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KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (18^th May 2014)

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Kingdon, C: Room Steward, presumably serving with Royal Navy, Victorian Conflicts Lists;

Notes: There is a note for service in the Victorian Conflicts period for a C. Kingdon served as a “Room Steward” on board a ship named “Englishman”; None of this can be verified? The record has his birth year as 1895 in Cardiff but there are no C. Kingdon births in 1894, 1895 or early 1896 that match? The nearest possibility is an Ernest Clifford Kingdon born in the 4^th Q 1894 in Cardiff? I did not research any further;

Kingdon, C: Royal Navy, 1^st Class Boy, Ship’s Pay Book #19; Crimean War 1855;

Notes: I have a Medal Record from ADM 171/25 for Sailors who served on ‘HMS Swallow’ in the Crimean War (1854 to 1856) which indicates that 1^st Class Boy, C.G. Kingdon was present at the assault of Sebastopol; He was awarded the Sea of Azoff (Azov) Clasp; This Sailor needs more research to find out who he is;

Kingdon, C: Civilian Sailor, Mate;– ADM 171/133, WW1;

Notes: ADM 171/133 records the issue of medals to Civilian Personnel C. Kingdon, who was serving as Mate on board a vessel named ‘Isieford’ during WW1; I can find no references for this vessel? However, the medal issue records delivery to the Royal Naval Armament Depot, Lodge Hill in Chattenden, near Upnor in Kent; Awarded the British War Medal; Insufficient information to identify further;

Kingdon, C: #1421, Corporal, 19^th Regiment, Hussars; Anglo Egyptian War; WO 100/55;

Notes: It is my belief that the #1421 indicates enlistment before #2096, which was issued on 10.01.1881, & the fact that he was a Corporal in 1882 would indicate a much earlier date of birth than 1860? I have medal records for Corporal C. Kingdon, serving with the 19^th Regiment Hussars for service in the Anglo Egyptian War in 1882 & for having fought at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir on 13.09.1882, near Kassassin, Canal Zone, Egypt, (there were 374 of these medals issued to the 19^th Hussars); Originally the 19^th were raised in 1858 as the 1^st Bengal European Light Cavalry by the British East India Company for service in the Indian Mutiny, they became Light Dragoons in 1861 & were changed to Hussars in 1862 when they moved into the British Army; By 1885 this Regiment was known as the 19^th (Prince of Wales Own) Hussars; He was awarded the Egypt Medal & the Tal el Kebir Clasps; This Soldier needs more research to find out who he is;

Kingdon, C: #S188496, Private (Acting Corporal), Royal Army Service Corps; Persia & Iraq WW2;

Notes: Private C. Kingdon (Acting Corporal) is Mentioned in Dispatches for distinguished service whilst in Persia & Iraq during WW2; This event is contained on page 5578 of the London Gazette Supplement, Issue 36297, dated 23.12.1943; I have no other information; He was awarded the 1939-45 Star & War Medal; He was Mentioned in Dispatches for distinguished services in Persia & Iraq; Insufficient information to identify further;

Kingdon, Cecil C W: Midshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, 1920’s;

Notes: This is Cecil Charles Whitfield Kingdon born on 26.03.1903 in Medstead, Hampshire; He was the son of Arthur Kingdon b.1868 in Basingstoke & Mabel Whitfield from Birmingham who married in King’s Norton, Birmingham, Worcestershire in 1895; (His Grandfather was Thomas Maton Kingdon b.1835 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, an Ironmonger & wealthy businessman); (His Father died on 17.12.1903 at the age of 35); In the 1911 Census he lives with his Mother, a widow living on private means in The Lodge, Alresford, Hampshire; In July 1920 there is a reference to Cecil Charles Whitfield Kingdon being made a Probationary Midshipman with the Royal Naval Reserve as from 01.09.1919; I believe that Cecil C W Kingdon Married Gladys Mary Lines in 1926 in Alresford, Hampshire; In 1930 I have found an Electoral Registration for Cecil Charles Whitfield & Gladys Mary Kingdon for #118 New Street, Market Hall Ward, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, however, there is a note that their actual abode is #67, Paradise Lane, Sparkhill Ward, Moseley, Birmingham; Cecil Charles W Kingdon died in 1982 in Bexley, Greater London Aged 79; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Arthur G: #355507, Private, Hampshire Regiment, 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1); I researched no further;

Kingdon, C W: Royal Field Artillery No: 47983 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Also served as - Kingdon, Charlie Walter: #364586, Royal Navy, ADM 188/556, WW1;

Notes: Recorded for service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery, the Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery; Served in France from 04.09.1915 to 10.02.1917; This is Charles (Charlie) Walter Kingdon b.17.09.1889 in the Parish of Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire; This young man enlisted on 17.09.1907 at the age of 18 years in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; His Short Service Attestation Papers record that he was a Domestic by trade and had previously served in the Royal Navy but had been discharged as his services were no longer required; Further searches indicate that Charles Walter Kingdon had served as a Boy Domestic in the Royal Navy, #364586, from 01.02.1906 to 21.08.1907; He served on HMS Victory 01.02.1906 to 01.09.1906; HMS Latona from 20.09.1906 to 06.05.1907; HMS Amethyst from 07.05.1907 to 19.08.1907; HMS Albermarle from 20.08.1907 to 21.08.1907 but on shore; He was the son of James George Kingdon, a Royal Navy Seaman, b.1837 in Portsmouth & his 2^nd wife Elizabeth Male who married in 1877 in Portsea, Portsmouth; In 1891 Charles Walter Kingdon lived in #32, Alver Road, Portsmouth with his parents; In 1901 he was living in Ethel Road, Portsmouth with his parents, I note that the family also had a 1 year old Nurse Child, Annie Nye from Woking in Surrey living with them; In 1911 Census Charles Walter Kingdon was a Gunner serving away from his Command HQ in Jubbulpore in India with the 83^rd Battery Royal Field Artillery; During his Army Service with the Royal Field Artillery Charles Walter Kingdon married Mildred Annie Mary Aldworth on 12.04.1915 in West Hundred, Steventon, Berkshire; His wife was born in 1894 in Berkshire; His Service Records show that he was on the ‘B’ Reserve from the date of enlistment until 19.11.1907, with service up to 03.02.1914 where he was again placed on the Reserve & until he was Mobilised on 06.08.1914; On 03.02.1914 he gave his address as #6, Ethel Road, Portsmouth & his trade as Pawnbroker’s Assistant; He was again on the ‘B’ Reserve on 07.03.1919 & finally Discharged from the 3/5 Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery on 16.09.1919 after 12 years service; Upon discharge he gave his occupation before enlistment as ‘Rancher’ & his intended address as #28,Summerville Road, New Cross, London, SE14; I believe that he served in India & France & that he was wounded in Salonika on 12.09.1916 with gun shot wounds to his buttock & forearm; He was transferred to England via Malta at that time, suffering from Malaria as well; One of his record papers identifies that he had 4 brothers all serving in the Royal Navy, James John, William George, Harry & Edward Arthur Kingdon; Medals Card on file; His MIC Card has his son as M.V. Winton, PO Box 134, Viceroy, Saskatchewan, Canada but I could not link them; (After further research I believe that Charlie Walter Kingdon was the Brother of James John Kingdon, a Coast Guard Petty Officer #PO/128972 who Died in WW1 aboard ‘HMS India’ on 08.08.1915 off Norway); (He was also the Brother of Kingdon, Edward Arthur: #220316 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy who served in WW1); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Harry: #208949 Leading Seaman, Royal Navy); (Also the Brother of Kingdon, William George: Petty Officer 1^st Class, #155575, Royal Navy); (He was the Son of #40040 James George Kingdon, who served in the Royal Navy from 01.07.1853);

Kingdon, Cecil James: #1703 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery; WW1;

Notes: This is Cecil James Kingdon born 27.01.1900 in Islington/Clapham, he was the son of Henry (Harry) Kingdon, a Fitter b.1866 in Stepney & Sarah (Sally) Chown, (b.1870 Kilburn), who Married in 1894 in Lambeth; In the 1901 Census Cecil Kingdon is aged 1 & living with his parents at #136, Hornsey Park Road, Wood Green, Middlesex; In the 1911 Census record Cecil James Kingdon is aged 11, living with his parents at #12, Luxor Street, Camberwell; Cecil James Kingdon Enlisted in the Army in 1915 but made a false statement regarding his age; He tried to enlist on 22.09.1915 claiming to be 19 years of age & was initially accepted; He was in service with the 138^th Hampstead Brigade for 284 days before being found out & was subsequently discharged at Cambridge Barracks, Woolwich, under King’s Regulations Para 392 (vi) on 01.07.1916; At his discharge time he stated that he intended to live in Islington and work as a Clerk, he was aged 16 Years & 157 days at that time; His address was #5, Rheidol Terrace, Islington; (See new notes below);

Kingdon, Cecil James: #15621 Gunner, 2^nd Class, Royal Marine Artillery; ADM 159/91; WW1;

New Notes; Further research reveals that Cecil James Kingdon later successfully enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery, as part of his Continuous Service on 07.05.1917; There is also a record for Cecil James Kingdon, Gunner 2^nd Class with a Royal Marine Artillery number of #15621 who was awarded the British War Medal; This record confirms that this is the same soldier as it gives his date of birth as 27^th January 1900 & his date of Enlistment as 07.05.1917; Subsequently we can assume that he served for the duration of WW1? I believe that after the war he went to Hong Kong at some time as there are numerous trips back to UK via ship, in 1927 he was a ‘Warder’ & travelled from Hong Kong with Una Maud Kingdon aged 20, who was probably his wife; (Did they marry in Hong Kong & was her name Una Maud Falla?); in 1934 he was a Warder travelling from Hong Kong with a 5 year old Louis F Kingdon, & I also note that Una Maud Kingdon, aged 26 & a 3 year old Marcel Harry Kingdon, both resident in Hong Kong also travelled to the UK in May 1934; (It appears that they travelled on different ships); I believe that they may have lived in the London area in 1935 as they had a daughter born in Islington in that year & she travelled with them in 1937 from Hong Kong on a visit to the Channel Islands; In 1939 he is a Warder coming from Hong Kong; in 1946 he is a Warder coming from Sydney, Australia; In 1947 he came from Hong Kong & is recorded as a Government Official going to stay at #69, Tottenham Lane, Hornsey, London, he is aged 47; In 1951 to 1964 I found Cecil J & Una M Kingdon living at #44, Strathleven Road, Brixton, Lambeth, London, Middlesex, England; At some stage between 1965 & 1976 Cecil James & Una Maud Kingdon returned to Australia; Ancestry Public Trees on the internet have Cecil James Kingdon’s Death in 1970 in Australia but I have yet to be convinced of this as I have a record of Cecil James & Una Maud Kingdon living at #8, Campbell Street, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia in 1977 & in 1980; For his WW1 Service he was awarded the British War Medal; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Henry Maurice: #J14253, Able Seaman, Royal Navy; ADM 188/675); (He was the Father of #36141 Louis Francis Edward Kingdon (born 03.01.1929 Hong Kong), Australian Navy in WW2);

Kingdom, Charles: Royal Engineers No: 172009 Rank: Driver 1914-1920 WO 372/11; Transferred from the Kingdom List;

Notes: (I believe that this is more likely to be Charles Kingdon when I researched looking for suitable candidates); This is probably Charles William Kingdon b.1883 in Dawlish, Devon; If I am correct then he was the son of William Kingdon, a Gardener b.1852 in Silverton, Devon & Mary Ann Routley from Sowton, Devon, who Married in 1882 in Exeter St Thomas; In the 1891 Census Charles W. Kingdon lives with his parents in #8, Brook Street, Dawlish, Devon; In the 1901 Census he is 17 years old, working as an Apprentice Carpenter & living with his parents in Manor Row, East Dawlish; Unfortunately I failed to find this man in the 1911 Census? With two brothers serving in the Royal Engineers I have assumed that Charles Kingdon is part of this family; Medals Card on file for the Victory & British War Medals; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick R: #286416, Sapper, Royal Engineers 1914-1920 WO 372/11 who Died in WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Arthur G: #T6886, Sapper, Royal Engineers, 1914-1920 WO 372/11); Needs more research;

Kingdon, Charles: Royal Field Artillery No: 151312 Rank: Gunner 1914-1920 WO 372/11; 21^st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in India, WO 100/13/469; WW1 & Afghanistan 1919;

Notes: This is Charles (Char) Henry Kingdon born in 1891 in Barnstaple, the son of Charles Walter Kingdon, a Coal Porter & Mason, b.1861 in South Molton, Devon (illegitimate son of Eliza Kingdon from Knowstone who eventually married James Richards a Blacksmith from Pilton) & Mary Jane ?? from Barnstaple who married in 1887 in Barnstaple; In the 1901 Census Charles lived with his parents in #3, Allen’s Court, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple; In 1911 the family lived at the same address but I did not find Charles Kingdon, however, this family had 11 children with only 7 surviving in 1911; However, there is a Charles Kingdon aged 20, boarding with his brother Frederick Kingdon aged 13, with a middle aged widow in Allen’s Court, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple, he is a Grocer’s Shop Assistant; This young man enlisted in 1915 in Barnstaple, Devon, at the age of 24 years & 153 days & was a Provision Manager living at #3, Market Street, Ilfracombe, Devon; He gave his Next of Kin as his Father, Charles Walter Kingdon living in Litchdon Street, Barnstaple; He was placed in the Army Reserve until being Mobilised on 09.07.1916 & posted to ‘E’ Battery, Royal Field Artillery; I believe that Gunner Charles Kingdon may have been wounded or sick at some point in his service as he was in the British Station Hospital in Hyderabad, Sind; He embarked for UK from India on 20.04.1920; Further research indicates that he did not actually join D/69 Brigade in the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force as he was invalided to India with Dysentery on 08.12.1917; I believe that he served with the 21^st Brigade Royal Field Artillery in Afghanistan, on the North West Frontier in 1919; In October & November 1919 he appears to have suffered from Para Typhoid Fever in Alexandria but was fully recovered by mid December; Just prior to discharge he spent 1 month in the Colaba War Hospital in Bombay with an advanced case of Gonorrhea which he contracted in India, & was transferred to England, invalided home from the Port of Alexandria on 23.06.1920 onboard the ‘HMAT Varcova’; Gunner Charles Kingdon served with the #3 Depot, Royal Field Artillery in Hilsea at the time of Discharge on 16^th August 1920 & gave his permanent address as #14, Litchdon Street, Barnstaple; Unfortunately many of his service documents are unreadable; Only one late 1920 record has him as Gunner Charles H Kingdon; I believe that Charles Henry Kingdon died an unmarried man in Barnstaple on 30.01.1936, Aged 43 & is buried in Holy Trinity Church graveyard in Barnstaple with his sister Blanche Kingdon; He was awarded the India General Service Medal 1908 with Clasp inscribed “Afghanistan, North-West Frontier, 1919” under the provisions of Army Order No. 223, dated 3^rd June 1920, Medal Roll on file; Medals Card on file for award of the Afghan Clasp, the Victory & the British War Medals; (Probably the Brother of Kingdon, Frederick: #23742, Private, 13^th Works Battalion, Devonshire Regiment);
Kingdon, Charles & Kingdom, Charles: Private, #PLY/16665 & Corporal, #PLY/16666, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/159; NOTE: These are 2 separate People;

Notes: I have searched for suitable Charles Kingdon & Charles Kingdom who were born on the dates indicated in the RMLI Records but did not find any possibilities over a 4 year period either side of the dates given?

The ADM records have a Charles Kingdon, #16665 born on 21.12.1894 who Enlisted in the RMLI Plymouth Division on 20.04.1914, WW1;

The ADM records have a Charles Kingdom, #16666 born on 31.12.1896 who also Enlisted in the RMLI Plymouth Division on 20.04.1914, WW1;

A search of the 1901 & 1911 Census records does not reveal any suitable Charles Kingdon/Kingdom either? The records also indicate that both men with #16665 & #16666 served with the Plymouth Battalion at Antwerp & Dunkirk in 1914? #16665 was recorded as a Private, “Error on Roll – also entitled to the Clasp for Antwerp 1914, Clasp not issued/claimed & Discharged to Pension”? #16666 was recorded as a Corporal who was “Discharged with Bonus on Reduction”?

Follow up research – ADM 171/169 also confirms this #PLY 16665 Private Chas. Kingdon’s medal awards & also indicates that he served on board ‘HMS Bellerophon’ on 07.02.1919 & at the R.M.B. Plymouth when his medals were awarded; I believe that he may have been serving on the Aircraft Carrier ‘HMS Eagle’ in 1929; Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory & British War Medals; On 25.07.1929 he was issued with the Royal Navy Long Service & good Conduct Medal;

Follow up research – ADM 171/169 confirms this #PLY 16666 Corporal Chas. Kingdom’s medal awards & also indicates that he served on board ‘HMS Suffolk’ & ‘HMS Cambrian’ when his medals were awarded; It appears that #16666 was also a Sergeant when he served on ‘HMS Suffolk’ on 04.08.1919; Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory & British War Medals; Needs more research to identify these two long serving Marines?

Kingdon, Charles: #328882 Private, 60^th Overseas Battery Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, WW1;

Notes: This soldier also served with the 15^th O/S Brigade C.F.A.; This is Charles Kingdon born 12.02.1890 in Penarth, South Wales, United Kingdom; He is the son of William Kingdon b.02.03.1861 in Meshaw, Devon, England & Elizabeth Stanmore Lovell from Penarth who Married in Cardiff, Wales in 1882; In 1891 Census Charles Kingdon lives with his parents at #39, Evans Street, Merthyr Dovan in Glamorgan, Wales; In 1901 Census Charles’s Mother has died & he lives with his Widower Father & his Grandmother, (who was a widow & had married again to a Dock Labourer called Thomas Bath), at #39, Regent Street in Merthyr Dovan in Barry, Glamorgan; In 1911 Census Charles Kingdon is living with his Father at the same address, is aged 21 & a Crane Driver for the Railway; Charles Kingdon then emigrated to Canada on board the ‘SS Victorian’ arriving in Halifax on 23.04.1911 & heading towards Regina, Saskatchewan; Charles Kingdon was then enlisted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 20.03.1916 at the age of 26 years; He was working as a Dominion Civil Service Clerk for the Post Office at that time, living at #2059, McTavish or McParrish Street, Regina, Saskatchewan & was sent to Camp Petewawa; I believe that by this stage Charles may have already been a Canadian Citizen; I believe that he returned to Regina, Canada after the War & became the Post Master there until he joined the Great Ford Co. where he became a Director; He had served in WW1 with members of the Ford family; Follow up research indicates that Signaller C. Kingdon of the 60^th CFA Unit was invalided back to Canada in 1919 on board the R.M.S. ‘Royal George’ suffering from Jaundice & Catarrh; I did not research further;

Kingdon, Charles: Royal Welsh Fusiliers No: 47296 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Records are for #47296 Private Charles Kingdon 3^rd Garrison, Welsh Regiment; Charles Kingdon Enlisted on 04.08.1915 in Barry at the Age of 39 years, having previously served for 14 years in the Royal Garrison Artillery but no records of this have survived; He was initially given #38801 with the Welsh Regiment but this is crossed out & #47296 with the 4^th Garrison Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers inserted; Private Charles Kingdon was Discharged 01.10.1916 under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) as being no longer Physically fit for War Service; It would appear that he was struck off Battalion strength when they departed for overseas service and he was left in Hospital on 06.06.1916 suffering from severe Rheumatism; At the time of his discharge in Shrewsbury he was aged 40 years & 3 months, therefore born ca.1876 & had served for 1 year & 59 days; He gives his trade as Labourer & his address as #17, Quarella Street, Cadoxton, Barry, near Cardiff, Wales (he did not live there in 1911 Census but the resident, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter was recorded as being his friend); Further research indicates that he may well have been Charles Kingdon born as early as 1872 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, who was a Dock Labourer & Boarder at #39, Daniel Street, Cadoxton in 1911 Census & is recorded as being single; His Chelsea Pension reference number was 65703E I believe but his name does not appear on any of my lists; Based on the foregoing I researched Charles Kingdon born 1872/1876 in Bristol but unfortunately nothing became obvious; I did find him in 1901 Census as a Navvy, boarding in Barry, Glamorgan, aged 29; Searching further back in 1891 I think that I found him again as a 20 year old Labourer staying with his Uncle & Aunt Alfred Aldridge at #1, Kenilworth Road, Cadoxton Juxta Barry, next to Quarella Street; He was awarded the Silver War Badge #B154009; No Medals awarded but Records Card is on file; This needs further research as I may have mixed up my Charles Kingdons;

Kingdon, Charles: Grenadier Guards No: 28483 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Records say he was Charles Kingdom #28483; This is Charles Kingdon born in 1888 in Bishops Nympton, Devon, the son of John Kingdon b.1852 in Romansleigh & Mary Ann Lock from Bishops Nympton, married in Bishops Nympton in 1873; In 1891 Charles Kingdon lived with parents at Knowles Downs, Bishops Nympton; In 1901 Census he was a 13 year old Farm Servant or a Horse Teamster at Cross Farm or Combesland in Bishops Nympton, (some confusion as there are more than one Charles Kingdoms/Kingdons of similar ages in this area in 1901); In 1911 Census Charles Kingdon was a Waggoner on Hondre Owen Farm, Llanharan, Pontyclin, Glamorgan, Wales; His attestation papers indicate that he was a 27 year old Farm Labourer on Hondre Owen Farm, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales when he enlisted on 10.12.1915 & he also gave his next of kin as Mary Kingdom, Mother, living at Pool Cott, Bishops Nympton where the family lived in 1911 Census; He enlisted on 10.12.1915, Army Reserve 11.12.1915 & mobilised in Caterham, with the Grenadier Guards on 09.12.1916; He served at Home & was sent to France on 30.12.1917 until 14.09.1918, returning to continue Home Service; He was demobilised & sent to Reserve on 11.12.1919 and finally discharged on 01.03.1920; Medals Card on file; (He is the younger brother of William Kingdom who also served in WW1 as #19131 Devonshires & #P13292 Military Foot Police); (I believe that another Brother, John Kingdon born 1880/82 in Bishops Nympton served in the 2^nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at the Battle of Colenso in the Boer War); (He is also the brother of Bertram Kingdon who served in WW1 #4/122407 Army Service Corps & #41026 Gloucestershires & #5881 Leinster Regiment;