The 1st Central Ontario Regiment was basically a reinforcement unit based in Canada, and an umbrella organisation, which included other battalions. It fed soldiers into the system in a directed manner; Drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917, Oliver James Kingdon was medically examined in Toronto on 10.10.1917 & probably called up for service on 26.04.1918 in Toronto; He was a single Farmer living in Weston, Toronto & aged 21 years & 4 months at the time; I believe that this is Oliver James Kingdon born 24.12.1896 in Weston, York County, Ontario, the son of John Francis Kingdon, b.14.08.1866 Etobicoke, Ontario & Arabella Gracie or Gracey, b.in 1869 in Ontario, who were Married on 15.01.1896 in York County, Ontario, Canada; (I believe that his Grandparents were James Kingdon b.14.03.1827 in Devon, England & Catherine McKnight b.15.03.1837 in Ireland who married on 24.03.1856 in Toronto; James Kingdon emigrated to Canada from England in 1855; This needs more research); I cannot find Oliver James Kingdon’s family in 1901 Census; In the 1911 Census for Etobicoke, York County, Ontario Oliver James Kingdon lives with his parents & next door to his future wife’s family; After his WW1 service, Oliver James Kingdon Married Alice Elizabeth Sims on 08.09.1920 in Weston, York County – he is a Farmer & she is a School Teacher; His wife was born in Ontario on 06.04.1899;

Kingdon, Oliver Wissler: Royal Air Force, #1196221, WW2;Notes: This is Oliver Wissler Kingdon born on 16.01.1922 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire the son of Fletcher Monroe Kingdon, a Schoolteacher, b.1890 in Pateley Bridge & Letitia May Wissler b.1894 Leeds who married in St Martin’s Church, Potternewton in Leeds on 15.09.1920; Oliver Wissler Kingdon served in the Royal Air Force in WW2 & was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (#120149) on the 20 th August 1942; On 17.04.1952 Oliver Wissler Kingdon Married Joan Dyer Frazer, the second daughter of Lt. Colonel & Mrs. D.R. Frazer in Jersey; I believe that Oliver received other awards during his life for Public & Political Services in 1993; I understand that Oliver Wissler Kingdon Died in 1995 in Nottingham Aged 73; (He was the son of Kingdon, Fletcher Monroe: Army Service Corps No: T/401 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

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Kingdon, Paul Kent: #13556, Sapper, New Zealand Field Engineers, Divisional Signaling Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: This is Paul Kent Kingdon born 1895 in New Zealand, the son of Thomas Medland Kingdon b.1859 New Zealand, a Sheep Farmer, & Emma Eleanora Reimenschnieder, who married in ca.1894 (she was the daughter of a German Missionary who had been in New Zealand since 1843); In 1896 this Kingdon Family are recorded as Settlers, living in Mangaone, Pahiatua; In 1900, 1905 & 1906, they are in Mangaone, Pahiatua, Manawatu-Wuanganui; In the 1911 & 1914 Electoral Rolls they are Farming in Levin, Otaki, Wellington; Paul Kent Kingdon joined for WW1 Service in early 1916; He embarked from Wellington in New Zealand for Plymouth or Devonport in England on board either the ‘HMNZT 55 Tofua’ on 27.05.1916 or the ‘HMNZT 54 Wilochra’; He served with the New Zealand Field Engineers in Europe & was wounded in January 1917; He was reported as being dangerously & seriously ill from 31.01.1917 to 02.03.1917 when he was taken off the seriously ill Lists; Sapper Paul Kent Kingdon returned home to New Zealand on 06.05.1918 with Draft #159; In 1919 he was an Engineer living at #9, Priestley Road, Napier, Hawke’s Bay; Paul Kent Kingdon Married Rosina Emily Judd in 1921, she was b.1894 in Carterton, Wairarapa; In 1928 they lived in Marine Terrace, Bayswater, Waitemata, Auckland; In 1935 they are recorded twice, as an Engineer at #36, Nile Street, Nelson & as a Traveller at #61, Cowper Street, Greymouth, Westland; In 1938 Paul Kent Kingdon is recorded as a Draughtsman at #104, The Terrace, Wellington North; In 1946 & 1949 they are both recorded living at #9, Boucott Terrace, Wellington Central, Paul is an Engineer; In 1954 & 1957 they are living at #222, The Terrace, Wellington Central; In 1963 Paul Kent Kingdon has Retired & they still live at #222, The Terrace, Wellington; I believe that Rosina Emily Kingdon died on 25.11.1963 Aged 69; In 1969 & 1972 Paul Kent Kingdon, Retired, lives at #57, Skerman Street, Marton, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; In 1978 he is recorded as Retired at #61/63, Allendale Road, Mt Albert, Auckland but also recorded at Retired #57, Skerman Street, Marton, Rangitkei, Manawatu-Wanganui; In the 1981 Electoral Roll he is Retired, living at #20/30 Bond Street, Merton Rangitikei; I understand that Paul Kent Kingdon Died on 10.01.1986 in Marton; Paul Kent Kingdon was a Design Engineer & Artist, also a Member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts & this family are well documented in the Kingdon Book ‘A Second Look’ dated 1974); (He was the son of Kingdon, Thomas Medland: #29419, ‘E’ Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th

Reinforcements, WW1);

Kingdon, Percival: Royal Engineers No: 449101 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Served also with The Glamorgan Yeomanry as #90100 & Lovat Scout’s (probably as an attached Sapper) with the regimental number of #126716; Promoted to L/Cpl with the RE’s; This is Percival Kingdon born ??; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information to be certain of which Percival Kingdon?

Kingdon, Percival Hocking: #290562, 7th Battalion Devonshire Regiment & #R2564 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy, ADM 339/1, WW1;Notes: This is probably Percival Hocking Kingdon who’s records are marked up with service with the 7 th (C) Devons & later the 2/7th on 18.05.1916; (2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion formed at Totnes in October 1914 but remained in the UK throughout the war, moving to Sevenoaks in 1916, Margate in 1917 and Southminster in 1918. By November 1918 this unit was at Maldon & then under the orders of 73 rd Division from October 1917 to January 1918); The records indicate that Percival Hocking Kingdon’s Army enlistment date was on 01.11.1915 for 4 years service in the UK with the allocated #2196, at the age of 22 years & then #290562; On 14.06.1917 Percival Hocking Kingdon then appears to have been discharged from the Devon Regiment for re-enlistment in the Royal Navy where he appears to have served until the end of the War; At the time of his Army discharge in 1917, he had served 1 year & 226 days in the Army at Home Stations in the UK; I then researched in Royal Naval files & found Percival Hocking Kingdom, born 28.05.1893, serving as #R/2564 Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Acting Leading Seaman paid, & Leading Seaman, see Catalogue Ref: ADM 339/1; ADM 171/127 records him as Acting Petty Officer, #R/2564; This is Percival Hocking Kingdom born 1893 in Plymouth, the son of James Hocking b.1867 in Plymouth & Mary Grace Coghlan or Mary Elizabeth Higgs b.1868 in Plymouth who married in 1886 in Plympton St Mary; (In 1891 Census James Kingdom, a Fisherman, b.1867 Plymouth & Mary Ann ?? b.1868 Exeter live at #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth); In 1901 Percival Hocking, Aged 8 lives with his parents James & Mary Hocking in Plymouth, his Father is a Boatman; In 1911 Percival Hocking, Aged 17 lives with his parents James & Mary Ann Hocking (b.1869 in Exeter) at #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth, his Father is a Seaman; Following the War, I understand that Percival H Kingdom may have Married Sarah E. Blight in Devonport in 1923; I believe that Percival H Kingdom died in 1938 in Plymouth Aged 44; I was having great problems with the name Hocking Kingdom as some records have simply Hocking, despite Percival’s records giving James Hocking Kingdom of #11, Lambhay Street, Plymouth? ADM 171/127 for the Royal Naval Reserve issue of WW1 Medals has a record for Percival H. Kingdom, Acting Petty Officer, #R/2564, Awarded the Victory & British War Medals; I have not researched this man further; (Probably related to Kingdom, Charles Michael Steer: #272243, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy; (Became an Officer, Engineering Lieutenant Commander); ADM 188/437 & ADM 171/107);

Kingdom, Percival John: #Z/1801, Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve, Wales Division, WW1; ADM 337/86 & ADM 339/1; Transferred from the Kingdom List;Notes: This is Percival John Kingdon born 13.04.1897 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; This is probably the son of Noel Kingdon, a Tailor b.1870 in Mumbles, Glamorgan & Eva Leonard Grant from Cardiff who Married in 1892 in Gower; In 1901 Census Percival Kingdon is living with his parents at #22, Park Place, Swansea; In 1911 Census Percy Kingdon is aged 13 & lives with his parents in #25, Park Place, Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales; Percival John Kingdon Married Jeannie Elizabeth Irvine in 1919 in Carlisle, England; In 1944 I understand that they lived in Lonlas, Skewen, Neath in Wales; I believe that Percival J. Kingdon Died in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1968 Aged 71; ADM 171/127 records #W.Z/1801, AB Percival J. Kingdon was Awarded the WW1 Victory & British War Medals; (He was the Father of Ronald Noel Kingdon, #6462880, Fusilier, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) who Died 18.04.1944 in WW2);

Kingdon, Percy: #4603, Private & #267684, Acting Sergeant, Devonshire Regiment, & #368786, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: When he first enlisted he was given #4603 with the Devonshire Regiment; Born Percy Edward Kingdon in 1884 South Molton, son of John Keys Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker, b.1844 South Molton & Mary Webber Greenslade from Charles, Devon who Married in 1868 in South Molton; They lived in Duke Street, South Molton in 1891 & in 1901 Percy Edward Kingdom was a Carpenter; In 1911 Percy Edward Kingdon is aged 28, is a Cabinet Maker & living with his parents at #13, Duke Street, South Molton; Percy Kingdon enlisted on 21.06.1916 in South Molton aged almost 32 years; Served at Home from 21.06.1916 to 20.07.1916, served in India from August 1916 to November 1917 & served in Mesopotamia from November 1917 to February 1919; He served attached to the Royal Engineers and then was compulsorily transferred to the ‘Sappers’ on 01.01.1918; He was examined for discharge in Baghdad on 21.02.1919 & discharged in UK on 03.05.1919; Recorded as an Absent voter in 1919 list for South Molton, Devon; Medals Card on file for award of Victory & British War Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Frank G: #317, Corporal, ‘C’ Company, Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1);

Kingdon, Percy: Royal Field Artillery No: 28726 Rank: Bombardier 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes; This is Percival Henry Kingdon born in 4th Q 1884 in St Mary’s Parish, Gloucester, Gloucestershire; He is the son of Alfred A. William Kingdon b.1861 Bradninch & Emily Aldridge of St Marys, Church Road, Torquay; His Father was a Domestic Gardener in 1891 & a Cycle Agent Repairer in 1901; In 1891 & 1901 he lived with his parents in St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon; He was a Cycle Fitter when he enlisted on 17.11.1902 in Devonport, Devon, intending to serve a Short Service of 3 years with the Colours & 9 years in the Reserve, with the Royal Regiment of Artillery/Royal Horse/ Royal Horse Artillery; This soldier extended his Service to 8 Years with the Colours in 1904, Served in India from 19.10.1906 to 23.12.1910, transferred to Army Reserve on 23.12.1910 & intended living at #32, Ellacombe Terrace, Ellacombe, Torquay; In 1911 Census he is recorded as an Army Clerk living with his mother Emily, a Nurse Attending at #32, Ellacombe Road, Tormohan, Torquay; Re-engaged on 07.07.1914 in Sheffield; Home based until 19.03.1915, posted to ME Force Egypt on 20.03.1915 until 29.08.1916; Returned Home on 30.08.1916; He suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his Right Leg & Arm on 28.06.1915 in Gallipoli; He Served in France in 1917; In 1917 his Wife lived at #52 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield; In 1918 his wife lived at #107 Eldon Street, Sheffield; He was Discharged 14.01.1919; He had Married Emily Olive Jeffery b.1892 in Sheffield on 04.07.1914 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire West Riding; Percival Henry Kingdon died in Sheffield in 1934 Aged 49; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Alfred Gerald: Royal Army Service Corps No: M2/079207 Rank: Private, served in WW1 also);

Kingdon, Percy: Dorsetshire Regiment No: 30957 Rank: Private, & Wiltshire Regiment No: 27670: 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Private Percy Kingdon is remembered with Honourin Hautmont Communal Cemetery in France, Grave reference IV.A.40; His Name also appears on the Littleham & Northam War Memorial in Devon; Private Percy Kingdon#27670, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment died aged 19on 12th September 1918;

Percy Kingdon was born 2nd Q 1899 Bideford 5b.462, in Littleham, Devon, the Son of John Kingdon, a Gardener, b.1869 in Landcross, Devon & Alice Ann Shortridge from Bulmercott who married in 1892; In 1901 & in 1911 Percy Kingdon lived with his parents at Heale Lodge, Littleham, Devon; This soldier served as a Private with the Dorset Regiment #30957 & was serving with the 1 st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment #27670, when he was Killed in Action in 1918; At the time of his death his parents still lived at Heale Lodge, Littleham, Bideford, Devon; Medals Card on file for Award of the British War & Victory Medals;

Kingdon, Percy: Private, #5030, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/69; (Late 1880’s period);Notes: The ADM records have Percy Kingdon born 06.04.1870 (no birthplace mentioned), but I have failed to find any Kingdons who would match this name or profile? The RMLI records have him Enlisting in the Plymouth division on 06.08.1889 but again I can find no record of him in any Census? Awarded the WW1 British War Medal; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Percy James: Class ‘D’, 2nd Division Reservist, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1917, WW1;Notes: This is Percy James Kingdon born in 1875 in Cornwall, England, the son of James Kingdon, b.1844 in Advent, Cornwall, England & Elizabeth Jane Wendon, b.1848 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, who had married in Cornwall, England in 1868 & sailed with young Percy J Kingdon & the rest of their family on 09.09.1879 from England to New Zealand on board the ‘Famenoth’, arriving in Cambridge West in 1880, where he established a Blacksmith’s business on the corner of Shakespeare & Cook Streets; (His Grandparents, Jonathan Kingdon & Mary Orchard Hill had arrived in New Zealand from Cornwall, England in 1872 on the ‘Celestial Queen’); (I understand that one of Percy’s brothers, Samuel Wendon Kingdon, died by drowning in a river at a Wesleyan Picnic in 1883 at the age of 12 years); Percy James Kingdon lived with his parents in Cambridge West as a Compositor in 1896 & 1900; In 1905 & 1906 Percy James Kingdon is recorded in Whangarei, working as a Printer; Percy James Kingdon Married Corinth Marie Louise Mullions on 29.09.1909 & in 1911 they are recorded living in Victoria Road, Cambridge; In 1914 Percy James & Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon are living in Cameron Road, Tauranga; In August, September, October of 1917 Percy James Kingdon registered for WW1 Service with the 2nd Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force & was classified in ‘Class D’, having 3 children; There are no other military records for this soldier but I do not believe that he actually served in WW1; In 1919 they live at the same address in Tauranga, Percy James is a Printer; His Father died around 1919; In 1928, 1935, & 1938, Percy James & Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon live in Devonport Road, Tauranga & he is working as a Printer; In 1946 they have moved to #31, Eleventh Avenue, Tauranga, where they remained in 1949, 1954, 1957; I believe that Percy James Kingdon died in 1962 Aged 86 & his wife went to live in New Lynn at #21, Heaphy Street, SW3, she is recorded as being Retired; I understand that Corinth Marie Louise Kingdon Died in 1966; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Irwin Wendon: Private, #48650, ‘A’ Company, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1): (He was the Brother of Archibald Henry Kingdon, 2nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): (He was the Brother of Dick Kingdon, 2nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): This family could be researched further;

Kingdon, Percy Walter Frank: Devonshire Regiment No: 30410 Rank: Private & 2nd Lieutenant, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is Percy Walter Frank Kingdon Born 14.10.1893 in Exeter, son of Walter Frank Kingdon b.1860 Exeter & Emily Denham who Married in Exeter in 1888; Percy Kingdon lived with his parents at #2, North Bridge Terrace in Exeter in 1901, his Father was a GWR Railway Engine Cleaner; In the 1911 Census Percy Kingdon is aged 17, working as a Clerk for a Wholesale Druggist & living with his parents at #1, Telford Road, St Davids, Exeter, Devon; I believe that Percy Walter Frank Kingdon enlisted on 31.11.1916 & Served in France; He was Commissioned on 27.08.1918 to 2nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment & his personal files are held at Kew, ref. WO 374/39796; The WO 388 records at Kew also have reference to 2Lt. Percy Walter Frank Kingdon, 15/11, #278725) & marked as being a demobilised officer K1/276; I believe that Percy W. F. Kingdon Married Lavinia May Twitchin b.1899 from St Thomas, Exeter in 4 th Q 1920 in Exeter; In 1976 they lived at #6 Hanbury Court, Hanbury Road, Clifton, Bristol; Percy Walter Frank Kingdon Died in 1978 in Bristol Aged 84; Medals Card on file for the award of the British War & Victory Medals, his Medals were sent to #77, Hoopern, Exeter, Devon 1920/23;

Kingdon, Peter: Mariner, Pay Book #161, Royal Navy; ADM 48/50/157 & ADM 142/7; (1792- 1795 period);Notes: The Registers of Seamen’s Wills has records for Peter Kingdon, Mariner, Pay Book #161, Serving onboard ‘HMS Europa’, firstly at Plymouth Dock [Stoke Damerel] Devon in 1792 & secondly with a date of 14.11.1795; The Executor of ‘HMS Europa’ seamen’s wills was Richard Williams, Captain of Marines; I have no other information; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has a record for Peter Kingdon, Mariner in 1795 having served in the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Peter: Soldier under Sir John Acland in 1680 – File QS/128/114/4 Devon Records Office; (1680);Notes: In the records for Silverton there is reference to a Soldier, Peter Kingdon, a Tailor & Soldier under Sir John Acland being Maimed in 1680; I have no idea who this is?

Kingdon, Philip Henry: 226th Overseas Battalion, No: 100529 Rank: Private Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, WW1;Notes: This is Philip Henry Kingdon born 11.04.1892 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 Philip Hy. Kingdon lived with his parents in Church Street, Newton Nottage, Glamorgan; In the 1911 Census Philip H. Kingdon is living with his parents at Chestnut Cottage, Newton, Glamorgan, Wales, working as a Builder’s Labourer with his Father; On 26.05.1913 Philip Henry Kingdon shipped from England to Quebec, Canada at the age of 20, to take up Farmwork in Minnedosa, Manitoba onboard the ‘SS Tunisian’, traveling with his younger brother Albert John Kingdon, Albert was a Baker & Phillip was a Gardener at that time; I understand that he was a Farm Labourer in Russell, Manitoba when he registered in Canada for WW1 service on 02.02.1916 in Canada & was subsequently placed in the 226th Battalion, CEF at Camp Hughes; At the time of his enlistment Philip Kingdon gave his Father John Kingdon of Newton, Porthcawl, South Wales as his next of kin; He obviously served overseas in Europe with one of the 17 Platoons of the 226 th Overseas Battalion, (Men of the North), of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force; I did find a List of Names of “D” Company of the 226 th Battalion which includes Private P. Kingdon; This Battalion was based in Dauphin, Manitoba & sailed from Halifax to Liverpool, England on 16.12.1916, on board the ‘SS Olympic’ (Titanic’s sister ship), arriving 28.12.1916; Following this they were moved to Bramshott for training; Not destined to fight as a unit, the 226th "Men of the North" Battalion was broken up to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps at the front; On 07.04.1917 the 226th was disbanded and absorbed into the 14th Reserve Battalion & sent to France; Phillip Henry Kingdon served overseas in France as L/Cpl P. Kingdon #1000529 with the 16 th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, (reinforced with personnel from the 14 th Reserve Battalion); I have presumed that he served in Europe as #100529 L/Cpl P Kingdon was returned to Canada as a Convalescent Case on 07.05.1919 with a Debility & Gun Shot Wounds to his thighs, onboard the vessel ‘SS Essequibo’ from Liverpool, England to Portland, Maine, USA & subsequently to Winnipeg, Canada, giving his Father’s name as his next of kin; I understand that Philip Henry Kingdon probably Married Rosetta Annie Price on 17.02.1920 in Minto, Manitoba, Canada; 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, Albert John: 226th Overseas Battalion, No: 100873 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 WW1 research;

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Kingdon, R: #94144, Royal Air Force in WW1;Notes: The Muster Roll for the Royal Air Force in WW1 records a #94144 Kingdon R. who enlisted & transferred from the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) on 01.07.1916; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Kingdon, R: Rank: Lieutenant: WW1;Notes: The WO 374/39797 records, held by The National Archives, Kew, have reference to a Lieutenant R. Kingdon related to service in WW1 between 1915 & 1919; There is no other information; This series WO 374 contains records and correspondence for officers with temporary commissions and Territorial Army officers who served in the First World War; Insufficient information to enable identification;

Kingdon, R. A: Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, WW1;Notes: The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to Rev. R A Kingdon, C.F, #111602; The London Gazette Supplement dated 16.10.1915 has reference to the Reverend R.A. Kingdon, temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th class, relinquishing his commission on 07.10.1915; I have no other information on this Chaplain except that he was a member of the Catholic Movement & the Society of the Holy Cross; (Amongst Members of the Society who engaged early in War Work were the Revds. R. A. Kingdon and C. F. Kempson, who in November, 1914, were reported to be on Active Service with the troops and asking for the prayers of the Society. At a later period seven Brethren were doing Chaplain's duty with the Forces, and before the War closed many others were engaged in various duties, while in 1917 the Secretary (F. H. Glaister) was designated by his bishop for War Work in France and the Assistant Secretary (L. T. S. Barrett) was engaged in naval duties); I believe that he may have written a book in 1920 titled “The Road to Heaven”; Needs further research;

Kingdon, Ralph: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 124087 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: This is Ralph John Kingdon born in 1886 in Cardiff; Ralph Kingdon was aged 30 when he was called up in Swansea on 26.10.1916, deemed to have been enlisted 03.03.1916, & was a Warehouse Foreman living at #36, Rosehill Terrace, Swansea, Wales; At enlistment he gave his next of Kin as Isaac Kingdon (b.1861 Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire & Sarah Davies from Blackwood, Monmouthshire, who married in Pontypridd on 14.05.1883), living in Rosehill Terrace, Swansea; Ralph later married Evelyn Mary Saunders, b.05.12.1890 in Whitchurch, Herefordshire, in St Paul’s, Mill Hill, Middlesex on 24.02.1917; He served in France; He was promoted to Lance Bombardier & then Bombardier at time of discharge on 31.01.1919; He left for France from Southampton on 28th March 1917 and disembarked at Le Havre on 29 th March 1917. He was in a field hospital from 8th to 14th December 1918, listed as Sick. Having served in France he was discharged on 31st

January 1919. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals; Prior to his Army service, in 1891 Ralph John Kingdon lived with his parents at #26, Tenant Street, Canton, Cardiff; In 1901 Ralph lived with his parents at #70, Stockland Street, St Mary Cardiff & he was an Apprentice Printer; In 1911 the family lives in Swansea & Ralph is single, aged 24 & an Assistant in a Household Provisions Shop; Ralph Kingdon Died in Swansea in 1959 Aged 72; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Thomas: Army Service Corps No: M2/035242 Rank: WO Class 2 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who also served in WW1);

Kingdon, Ralph Henry: #772493 Private, 125th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, WW1;

(Ralph Henry Kingdon on the right of the picture);Notes: The 125th Battalion (1st Overseas Battalion of 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles) CEF, was a unit raised for service in WW1 & was based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada; The unit began recruiting in 1915 throughout Brant County & sailed to England in August 1916; This unit was absorbed into the 8 th Reserve Battalion on 16.04.1918; This is Ralph Henry Kingdon born 02.04.1897 in South Bend, Indiana, USA (some records have 02.04.1898); He is the son of Francis (Frank) Henry Kingdon, an Engine Moulder, b.03.04.1871 in Syracuse, New York, USA & Elizabeth (Lizzie) Cleora Peffley, b.1873 in Indiana, USA (her family line is American/Dutch), who were Married on 10.06.1896 in South Bend, Indiana, USA; In the 1901 Census Ralph H Kingdon lived with his parents in Brantford, Brant South, Ontario, Canada & they lived next door to his Grandparents also, (for my family research the Grandfather is probably John Hamlin Kingdon born 1843 in South Molton, Devon, England who emigrated to the USA in 1865); At the age of 18 years & 7 months Ralph Henry Kingdon Enlisted in Brantford on 27.12.1915 for service with the 125 th Battalion, CEF; He gave his address as #90, Arthur Street, Brantford, Ontario, his occupation as a Clerk & his Father as his NOK; Ralph Henry Kingdon appears to have lived in the USA from 1923 to 1935, he was previously living in America from 1898 to 1904 according to the records; On 04.11.1924 Ralph Henry Kingdon Married Emily Pearl Freunt, (b.1899 in Ontario), in Brantford, Brant South, Ontario, Canada & I believe that they went to live in Detroit, Michigan soon afterwards; In 1930 Ralph Henry & Emily Kingdon live in Detroit, he is a draughtsman for an electrical company & is recorded as a WW1 Veteran on the Census; I believe that Ralph Henry Kingdon crossed the Canadian/USA border again on 18.10.1935 at the age of 37 years & 6 months to perhaps take up permanent residence in Pinehurst, Detroit, Michigan as an Engineer; Further research recommended;

Kingdon, Raymond William: #255887, 2nd Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers, WW2;Notes: The London Gazette Supplement for 05.03.1943 has reference to Cadet Raymond William Kingdon to be promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 20.12.1942, (page 1068), under Regular army Emergency Commissions, but I have no other information; I believe that he was then promoted to Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers on 20.06.1943; This could be Raymond W C E Kingdon born 1919 in Edmonton, Buckinghamshire; Some research would indicate that this could well be Raymond William Charles Eugene Kingdon, born in 1919 in Edmonton, Buckinghamshire, the son of Arthur Harold Victor Kingdon, a Tailor from Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire, & Lilian May Hambridge from Bristol, who Married in 1914 in Bristol; (Could very well be the son of Kingdon, Arthur Harold Victor: #269655 Rank unknown, Regiment unknown (WO 338) & also Served in the Royal Air Force in WW1; AIR 76/277/101); Insufficient information to identify 100% accurately;

Kingdon, Reginald Arthur: Reverend, Chaplain to the Forces, Army Chaplains Department, WW1;

Notes: This is Reginald (Reggie) Arthur Kingdon, born in 1868 in Whitstone, Cornwall; He was a son of Robert Hawker Kingdon, b.1831 in Whitstone the Church of England Clergyman of Whitstone, & Mary Jane Chope of Bideford, Devon, who married on 27.08.1856 in Westbury On Trym, Gloucestershire; In the 1871 & the 1881 Censuses Reginald A Kingdon was living with his parents at the Rectory/Parsonage in Whitstone, Cornwall. He attended Leatherhead School & earned a B.A. Honours in Theology in 1890. In the 1891 Census Reginald arthur Kingdon is a Student of Theology living at #95 & #97, Hare Street, Bethnal Green, London; In the 1901 Census Reginald Arthur Kingdon was a Clerk in Holy Orders at St Augustine’s Church in Mile End Old Town, London; In the 1911 Census he was an Assistant Curate at St Augustine’s Church; The London Gazette dated 20.10.1914 records his appointment as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, Class 4, on 06.10.1914, although he continued to be resident in the Clergy House, #4, Settles Street, Poplar, Mile End Town, London; For 31 years he was the Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Isle of Dogs, having previously been at St Augustine’s in Stepney for 25 years; Father Reggie Kingdon was very highly thought of throughout the East End of London; I believe that like his brother, Father Claude Kingdon, & was a Founding Priest Guardian of Our Lady’s Shrine at Walsingham, 1931-1946; Father Reginald (Reggie) Arthur Kingdon Died in 1955 in Wandsworth, London aged 86;

Kingdon, Reginald Charles: #M/18224, Cook’s Mate, Royal Navy; ADM 188/1054, WW1;Notes: This Sailor’s Official Number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1915 & 31.12.1915; This is Reginald Charles Kingdon, born 13.06.1896 in St German’s, Cornwall, according to the ADM records, however, I have Reginald Kingdon birth registration 1st Q 1897 in St Germans; (There is a Reginald Charles M Kingdon born in Kingsbridge, Devon in 3rd Q 1896); He was probably the son of Alfred Burlace Kingdon (b.1853 Maker, Cornwall who died on 31.03.1937 in Cornwall) & Helena Augusta Cotton Cock from Gosport, Portsmouth who married in East Stonehouse in 1876; In the1901 Census Reginald Kingdon, Aged 4, lived with his parents in Millpool, Cawsand, Rame, Cornwall; In the 1911 Census Reginald Kingdon Aged 14 lived with his parents at the same address in Cawsand; I understand that Reginald Charles Kingdon Married Rose Lily Sarah Eldridge, (b.1893 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight), in 1923 in St Germans, Cornwall; I believe that Reginald C Kingdon Died Aged 31 in 1927 in St Germans, Cornwall; Awarded the Victory Medal & the British War Medal; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Henry: Royal Navy, #M/7421, 2nd Class Shipwright; ADM 188/1032; - Died in WW1);

Kingdon, Reginald Thomas: Royal Air Force, AIR 79/2382/270018; WW1;Notes: The Air Ministry, Airmen’s Records, AIR 79 has reference to a Reginald Thomas Kingdon, serving with the Royal Air Force in the date range 01.01.1918 to 31.12.1928, however, there are no other records; I failed to find any Reginald Thomas Kingdon in ancestry records; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Richard: Royal Field Artillery No: 2274 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Records have Richard Kingdom #2274 of the 5th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery but he signs his papers both as Kingdon & as Kingdom; Also served as #950940 C Battery, 56 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; This is Richard Kingdon born 1898 in Peckham, London, the son of Richard George Kingdon (some records have him as George Richard Kingdon), a Print Compositor, b.1861 in Holborn & Mary Annie Stoneman from the Strand, London who married in Lambeth on 18.04.1881; The London School Records for Cator Street School in Southwark have his birth date as 26.08.1898 & his Admission Date at the age of 3 years as 26.08.1901, (they also have his correct address as #28, Cator Street, Camberwell but record his Father incorrectly as Charles); Richard Kingdom stayed at this school until at least 1903; In 1901 Census Richard lives with his parents in #28, Cator Street, Camberwell, London; In the 1911 Census Richard is aged 12 & living with his Widowed Mother at #28, Cator Street, Camberwell, his Father had died in 1910 Aged 47; Richard Kingdom enlisted in Kennington for 4 years service in the United Kingdom & was embodied & posted to the 2/13th Battery, 5th London Brigade at Paddington Stables, on 08.02.1915; His address was given as #2, Bagshot Street, Walworth London SE, he was aged 19 years & his trade was a Warehouseman; This soldier then served until 02.02.1919, including time spent in France from 21.06.1916 until 05.01.1919, when he was Disembodied on Demobilisation; Richard Kingdom had served with RFA Horses & as a Motor Driver; Richard Kingdon gave his next of kin as his mother, Mrs. Annie Kingdom as we know from the 1911 Census that his Father had died by the time he enlisted; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Robert G: Royal Field Artillery No: 208295 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Also recorded as: Kingdom, George Robert WO 372/23 – but his MIC card has been officially altered to Kingdon);

Kingdon, Richard: Army Service Corps No: DM2/227991 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: The prefix DM2 before the Regimental Number was for the Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport Learners, this prefix was discontinued in November of 1916; Medals Card on file; Insufficient information;

Kingdon, Richard: Mariners Will in 1692; PROB 11/408;Notes: There are records of a Mariners Will for Richard Kingdon of Stepney Middlesex dated 17.03.1692, although I believe that this was probably 1691; Richard Kingdon left all to his mother Alice Kingdon of Stepney & granted admon to his widow, Alice of Stepney; I believe that this Mariner was probably from Dartmouth originally although I failed to identify him; (Probably the Brother of another Mariner from 1682, Robert Kingdon); Needs more research;

Kingdon, Richard: Private, Driver, #16357, Army Service Corps, Australian Imperial Force, WW1;Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is Richard Vincent Kingdon born in 1894 in Carlton, Victoria, Western Australia; He is the son of Richard Kingdon, an Iron Moulder, & Agnes Clara Byrnes of Woodbridge Terrace, Midland Junction, Western Australia; Richard Kingdon enlisted in Perth aged 23 years & 3 months, he was a Saddler by trade & attested for the Army on 26.10.1917; He had previously served with the Citizen Force, 88 th Infantry in Australia; During his WW1 Service he served in France & Belgium from 15.09.1918 until 1920 when he was returned to Australia on board the troopship ‘Bremen’; (In 1919 in Belgium he was charged for cantering a horse on a paved road, was insolent to an NCO & was not wearing his ID Discs, all contrary to good order & military discipline); I believe that Richard Vincent Kingdon Married Carrie Elizabeth Lord Salter, an English girl, on 31.10.1919 in Bath, Somerset, England; Richard Kingdon returned to Australia on the ‘Bremen’ on 14.06.1920 & was discharged from the Army on 14.08.1920; In 1925 Richard Vincent & Carrie Elizabeth Kingdon lived in Doyle Street, Cottesloe Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia & he was working as a Barman; In 1931 & 1937 this family lived in #35, Johnson Street, Peppermint Grove, Claremont, Fremantle & he was a Fitter’s Assistant; In 1943 & 1949 this family lived at #23, Ord Street, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia & he was a Labourer; In 1954 & 1958 this family lived in North Lake Road, Melville, Fremantle & he was a Civil Servant; I understand that this family may well have still been living in Fremantle as late as 1980? Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, William Matthew: #2939, Private, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force; who Died in WW1);

Kingdon, Richard: Book 1670, Exeter, Devon Militia for 1803;Notes: The Devon: Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a Richard Kingdon, a Draper who was willing to learn to use arms & may have served in the Militia; In 1803 Richard Kingdon was aged 31 (born ca.1772) & single; Not identified further;

Kingdon, Richard: Private, 7th Hussars (Queen’s Own) – Died in the 1857-1858 Indian Mutiny;

Notes: This Soldier served in the Indian Mutiny in the Field at Oudh, East Indies from 04.02.1858 to 13.06.1858 including the Siege of Lucknow from 16th March 1858; He did not serve in the capture of Delhi & did not serve in the Defence of Lucknow; Richard Kingdon Died on 13.06.1858 in India; Awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal & the Lucknow Clasp, but these were returned due to his death; Insufficient information to identify further;

Kingdon, Richard Clyde: #1517924, Gunner, 16th Battery, L.H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery; Died at Dunkirk in WW2;

Notes: This is Richard Clyde Kingdon born in 1919 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales; He was the son of Thomas Henry Kingdon, a Butcher b.01.06.1878 in Neath, & Agnes Wyatt, b.06.09.1881 in Port Talbot, Wales who Married in Bethany Chapel, Port Talbot, Glamorgan on 04.07.1904; Gunner Richard Clyde Kingdon Died during WW2, between 31.05.1940 & 02.06.1940, Aged 21, at the Defence & Evacuation of British & Allied Forces at Dunkirk in Europe & he is Remembered With Honour in the Dunkirk Memorial in France, Column 13; He is also remembered on the Pontardawe Roll of Honour in Glamorgan, Wales; At the time of his death, his parents were living at Cilybebyll in Glamorgan, Wales; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & the 1939-45 War Medal;

Kingdon, Richard Henry: #1027101, Private, 235th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force,

WW1;

Notes: I have no detailed records for this soldier other than his Enlistment Form, which has a reference to #1027101 & is signed by the Officer Commanding, 235 th Battalion, based in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada; This unit began recruiting in the Spring of 1916 in Northumberland & Durham counties; I understand that the Battalion sailed to England in May 1917 & was absorbed into the 3 rd Reserve Battalion on 14.05.1917; I believe that this is Richard Henry (Harry) Kingdon born 10.11.1880 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; He was the son of George Samuel Kingdon, a Cooper, b.16.12.1842 in Peterborough, Ontario & Sarah Elizabeth Rook b.26.07.1849 in Ontario, who Married on 17.05.1870 in Newburgh, Ontario; (I believe that his Grandparents were William Kingdon, a Cooper, b.1806 in Chawleigh, Devon, England (who emigrated pre 1838) & Theresa Thirza Corneil b.1816 in Ireland, who emigrated to Canada in 1824/1825; I believe that they Married pre 1840 in Ontario); In 1881 Census Richard H Kingdon is aged 5 months & lives with his parents in West Peterborough, Ontario; In 1891 Richard Henry Kingdon aged 10 years lives with his parents in West Peterboro; In 1901 Census There is a Henry Kingdom aged 21 who fits Richard Henry Kingdon’s profile lodging as a Barber in East Toronto, Ontario; On 15.06.1903 in Peterboro, Ontario Richard Henry Kingdon, a Barber, Marries Ethel Sarah, or Sarah Ethel, Montgomery (she was born 04.02.1883 in Bridgenorth, Ontario); In 1911 Census Henry & Ethel Kingdon live in Peterboro West, he is a Barber & they already have 3 of their 5 children living with them at that time; On 08.06.1916 at the age of 35 years Richard Henry Kingdon enlisted in the Canadian Army for WW1 but I have no way of knowing if he served? He gave his wife’s name Ethel Sarah Kingdon as his NOK & his occupation as a Barber; The 3 rd

Reserve Battalion’s War Diaries indicate that many soldiers were transferred to various other units so it would be difficult to pinpoint this soldier; I believe that Richard Henry (Harry) Kingdon Died on 22.04.1955 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada;

Kingdon, Richard J: South Wales Borderers No: 2095 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: His Regimental number #2095 would indicate an enlistment date between 10.08.1914 & 02.10.1914; Also served as #200523 with 1/1 South Wales Borderers (The Brecknockshire Battalion) & was promoted to Sergeant; He served in the 6c Asiatic Theatre of War from 03.07.1915 which was probably the time the Regiment was moving from Aden back to Bombay & where they stayed for the duration of the War; This could be Richard James Kingdon born in 1894 in Swansea, the son of James Kingdon b.1861 in Swansea, a House Painter, & Emma Isabella F. Allen from Leeds who married in Swansea in 1885; In 1901 Census Richard J Kingdon aged 7 lives with his parents At #23, Wye View Terrace, Builth Road, Llanelwedd, Radnorshire; In 1911 the family still lives in the same place & Richard James Kingdon is aged 17 & a Timber Merchant’s Clerk; Medals Card on file; Insufficient records to enable further research of this soldier;

Kingdon, Richard J: Electrician, Royal Air Force, 1939-1945, WW2;Notes: This is Richard James Kingdon born 25.12.1923 in Camberwell; He was the son of Richard William Kingdon, a regular soldier who served pre WW1 & during WW1, born 1886 in Tavistock, Devon & Ida Alice Maktelow from Dartford, Kent, who married in 1929 in Lewisham; I understand from a public internet family tree that this man served as an Electrician in the RAF during WW2; Richard J Kingdon Married Margaret E White in Lewisham, Kent in 1948; I understand that Richard J Kingdon Died on 01.05.2005 in Lewisham, London, Aged 81; Awarded the Burma Star for service in the Burma Campaign between 11.12.1941 & 02.09.1945; (He was the son of Kingdom, Richard W: #60862, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1, Transferred from the Kingdom file; & Kingdon, Richard William; #13849 Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division & #11909 Royal Marine Artillery, Continuous Service; ADM 159/154 & ADM 159/84; Pre-war & WW1);

Kingdon, Richard John: #4480, Private, 1st Battalion The Welsh Regiment, WW1; See also: Kingdom, Richard J: #2096, Acting Corporal, Welsh Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom List;Notes: This is Richard John Kingdon born in the 1st Q 1878 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, the eldest son of Richard Kingdon b.1854 in Bratton Fleming, Devon & Mary Rees from Swansea who married in 1876; (Richard John Kingdon is the Grandson of John Kingdon b.1817 Bratton Fleming & Grace Bale b.1815 in Parracombe); In the 1881 & 1891 Census Richard John Kingdon lives with his family in Swansea aged 3 & 13 respectively, his Father is a Police Constable; Richard John Kingdon originally enlisted in Cardiff on 16.11.1894 Aged 18 years and declared himself as a Labourer. Throughout his service years this soldier was regularly AWOL from 1894 to 1896 & punished accordingly; He was also an alcoholic & was reported for violence a number of times; He served at Home stations from 1894 to 1896; Served in India from 09.10.1896 to 05.10.1906; Served in South Africa from 06.10.1906 to 16.04.1909 then at Home again for 238 days before being posted to Egypt for 4 years; In the 1911 Census he is recorded as Private Richard Kingdon Aged 33, a single soldier serving in Cairo, Egypt with the 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment; In 1912 he suffered from severe Alcoholism & inflicted a self wound; On 20.02.1914 in Gosport, Private Richard John Kingdon requested a Discharge from the Army after 18 years service. His character is recorded as being ‘Bad’ but he is also ‘honest & hardworking, any manual labour suiting him’; He is aged 37 Years & 4 Months at this time & intended to live at Yostodwon Villa, Llandybie, Caermarthen, Wales after his discharge on 07.03.1914; He had served for 19 years & 113 days; He was given a Chelsea Pensioner’s Number of #13652/D & an annual pension; On his Special Reserve, Short Service, Attestation Papers issued on 07.09.1914, he is Aged 36 years & 9 months, issued #2096 for the Welsh Regiment & he is posted to the Regiment & appointed Acting Corporal, but this does not last long; In January of 1915 he absents himself without leave to avoid being sent on active service & is awarded 84 days detention; He absents himself twice more in 1915, receiving punishments; In 1918 he is posted to the Regimental Depot & appointed to Corporal again by 21.12.1918; He is transferred to the reserve on 16.03.1919, his address is given as #52, Church Street, Cwmgors, Glamorgan; He had served in England from 07.09.1914 to 18.01.1915; His records show that he first served in France at the Front from 19.01.1915 to 14.03.1918, for 3 years & 65 days; He was Gassed in the trenches on 11.03.1918; He then served back in England for a further 257 days, making a total of an additional 4 years & 191 days to his previous service; He gave his Father’s address as Richard Kingdon, Yostodwen Villas, Llandybie, Caermarthen; I believe that Richard John Kingdon dies in West Glamorgan in 1950 Aged 72; Medals Card on file for award of the 15 Star, British War & Victory Meals; (I believe that he was the Brother of Alfred James Kingdon; #TS/742, Acting Farrier Sergeant, Army Service Corps, who served both pre WW1 & in WW1); (Another Brother – William Henry Kingdon b.1878 in Swansea served with a Militia Unit at some time & may have been in receipt of a Chelsea Pension);

Kingdon, Richard T: Cheshire Regiment No: 53786 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Also served as #23616; Transferred to No.2 Company Western Driver Training, Royal Army Service Corps as #4T/53913, the T prefix indicating that he served with the Horse Transport section; This is Richard Thomas (Tom) Kingdon born on 17.10.1899 in Cardiff on his Army Records & in Somerset on the 1911 Census, the son of Richard Kingdon, a Timber Haulier & Coal Labourer, b.1864 in Somerset & Sarah Down from Canton, Glamorgan who married in Somerset in 1885; In 1901 Census Richard Thomas Kingdon lived with his parents in Canton, Glamorgan; Richard Thomas Kingdon was aged 17 years & 281 days when he Attested for Short Service in WW1 on 25.07.1917 in Cardiff, he gave his trade as a Warehouseman & his address as #36, Andrews

Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, which is where this family lived in the 1911 Census; Calling himself Thomas Kingdon he first joined for duty on 05.11.1917 in Cardiff as he had been kept on the Reserve due to his age; He did serve in France in May 1918 & was posted to the Cheshire Regiment on 07.06.1918; In August 1919 he was transferred back to the RASC & finally demobilised on 16.09.1919; Richard Thomas Kingdon Died in South Glamorgan in 1976 Aged 76; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John: Machine Gun Corps No: 102248 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who may also be recorded as: Kingdon, John: Welsh Regiment No: 26214 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdom, Richard W: #60862, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom file;Notes: This is Richard William Kingdon born in 1886 in Tavistock, Devon, the son of Richard Daniel Kingdon, a Blacksmith & Tool Maker, b.1863 in Tavistock & Lydia Symons from Tavistock who Married in 1886 in Tavistock; On 06.09.1887 Lydia & infant son Richard sailed from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, USA, on bord the ‘SS Indiana’, probably to be with her husband; (Note: There is a sister called Edith Kingdon who was born in the USA in 1890 & I cannot find this family in the 1891 Census); In the 1901 Census young Richard Kingdon & his family have returned from the USA; He is now aged 14, living with his parents at #17, Duke Street, Farnworth, Lancashire & working as a Cotton Doffer; In the 1911 Census Gunner Richard William Kingdon is serving as a 24 year old Private with the 89th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in Jullindur, Punjab, India & from his MIC card it is obvious that he also served in WW1; Internet Records have Richard William Married to Ida Alice Manktelow, from Dartford, Kent, in 1929 in Lewisham, (did they have an illegitimate son in December 1922?); I understand also from an Internet Public Tree that Richard William Kingdon Died in Lewisham in 1931 Aged 43, but I still find Kingdon children born to Mother (Maiden name Manktelow) in 1931 & 1932 in Lewisham, which is only just possible?; I then find another son born in 1934 in Lewisham so perhaps Richard William Kingdon did not die as early as recorded?; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; (I believe that their son, Richard J Kingdon born 25.12.1922 in Camberwell, London, a Post Office Worker, was a Royal Air Force Electrician during WW2 & was awarded the Burma Star);Follow up Research of Royal Marine Service records:Kingdon, Richard William; #13849 Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division & #11909 Royal Marine Artillery, Continuous Service; ADM 159/154 & ADM 159/84; Pre-war & WW1;Notes: There seems to be a date of birth problem here? The Royal Marine Records give Richard William Kingdon’s birth date as 17.01.1887 but exhaustive searching indicates that the only Richard William born in that period would be Richard William Kingdon in the 4th Q 1886 Tavistock 5b.364? The Royal Marine Records also give an Enlistment date of 27.12.1906 for this man & subsequently I have to believe that this is the same person as #60862 Gunner, serving in WW1 with the RFA; In WW1 he was awarded the Victory Medal & the British War Medal only which also leads me to think that he was serving in the Royal Marines prior to the War; Assuming these are the same person, needs more research;

Kingdon, Robert: Royal Army Service Corps No: R4/144435 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: The prefix of R4 on his Regimental Number probably refers to his working with a Remounts Section in the Army Service Corps; Private Robert Kingdon Enlisted with the Royal Army Service Corps on 04.11.1915 at the age of 41 years & 10 months, he gave his trade as Labourer & stated that he was married; He gave his address as Puriton, Bridgewater, Somerset; His Medal Card indicates that he was probably discharged under the Silver War Badge system; Further research confirms that he was Discharged on 29.01.1919 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) due to Sickness in Woolwich; He is recorded as never having served overseas; This is probably Robert William Kingdon born 1874/75 in Bedminster, Somerset, the son of Robert Kingdon b.1850 in West Monkton, Nr. Taunton, Somerset & Mary Ann Edwards b.1850 from Wilton, Nr. Taunton who married in 1870 in Taunton; In 1881 Census Robert Wm. Kingdon Aged 6 is living with his parents in Taunton; His Father must have died pre 1891, probably in Wells, Somerset in late 1884 Aged 33, because his Mother remarried to a Labourer Frederick Clark from Wedmore, Somerset in Taunton in 1885, & in the 1891 Census Robert Kingdon is a Labourer aged 16 & living in Church Street, Puriton, Somerset; In 1901 Census Robert Kingdon now aged 26 is a Quarry Labourer living with his now Widowed Mother, Mary A Clark) in Puriton, Somerset; At the time of enlistment in 1915 he gave his Next of Kin as his Daughter Kate Kingdon, #4, Wembdon Road, Bridgewater at the time of his enlistment, which seems a little odd; The records indicate that he was married to Flora Annie Chedzey/Chedzoy, (born on 18.12.1878 in Puriton), on 29.09.1902 in Bridgewater, Somerset; I believe that his other daughters, Flora Dorothy Sophia Kingdon was born on 18.04.1903 in Puriton & Lucy Alice Matilda Kingdon born 23.05.1906 in Puriton; In 1911 Census Robert & Flora Kingdon live in Puriton, he is a Stone quarry Labourer; The census records that they have been married for 8 years & have 3 children but 1 had died previously; In 1917 he was diagnosed with Corneal Opacities in both eyes & required glasses; I understand that he was declared No longer physically fit for War Service on 29.01.1919 & was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 with a Chronic Rheumatism disability, having served for 3 years and 87 days, all his military service was in Home stations; I understand that Robert W Kingdon died in Bridgewater, Somerset in 1942 Aged 67; I believe that his wife died in Taunton in 1975 Aged 96; Awarded the Silver War Medal #511386; No medals but Medals Card on file; (I believe he was the Son of Kingdom, Robert: Continuous Service #36669A, Royal Navy; ADM 139/767);

Kingdon, Robert: West Yorkshire Regiment No: 21345 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Corporal Robert Kingdon #21345, 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) who died on 29 September 1918; Remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial at West-Vlaanderen in Belgium on Panel 42 to 47 & 162;

Notes: This is Robert Kingdon born in Leeds who probably also enlisted in Leeds; There is a Robert Kingdon born in Leeds in 1898 but I find it hard to believe that this is our man as he would have only been 20 years old at the time of death & probably too young to have been a Corporal; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory Medals; This Soldier needs more research as insufficient data to follow up accurately; Death was reported in the Craven Herald;

Kingdon, Robert: Mariners Will in 1682; PROB 11/408;Notes: There are records of a Mariners Will for Robert Kingdon of Stepney Middlesex dated 1682; Richard Kingdon left all to his mother Alice Kingdon of Stepney; I believe that this Mariner was probably from Dartmouth in Devon originally, although I failed to identify him; In 1680 there was an interesting action in which the name of Robert Kingdome is mentioned. Apparently this is believed to be the Robert Kingdon who by his will proved 8 Sept 1682, left all to his mother Alice: “and for the confirmacon thereof doe at the sealing hereof give as livery & seazon into the hands of her my said loving mother one English peece of Coyne called by the name of sixpence.” A certain Gregory Sugar was Captain and part owner of the barque “Danby” bound from the port of London to Tangier, thence to Calio & Venice. The crew included Robert Kingdome, amongst others: Part of their pay was to be retained in the Captain’s hands until their return to London. They took cargo & a troop of soldiers to Tangier, discharged there and made for Venice. At Leghorne the defendants mutinied on the ground that the skipper was not paying their money, & they all deserted. Proceeding very shorthanded, the ship was attacked by Algerian pirates & owing to the absence of defendants, Captain Sugar could not defend his ship, so that it became a prize to the pirates & he barely escaped with his life. Returning overland, the defendants sued the Captain in HM Court at Westminster & “threatened to prosecute him to his utter ruine unlesse yr Orator will pay them such further wages and Sallarye as by mutuall contract & agreement were reserved in yr Orator’s hands till ye safe returne of ye Shippe as aforesaid .” The court was informed “Poor Captain Sugar is destitute, in consequence of the loss of his ship due to the mutiny & cannot pay them & unless their Lordships intervene he looks like ending his days in the Fleet prison”. I understand that the crew was eventually paid & that Captain Sugar went on to serve in the Royal Navy; (Probably the Brother of another Mariner from 1692, Richard Kingdon); Needs more research;

Kingdom, Robert: Royal Field Artillery No: 52860 Rank: Shoeing Smith 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1; Transferred from the Kingdom List; Notes: This is Robert Kingdon, born in 1875 in Frensham, Surrey, the son of Robert Kingdon, a Domestic Gardener, b.1835 in Chulmleigh, Devon & Mary Jane Seage(?) from Swansea, Wales, who Married in South Molton, Devon in 1860; In 1881 Census Robert Kingdon lived with his parents The Gardens, Millbridge, Frensham in Surrey; In 1891 young Robert Kingdon is a General Labourer living with his parents in Hooks Cottages, Frensham; (His Father Died in Farnham in 1895 & his Mother remarried to Albert Chuter in 1897 in Farnham); In 1901 Census Robert Kingdom is aged 26, is now a Farrier/Blacksmith & boarding at #32, Eagle Road, Stoke within Guildford, Surrey; Robert Kingdon Married Hannah Agnes Smith (b.1873 in Ferring, Sussex) in 1902 in East Preston, Sussex; In 1911 Census Robert & Hannah Agnes Kingdon lived at #29 Stoughton Terrace, Guildford & he was working as a Farrier; There are records calling this soldier Robert Kingdom & Kingdon, a Shoeing Smith Corporal in the Royal Field Artillery, he was a Farrier in civilian life who enlisted in London at the age of 39 as a Gunner on 07.11.1914 & served in France from 19.12.1914 with the 21st (R) Battery, RFA; Robert Kingdon was promoted to Corporal Shoeing Smith in January 1917, he served in France for 1 month, then in the Med. Expeditionary Force for 8 months, then in Salonica for 2 years & 11 months & was finally Transferred to the Class Z Army Reserve on 14.03.1919, his address is given as #29, Stoughton Terrace, Guildford, Surrey; On 24.04.1919 a Claim for Pension due to Malaria was rejected despite this soldier having been hospitalised 5 times since Autumn 1916 7 once having been invalided home to UK with Malaria; I believe that Robert Kingdon Died in Farnham, Surrey on 05.11.1940 Aged 65; Medals Card on file; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, H: Private #1901, 11th

Hussars, Light Camel Regiment, Egypt & Sudan, (1884 period);

Kingdon, Robert: Royal Air Force, AIR 79/853/94144; WW1;Notes: The Air Ministry, Airmen’s Records, AIR 79 has reference to a Robert Kingdon, serving with the Royal Air Force in the date range 01.01.1918 to 31.12.1928, however, there are no other records; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Robert: #31337, Royal Navy; ADM 139/314; (1860-1870 period);Notes: The Royal Navy Register of Seamen has #31337, Robert Kingdon, born 20.03.1838 in Bristol, having Volunteered for Service on 01.09.1856; I believe that this is probably Robert Kingdon b.1838 in Bristol, however, the birth date shown in the Royal Navy files may very well be incorrect as there were no Robert Kingdon births in Bristol area in 1837 or 1838 that match; He was the son of John Christopher Kingdon, a Wood Engraver b.1812 in London, & Mary Ann ?? from Alliford, Somerset, who Married ca.1836; In the 1841 Census Robert Kingdon lived with his parents in Square Lane, Bristol St Pauls; In 1851 Census Robert Kingdon is aged 14, an Errand Boy, living with his parents in Bristol, St Michaels; In 1861 Census Robert Kingdon is aged 24 & is an Ordinary Seaman serving onboard the 90 Gun ship ‘HMS Caesar’ off Corfu in the Mediterranean Sea; In 1871 Census Robert Kingdon is aged 35, still single, an Able Seaman serving onboard ‘HMS Danae’, stationed North America & the West Indies, positioned in Bermuda Dock at the time of Census; I failed to find any definite naval records for this sailor after this period; Needs more research;

Kingdom, Robert: Royal Navy & RNVR, Rank: Engineer Lieutenant Commander; ADM 196/132/50, ADM 337/122/21 & ADM 337/122/233, WW1;Notes: I believe that this is Robert Kingdon born on 29.12.1884 in East Budleigh, Devon, birth registered in 1885 in Exeter St Thomas, Devon; If I am correct, then he is the son of Robert Frank Kingdon, a Clerk of Works b.1852 in East Budleigh, Devon, & Ellen ?? who married in 1879; In the 1891 Census Robert Kingdon lived with his parents in Lower Budleigh; In the 1901 Census Robert Kingdon was a Boarding Student at Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon; He probably served in the Royal Navy from around 1910 through the WW1 as an Engineering Lieutenant; I failed to find him in the 1911 Census? I failed to find a Marriage for him but believe that he married a Mary ?? at some time? In 1916 I understand that Robert Kingdom was a Temporary Engineering Sub Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Reserve serving on the Yacht “Valhalla”, his seniority dates from 26.07.1916; On 05.02.1918 he was promoted to Engineering Lieutenant; Robert Kingdom served on board the Yacht “Valhalla II” in 1917 & the “Wallflower” in 1919; I believe that he retird in 1920 but may have continued serving with the RNVR/RNR until late 1928; Robert Kingdom was living at #7, Shooters Hill, London SE.18 in the 1940’s & Died in the Stone House Mental Hospital, in Cotton Lane, Dartford, Kent on 05.02.1948 Aged 63; Probate at his death was given for his wife Mary Kingdom; Awarded the Britsh & the Victory War Medals; Needs more research:

Kingdon, Robert: Book 1670, 1 Exeter Regiment Volume, Devon Militia for 1803;Notes: The Exeter Militia List for 1803 has reference to a Robert Kingdon, a Joiner who served in the Militia; Insufficient information to identify;

Kingdon, Robert Claude Hawker: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Second Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Second Lieutenant Robert Claude Hawker Kingdon, 123rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery who was Killed in Action & died age 27 on 19 April 1917, probably during the fierce fighting on Vimy Ridge; Son of Frank Hawker Kingdon and Jessie Kingdon, of Bridgerule Vicarage, Holsworthy, Devon. Remembered with honour Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont -St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France; His grave reference is VI.D.25;

Notes: This is Robert Claude Hawker Kingdon born 1890 in Bridgerule, son of Reverend Frank Hawker Kingdon b.1860 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire & Jessie Freyberg from Belgravia, London who married in 1886 in Richmond, Surrey; Robert C H Kingdon enlisted on 29.07.1916 I believe; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to 2Lt. Robert Claude Hawker Kingdon, RFA, #139210, ‘Dead’; His Will & Probate were administered in 1917 & he left a sum of 886 pounds to his Father Frank Hawker Kingdon; In 1891 & 1901 Robert C H Kingdon lived with his parents in the Vicarage in Bridgerule, Devon; In 1909 Robert Claude Hawker Kingdon was at Oxford University (Hertford) studying Mathematics, he also attended Charterhouse School in Godalming, Surrey; (His name is remembered with honour in the Charterhouse School Memorial Chapel); In 1911 Robert C.H. Kingdon was a 20 year old Student living with his Parents in the Vicarage in East Bridgerule, Holsworthy, Devon; Medals Card on file, awarded the British War & Victory Medals, which were sent to his Father at Bridgerule Vicarage in 1922: (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Frank Denys: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Second Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Brother of Bridget Mary Kingdon, Women’s Royal Air Force in 1918); (He was a Cousin of Kingdon, Michael Claude Hawker: #157876, Captain, MBE, Royal Army Medical Corps: WO 373/72/256; Served in Italy in WW2);

Kingdom, Robert G: #208295, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11; WW1; Also Recorded as: Kingdom, George Robert: #208295, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/23 – Records also have him as Kingdon? Transferred to the Kingdon List: Notes: This is George Robert Kingdon born 17.01.1886 in Holborn, London, one of 9 children, the son of Richard George Kingdon or George Richard Kingdon, a Printer, b.1861 in Holborn & Mary Ann Stoneman from Covent Garden, Strand, London who married on 18.04.1881 in Lambeth; George Robert Kingdon was Baptised in Holborn in the City of London on 21.02.1886; In the 1891 Census George Kingdon lives with his parents at #69 Mollinson Road, Battersea; On the 10.04.1893 George Robert Kingdom entered Cator Street School in Southwark, he had previously attended school in Clapham; The family were living at #59, Cator Street at that time; In the 1901 Census George Robert Kingdon lives with his parents in Camberwell & is a Print Machine Operator, (His Father Died in 1910 Aged 47); In the 1911 Census George Kingdom aged 25 lives with his Widowed Mother at #28, Cator Street, Camberwell, London, he is a Printer’s Assistant; I believe that he was married on 17.09.1911 to Emily Boyes from Sussex in North Peckham, they had one daughter, Ethel Agnes Kingdon born 17.05.1912 in Camberwell; Before the War he was a Machine Manager in London; Gunner George Robert Kingdom #208295 served with the 22nd Reserve Battery Royal Field Artillery & first joined for duty on 01.01.1916 in Camberwell & was Transferred to the Reserve on 25.02.1919; His Discharge address was given as #5A, Well Street, Albany Road, Camberwell, London; He was awarded the Military Medal according to his Pension Sheet in his records; He served in France from June 1917 until September 1918; He appears to have been Gassed in September 1918 in France, he also suffered from Rheumatism; He was initially treated in the 1st Australian Hospital in Rouen & then transferred to England to the Dundee Royal Infirmary; I believe that George Robert Kingdon Dies in London in 1948 Aged 63; Medals Card on file for award of the British War & Victory medals; ((He is the Brother of Kingdon, Richard: #2274, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Robert L: Royal Field Artillery No: 1887 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Also served as a Territorial Soldier T/74311 & #950914 London Brigade & #958174?; This is Robert Leonard Kingdon born 19.09.1898 in Lambeth, baptised 15.10.1898 in Lambeth St Mary Church, son of George Kingdon, (a Painter & later a Greengrocer & Fruiterer) b.1872 in Lambeth & Mary Ann Long b.1872 from Lambeth who married in Lambeth on 15.11.1891; In 1901 Census the family lived in #77, Vauxhall Street, Lambeth; The London School Records indicate Robert L Kingdon aged 3 years, attending Vauxhall Street School from 25.08.1902 until 27.08.1906 when he went on to the Boys School; In 1911 Census this family lives at #10, Dollar Street, Vauxhall, Kennington, Lambeth, London & Robert is a Schoolboy; Robert Leonard Kingdon Enlisted on 02.01.1915 for a term of 4 years as #1887 in the 5 th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; His address was then #125, Vauxhall Street, Kennington; Robert Leonard Kingdon obviously served overseas, was in France from 21.06.1916 until 14.11.1917 & may have been captured at some point; Driver Robert Leonard Kingdon was eventually Discharged from a Prisoner of War Camp on 11.03.1919 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) for Wounds he had received during his service, he is also on the Silver War Badge List & his discharge address was #125, Vauxhall Street, Kennington, London; I believe that he was awarded a pension having been wounded by gun shot on 05.11.1917 & also gas poisoned, captured & discharged from a Prisoner of War Camp as Surplus to Military Requirements having suffered impairment since joining the Service, (was this a German POW Camp or a UK POW Camp?); He had served a total of 4 years & 69 days; I believe that Robert Leonard Kingdon Marries Ruth Thring, (baptised 21.01.1903) from Lambeth in 1926 in Wandsworth & that he Died in Busbridge, Surrey on 28.12.1969 Aged 71; Awarded Silver War Badge #B330136; Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Alfred John: Royal Field Artillery No: 1788 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11);

Kingdon, Roger Audley: #2698, Private, 28th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force, WW1;Notes: There are more records contained in the Australian Military Files; This is Roger Audley Kingdon born 1889 in Nelson, New Zealand, the son of Roger William Wellesley Kingdon, a Solicitor, & Annie Evelyn Curtis, living in Fielding, Oroua, New Zealand; (His original family are from the Thorverton & Exeter, Devon, Kingdon line); His Father Died Aged 42 in 1903; Roger Audley Kingdon left New Zealand for Australia at an early age; This soldier enlisted & joined the Australian Army on 20.08.1915 at the age of 27 years, in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, his trade was a Miner; I believe that Roger Audley Kingdon served in Australia & embarked on ‘HMAT Ulysses’ on 02.11.1915 from Freemantle with the 6 th Reinforcements, 28th

Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade, probably serving at Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt until being sent to France on 14.10.1916 where he became sick for 3 months or more from 16.02.1917; I believe that this soldier was wounded in action on 04.10.1917 but was returned for duty 7 days later. (On the 27.01.1916 the newspaper ‘The Colonist’ had reported that his brother Sergeant Basil Kingdon had been visiting Nelson on final leave before being shipped to France & that he was the last of the 3 Kingdon Brothers to go to the Front; Both of his brothers were serving in Egypt in January 1916, one of which was Roger Audley Kingdon); It appears that he then absented himself from 26.01.1918 whilst on leave in England & was given 28 days detention; He was then Court Martialled in the Field in France & charged with Desertion, pleading Not Guilty on 24.06.1918 but he was eventually found to be Guilty of the lesser charge of Absence Without Leave & was awarded 90 days in jail for absenteeism whilst on leave in England; Roger Audley Kingdon was returned to Australia on the Troopship ‘Anchises’ on 10.04.1919 & finally discharged from the Army on 03.06.1919; I believe that Roger Audley Kingdon had Married Alice Maude Peffers in 1915 in Australia between his Military Enlistment & his being shipped overseas; In 1925 this family were Farming in Australia; In 1931 Roger Audley Kingdon was the Postmaster, living in Holyoake, Forrest, Western Australia; In 1949 he had Retired & was living in Canning, Western Australia; I understand that Roger Audley Kingdon Died on 11.10.1957 in Mandurah, Western Australia Aged 68; I should note here that one of his twin sons John Kingdon, born 1916, served in WW2 & Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War & was probably buried in Changi Military Cemetery in Singapore; Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, John Stewart: #23/473, Rifleman, ‘B’ Company, 1st New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, B: New Zealand Rifle Brigade No: 24/1915 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/24); (He was the Father of #WX15700, John Kingdon, A.I.F. 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry who died in 1943 in WW2); Could be researched further;

Kingdon, Roger: Surgeon, Canadian Militia; (1840’s period);Notes: There are Canadian Militia Records identifying a Roger Kingdon as the Surgeon serving with the 6th

Battalion, Peterborough Militia who was commissioned on 10.07.1847; I have no other information;

Kingdon, Roger: Mariner from Exeter, Will in 1704;Notes: The Kingdon Family Book records the 1704 Death & Burial in Exeter of Roger Kingdon, a Mariner; He has 2 Sisters Lany Cherity & Jane Collings & the Executors of his Will were Richard & Mary Kingdon, however, this is one of the Devon “Lost Wills” & I understand that it was made in 1704 but this date is not Probate; I have no other information;

Kingdon, Roger: Royal Engineers Rank: Lieutenant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;Notes: Served in France from 20.04.1918; Applied for medals on 25.11.1923, addresses given as #3, The Terrace, HM Dockyard, Devonport & Chesterfield House, Matlock, Derbyshire; This is Roger Kingdon born on 03.08.1891 in Blackheath, the son of Zachary Harris Kingdon, a Civil Service Electrical Engineer, b.1856 in Exeter & Florence Kate Brindley from Sheffield, Yorkshire who married on 24.07.1890 in Greenwich, Kent; In 1901 Roger Kingdon lived with his parents at #6, Belmont Hill in Lee, Lewisham, London; In the 1911 Census Roger Kingdon is aged 19, a Journalist Pupil at college & living with his parents at #5, Grimstone Villas, Plymouth; Roger Kingdon went to the City of London School & was a Journalist & Foreign Correspondent; I understand that he also served with the 28 th County of London Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), County of London Regiment (Territorial Force); His promotion from a Cadet with the Artists Rifles, Officer Training Corps to a Probationary 2nd Lieutenant with the Devon Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers was Gazetted on 09.08.1916, but this was later substituted with the rank of Private Roger Kingdon in a later London Gazette dated 09.11.1916; His promotion to Lieutenant is dated 10.02.1918; On 18.01.1922 the War Office Gazetted his promotion to Captain, Territorial Forces, Devon (Fortress) Engineers, Corps of Royal Engineers; I believe that he served with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front & in the Army of Occupation; I believe that Roger Kingdon worked for the British Council in many places in the World, including Cairo, Egypt, USA & Uruguay; Roger Kingdon may well have died on 21.05.1984 Aged 92 in Plymouth; Medals Card on file;Additional Information – This Officer’s Medals were on sale in 2012;Notes: Roger Kingdon was born on 3rd August 1891 in Greenwich, and had been educated at the distinguished City of London School, beginning his working career with the Western Morning News at Plymouth in 1908. Kingdon enlisted into the 28th Battalion, London Regiment - The Artists Rifles with the outbreak of the Great War and was latterly commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Royal Engineers seeing active service in France from 20th April 1918 and suffering from the effects of gas. Relinquishing his commission on the cessation of hostilities, Kingdon applied for the issue of his medals on 25th November 1923, at the time stating his address as H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, and also Chesterfield House, Matlock, Derbyshire. Between the end of the Great War and the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Kingdon went to lived in Barcelona, and in the session of 1936-1937 he enrolled as a student at the University College London Phonetics Department staying on for a further two years when appointed to its teaching staff. During the Second World War he was posted to the British Council being sent first to Romania, from where he moved to Cyprus and then to Asyet in Upper Egypt where most of his time between 1941 and 1945 was spent. One outcome of this was an interesting specimen of Sa'idi Arabic, which he furnished with indications of intonation. Kingdon's long series of publications on English language teaching and phonetics were to include specimens of the Tabascan and Zapoteco languages of Mexico to which country he was also posted by the British Council in 1945. The specimen of the latter language was, like the Egyptian one, accompanied by intonations, making them probably unique among the International Phonetic Association specimens of non-toneme languages. Although making his home chiefly in Mexico City, Kingdon also spent spells of a year or more at Montevideo in Uruguay, Bogota in Columbia, and in Santiago de Chile, before retiring to Mexico in 1951. He wrote many articles for the English Language Teaching Journal. From the mid 1960's to 1970's Kingdon was involved in extensive lexicographical work, and attributed anonymously to the pronunciations of all 24,000 entries to the 1965 edition of Michael West's International Readers Dictionary, and also worked on the drafts for the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. In later life he worked was a tutor on the University of London Summer Schools on English until the age of 78 when he finally retired due to heart problems. Kingdon died from heart complications when aged 92 on the 21st May 1984. He had remained remarkably active for one who had come out of the Great War with a pensionable lung condition. This additional information presented with his Medal sales in 2012; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, John F: Royal Army Medical Corps No: 434077 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (He was also the Brother of George Bodley Kingdon who served in the Royal Navy & the Royal Air Force from 1929 to 1940); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, William Stephen: Served in the Royal Air force in WW1, AIR 76/277); (This family originates from the Thorverton, Devon line of Kingdons);

Kingdon, Ronald Noel: 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) No: 6462880 Rank: Fusilier 1939-1945 – Died in WW2; Fusilier Ronald Noel Kingdon died on 18th April 1944; Remembered with Honour Sketty (Bethel) Welsh Congregational Chapelyard in Glamorganshire, Wales;

Notes: This is Ronald Noel Kingdon born in 1920 in Swansea, Wales, the son of Percival John Kingdon, b.13.04.1897 in Swansea & Jeannie Elizabeth Irvine, who Married in Carlisle, England in 1919; Awarded the 1939-45 Star & the 1939-45 War Medals; (He was the son of Kingdom, Percival John: #Z/1801, Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Royal Naval Reserve, Wales Division, WW1; ADM 337/86 & ADM 339/1);

Kingdon, Roy Raynor: #10/1873, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force; - Died in WW1; Private Roy Raynor Kingdon, #10/1873, Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. who died age 24 on 16 June 1915 in Gallipoli; Son of John Holman Kingdon and Elizabeth Jane Kingdon, of Wellington, New Zealand; Remembered with honour Shrapnel Valley Cemetery in Turkey;

Notes: The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight for Britain during World War 1. Upon the outbreak of war, New Zealand immediately offered to provide two brigades - one of infantry and one of mounted troops - a total of 8,500 men. This is Roy Raynor Kingdon a New Zealand citizen, born in 1892, he is the son of John Holman Kingdon who was a Lawyer & Secretary to the Treasury of the Seddon Government, & Elizabeth Jane Raynor; (Generally this Kingdon Family emigrated to New Zealand from Holsworthy/Exeter in England around the 1850’s); Private Roy Raynor Kingdon of the Wellington Infantry Battalion was in the 4th Body or Reinforcement Draft that sailed from Wellington, New Zealand to Suez, Egypt on 17.04.1915; He was about 24 years of age and lived for many years with his mother at Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand; For some three years he was engaged in farming pursuits in Western Australia and returned to New Zealand about 1914; Roy Raynor Kingdon’s Death, Killed in Action, was reported on 07.07.1915; A brother was serving with the Australian force; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Henry Rodney Robert: #429, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial & Expeditionary Force); I have no other records;

Notes: The foregoing information has been collected from records that are freely available on the Internet but the author does not guarantee that the expansion & identification of these records is accurate, but suggests that it should be used as a tool for further more detailed research of individual cases; It is intended as an additional aid tool, helping ancestry researchers to identify individuals named Kingdon or Kingdom who are recorded as having served in the Military Forces at any time or period in history;Peter Holden, roeschlinp@gmail.com