C and d kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Kingdon, Charles Ford: New Zealand, 2^nd Division Reservist, 1917, WW1;

Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1, but he is recorded as a Class E Reservist in the 2^nd Division in 1917; Class E indicates that at that time he was Married with at least 4 children, living & Farming at Ryal Bush, Southland Provincial District; This is Charles Ford Kingdon b.1878 in New Zealand, the son of Josiah Stephens Kingdon, b.1842 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England & Catherine Johnson who Married in 1868 in New Zealand; I understand that Charles Ford Kingdon Married Grace Wilcox in 1901 & continued Farming in Ryal Bush, Awarua, Southland through to 1919; In the 1928 Canterbury Rolls Charles & Grace Kingdon lived at #35, Lincoln road, Riccarton, Canterbury but were also recorded in Burnham, Kaiapoi, Canterbury for the same year; From 1935 to 1946 they are recorded in Hawthornden Road, Riccarton & Selwyn, Canterbury; I believe that they had at least 5 children between 1902 & 1912; Grace Kingdon died in 1948 Aged 75 & Charles Ford Kingdon died in 1950 Aged 72; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, George: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Albert John: New Zealand, 1st Division Reservist, 1916 WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, James Alexander: #41577, ‘F’ Company, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army, WW1); (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Stanley Craig: #8/3828, 2^nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Army, WW1);

Kingdon, Charles Frederick: #31691 Continuous Service Royal Navy, 1856 – 1860’s; ADM 139/317;

Notes: This is Charles Frederick Kingdon born 20.06.1842 in Plymouth, he was the son of William George Kingdon, an Independent person b.ca.1797 (probably in Plymouth) & Ann Webb (b.1806) from Worcester, Worcestershire, who Married on 27.08.1824 in Worcester, England; Charles's Father William Kingdon Died in Plymouth either in 1846 or 1849 as Charles Kingdon aged 9 lived with his Widowed Mother in #7, Victorian Street, Plymouth in the 1851 Census; Charles Frederick Kingdon Volunteered for the Royal Navy on 30.09.1856 at the age of 14 years; In the 1861 Census he is serving as an Ordinary 2^nd Class Seaman on board ‘HMS Nile’ which was undergoing steam trials at Plymouth in April of that year, having just been converted to screw power; I believe that Charles Frederick Kingdon Married Maria Griffiths Lamprell (b.1845, Edmonton, Enfield) in Shoreditch in 1863; In 1871 Census I have Charles F & Maria Kingdon living in Strattondale Street, Mile End Old Town, London, Charles is a Labourer; In the 1881 Census Charles & Maria ‘Kingston’ (corrected to Kingdon) still live at #16, Strattondale Street in Poplar, London, Charles is a Weigher at the Docks; In 1891 Census Chas Fred & Maria Griffiths Kingdon still live at #16, Strattondale Street in Poplar, the house is now a Sweet Shop & Charles works at Millwall Docks as a Sampler; in 1901 Census Charles Kingdon still lives at #16, Strattondale Street in Poplar & is Dock Sampler, his wife Maria G. Kingdon is a Sick Nurse visiting an Edmunds Family at #68, Satterley Street in Limehouse, London (I do not think they were related); In the 1911 Census Charles & Maria Kingdon live at #35, Strattondale Street, Poplar, he is a Waterman at the Docks; I believe that Charles F Kingdom Died in 1920, Aged 78, in Poplar & his wife Maria Griffiths Kingdom in 1928 Aged 85;

Kingdon, Charles H: London Regiment No: 4950 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: Private Charles H Kingdon served with the 6^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (City of London Rifles) & his regimental number would indicate an enlistment date of between 09.09.1915 & 27.10.1915; This soldier also served in the Machine Gun Corps as #119397; This is likely to be Charles Henry Kingdon born in 1898 in Pimlico, (St George, Hanover Square, London), the son of Henry Kingdon, a Printing Ink Maker, b.1874 in Stepney & Edith Margaret Anderson b.1874 from Grosvenor Square who married in 1896 in St George, Hanover Square, London; In 1901 Census I believe that the family lived in East Ham; I believe that Henry Kingdon was admitted to Pocock Street School in Southwark at the age of 5, the school records have his Father’s name as John(?); In 1911 Census Charles Henry Kingdon lives with his parents at #46, Zoar Street, Southwark in London; A search of records indicates that Charles Henry Kingdon Married Ellen Hephzibah Day on 30.07.1921 in Kingsway Holy Trinity Church in Camden, Charles was a Warehouse Man at the time, (as was his Father) & aged 23; I believe that Charles Henry Kingdon Died in the 1^st Q 1936 in Bromley, Kent, Aged 38, purely based on his being from Kent, & the assumption that he enlisted to serve in a London Regiment at the age of 18 years; I believe that his wife (b.19.04.1899) died aged 88 in Southwark in 1988; Medals Card on file;

Kingdon, Charles H: Coldstream Guards No: 5487 Rank: Sergeant 1914-1920 WO 372/11 – Died in WW1; Sergeant Charles Henry Kingdon, #5487, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, died age 30 on 14^th September 1914; Husband of Elizabeth Kingdon, of 26, Water St., Llanllechid, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. Remembered with honour La Ferte-Sous- Jouarre Memorial, on the south bank of the River Marne, 66 Kms east of Paris, France; This WW1 Memorial commemorates soldiers who died in August, September & the early part of October 1914 & who have no known grave & is also known as ‘The Memorial to the Missing of Marne’;



Notes: This is Charles Henry Kingdon born 1883 in Barnstaple, Devon; Charles Henry Kingdon’s regimental number of #5487 would indicate that he enlisted after the Coldstream Guards started a new number series from 1 in 1895, probably between 01.01.1904 & 03.01.1905, according to the Coldstream Guards numbering sequences; In 1914 the 1^st Battalion were stationed in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, as part of 1^st (Guards) Brigade, 1^st Division & were mobilised for war, landing in France on 26.08.1914, where they immediately engaged in various actions on the Western Front; I would suggest that Sergeant Charles H Kingdon died in the The First Battle of the Aisne, fought from 13^th September to 28^th September 1914; (This was the Allied follow-up offensive against the Germans as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne, the ‘Miracle of the Marne’, which not only saved Paris from German occupation but forced combatants into the trench warfare that characterised WW1); (The French Army used fleets of Paris Taxicabs to ferry reserve troops to the front; The French lost over 250,000 men, the British lost over 12,700 men during the Marne battle & over 13,500 in the Aisne battle); Charles Henry Kingdon was the son of James Kingdon, a labourer with many occupations, b.1849 in West Buckland, Devon & Mary Whitefield from Swimbridge, Devon, who married in South Molton, Devon in 1874; In the 1891 Census Charles Kingdom is aged 7 & living with his parents at #7, Congrams Row, Barnstaple, Devon, his father is a Chemist’s Porter; Thanks to hints from ‘Old Sweats’ on the Great War Forum, it appears that Charles Henry Kingdon #3812, joined the (1^st Devon Militia) 4^th Battalion, Devon Regiment in 1899 but had purchased his discharge quite quickly; (In 1899 the 4^th Battalion were training in a Camp at Honiton on the Exeter Road, in 1901 they were training in the Camp at Barnstaple, Devon); In the 1901 Census Charles Kingdom is recorded as a 17 year old Barman living with his parents at #2 Haddington Road North, Devonport, Devon, his father is a General Labourer; It also transpires that Charles Kingdon then attested for the Devon Artillery (Westerrn Division), a Militia Unit of the Royal Garrison Artillery, on 12.06.1901; (I believe that this unit were at the Topsham Artillery Barracks in 1901); Charles Kingdon, #1941, once again purchased his discharge, this time in August 1902 from the Royal Garrison Artillery; It would appear that this man then enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in 1904 in Plymouth, as we find Charles Kingdon, now aged 27, serving as a single Lance Sergeant in Victoria Barracks, New Windsor, Berkshire, (however, this record gives his place of birth as Compton in Devon, which is obviously an error); (In the 1911 Census his parents live at #3, Park Terrace, Compton, Plymouth, Devon, his father is a Boot Preparer); Charles Henry Kingdon probably married Elizabeth Jones in 1912 in Dublin, Eire whilst still serving in the Coldstream Guards, but I have no idea why he would have been in Ireland at that time; At the time of his death the CWGC Records indicate that his wife, Elizabeth Kingdon, lived in Llanllechid, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales & that Charles Henry Kingdon resided in Betws-y-coed, Carnarvenshire, North Wales; Medals Card on file for the award of the Victory & British War Medals; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Ambrose: Royal Engineers No: 182909 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1, who died of TB in 1918); Needs a little more research;

Kingdon, Charles Henry: United States, Registration Card for WW1;

Notes: I do not believe that this man actually served in WW1; This is Charles Henry Kingdon b. 12.04.1877 in North Molton, Devon, England, the son of John Kingdon Kingdon, an Agricultural Labourer b.1841 in Charles, Devon, England & Ann Hoil who Married in 1861 in North Molton, Devon, England; This family emigrated to Massachusets in the USA in 1883 & became naturalised citizens; Charles Henry Kingdon was naturalised in 1890, he worked as a Meat Cutter, a Farmer & later a Milk Dealer along with his brother Fred Kingdon; Charles Henry Kingdon Married Isabella M Wood in Barnstable, Massachusetts on 05.11.1901; on 12.09.1918 Charles Henry Kingdon registered for WW1 Service with the US Army in Auburn but his record card indicates that he only had one good eye, he was blind in the other; By 1920 Charles Henry Kingdon was a Widower living in the Town of Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts with his 3 children; In 1930 he was a Dairy Manager living in Thayer Avenue, Auburn, Worcester; Charles Henry Kingdon Died in Auburn in 1938; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Fred: United States Registration Cards for both W1 & WW2);

Kingdon, Charles Llewellyn: S.A. 1667, Skipper, Merchant Marine, Royal Naval Trawlers & Auxiliary Small Craft, Royal Naval Reserve in WW1; Ref. BT 377/7/98564;

Notes: This is Charles Llewellyn Kingdon b.1879 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire; He was the son of William Kingdon, a Shipwright b.1834 in Bristol, & Elizabeth Morgan b.1840 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, who Married in 1858 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; [Charles Llewellyn Kingdon was a brother of Elsie Maria Kingdon who married Elias James Leach in Bristol & was the Mother of Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach)]; In 1881 Census Charles Kingdon was aged 2 & lived with his parents at #3, Poor House Steps, Hotwell Road, Clifton, Bristol; I believe his father died in early 1891 & coming from a very large family, Charles Llewellyn Kingdon was placed in the National Nautical School Training Ship “Formidable”, moored at Portishead in the Bristol Channel; (Interesting to note that of the 3,700 boys discharged from the ‘Formidable’ between 1869 & 1909, 2,312 of them went into the Merchant Service & 192 into the Royal Navy); In the 1891 Census Charles Llewellyn is recorded as a 12 year old onboard “Formidable” & effectively a Scholar ‘under detention’ until the age of 16 years; In the 1901 Census Charles Kingdom is found as a Boarder living in Green’s Court, Brixham, Devon, he is a 22 year old Fisherman, living next door to a Brixham fishing family named Seaward who were probably related to his future wife); In early 1901 Charles Llewellyn Kingdon Married Jessie Seaward in Brixham, Devon; In the 1911 Census Jessie Kingdon & 4 children are living in #4, St Peter’s Terrace, Brixham, I assume that Charles Llewellyn Kingdon is away at sea fishing; I have for the Royal Naval Reserve during WW1 & in October 1916 he is recorded in the Royal Naval Reserve as #S.A. 1667, a Temporary Skipper with Seniority since 02.06.1916 & serving on the Auxiliary Small Craft “Tettenhall”; The “Tettenhall” was a Navy Trawler commissioned on 02.06.1916 which was sunk by a German U-Boat UC14, off Lowestoft on 23.05.1917; The records indicate that all 6 crew were killed but I find this hard to believe when Charles Llewellyn Kingdon, the Skipper, continued to serve in the RNR until at least 1919? In August 1917 he is still Royal Naval Reserve but not assigned to any vessel; In January 1919 Charles Llewellyn Kingdon is Skipper of the trawler “Warbler”; I understand from the records that Charles Llewellyn & Jessie Kingdon probably settled in Woolwich, Kent & lived at #22, Sand Street, Newnham, Woolwich which eventually became a Fish & Chip Shop for many years, later run by their son Charles Llewellyn (b.1904 Woolwich) & his wife Doris Blanche Kingdon; Charles Llewellyn & Jessie Kingdon lived at #22, Sand Street, Woolwich until 1930 & then moved to #21, Crescent Road, Plumstead, Woolwich, London, Kent; Charles Llewellyn Kingdon died on 21.07.1938 in Plumstead aged 59 & his wife Jessie Kingdon died on 27.12.1944 Aged 64, also in Plumstead, Woolwich; (He is the Father of Charles Llewellyn Kingdon who served in WW2);

Kingdon, Charles Llewellyn: Called up & served in 1939-1945 WW2;

Notes: This is Charles Llewellyn Kingdon b.01.05.1904 in Brixham, Devon, the son of Charles Llewellyn Kingdon, a Fisherman, b.1879 in Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire & Jessie Seaward, b.1881 in Brixham, who Married in 1901 in Brixham, Devon; In the 1911 Census Charles lives with his Mother, (Father at sea), at #4, St Peter’s Terrace, Brixham, Devon, he is aged 6; In 1926 the family lived at #22, Sand Street, Newnham, Woolwich in London; Charles L Kingdon Married Doris (Doll) Blanche Backhouse in 1929 in Woolwich, (she was born 19.04.1906 in Woolwich); In 1933 Charles Llewellyn & Doris blanche Kingdon lived at #37, Silvermere Road, Catford, Lewisham but moved back to #22, Sand Street in 1934 when his parents moved out, where they ran a Fish & Chip Shop located on the corner of Sand Street & Oak Street; During WW2 Charles Llewellyn Kingdon was called up for WW2 Service & the Fish Shop was closed until his demobilisation at the end of the War; They re-opened & continued to run a very successful business until the mid 1960’s; I believe that Doris Blanche Kingdon Died in Guys Hospital, London on 06.07.1972, Aged 66 & Charles Llewellyn Kingdon in 1975 in Greenwich, he was aged 71; Needs more research on his military records for WW2; (He is the Son of Charles Llewellyn Kingdon, #S.A. 1667, Skipper, Merchant Marine, Royal Naval Trawlers & Auxiliary Small Craft, Royal Naval Reserve in WW1; Ref. BT 377/7/98564, who served in WW1);

Kingdon, Charles Oliver: #6878, Corporal, Royal Army Pay Corps, WW1;

Notes: This is Charles Oliver Kingdon born in 1878 in St. Pancras London, the son of John Kingdon b.1835 South Molton, Devon & 2^nd Wife Matilda ‘Tilly’ Knight Count from Nottinghamshire who married in Newark in November 1875, (John Kingdon’s 1^st wife Elizabeth Case died in 1875); In 1881, 1891 & 1901 Censuses Charles O. Kingdon is aged 3, 13 & 23 years respectively & lived with his parents at #32 Hastings Street, St Pancras, he is a House Painter in 1901; Charles Oliver Kingdon Married Florence Tilbury from St Pancras, in St Pancras in 1901; In 1911 Census Charles Oliver & Florence live at #2, Chesterfield Street, Kings Cross, London WC & he is a House Painter, records say they have been married for 9 years with no children; His original Army documents indicate that he was attested & serving as a Private on 27.04.1915; He was promoted to Temporary Corporal on 21.06.1915 & Temporary Sergeant on 09.10.1915; He reverted ranks on 17.11.1916; Obviously this Soldier was posted to other units as a Pay Corps man & was promoted accordingly, at one stage he served with the 32^nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; He was a Private on 23.03.1918, Appointed Acting Unpaid Corporal on 25.02.1919, Appointed Acting Unpaid Sergeant on 28.02.1919, Appointed Acting Sergeant on 11.04.1919; For pay purposes he was promoted to Corporal on 27.04.1916 until 31.10.1919 when he was Acting Paid Sergeant & reverted to paid rank of Corporal on 01.11.1919; Corporal Charles Oliver Kingdon was Discharged on 29.06.1920; I believe that Charles Oliver Kingdon was Aged 37, was a married Clerk & living at #50, High Street, Marylebone, London when he was first attested on 27.04.1915 in London for the Duration of the War; Other records have him as a House Painter previously; His records state that his wife was Florence Tilbury who he married in St Pancras on 25.05.1901, they have children indicated on the records but there has been some crossing out? There is a Frank Oliver Kingdon born on 17.02.1912 in St Pancras; A daughter Elsie Florence Kingdon born 01.10.1913 in Islington & Doris Kathleen Kingdon born in Islington on 12.09.1916 but who Died on 21.11.1916 at the age of 9 weeks of bronchial pneumonia but there was an inquest held in London on 23.11.1916; In 1916 the family were living at #25, Richmond Crescent, Barnsbury, Islington, London; Charles Oliver Kingdon had extended his service at least once & finally served for 5 years & 64 days, being discharged in order to take up Civilian Employment; I believe that Charles O Kingdon Died in Marylebone in 1935 Aged 57; No Medals card on file; (Brother of Kingdon, John K: Royal Engineers No: 530107 Rank: Sapper 1914-1920 WO 372/11); (Also Brother of Dr. Frank Kingdon who emigrated to USA & was Advisor to President Roosevelt);

Kingdon, Charles S: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 65306 Rank: Corporal 1914-1920 WO 372/11, WW1;

Notes: This is Charles Sylvanus Kingdon born 18.06.1892 in Morchard Bishop, Devon, the son of Charles Kingdon, a Farmer b.1864 Colebrooke, Devon, & Alice Sarah Fish, from Brompton Ralph in Somerset, who married in 1891 in Islington, London, Middlesex; In the 1901 Census Chas Sylvanus Kingdon lived with his Parents at Rudge Rewe Farm, Morchard Bishop, Devon; He was an Infantry Cadet in the Officers Training Corps whilst he was at Bristol University; In the 1911 Census Charles Sylvanus Kingdon is an 18 year old Accountant living with his Uncle Robert Sellick (a Provisions Merchant, on Maternal side) at Elmcliffe, Elmgrove Road, Cotham, Bristol, Gloucestershire; He enlisted at the age of 23 years & 6 months in Bristol on 04.12.1915, he was a Commercial Traveler; He was put on the Army Reserve until Joining for duty on 17.03.1916 with 41 Company, #3 Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery, serving there until being posted to the Siege Artillery Signaling Unit on 02.02.1918 in Plymouth; On the 10.03.1918 Charles S Kingdon was posted to the British Expeditionary Force in France; He was promoted Corporal in 1916; He was suffering with Trench Nephritis in September 1918, hospitalised in Rouen, France & invalided to England where he was hospitalised in the Paisley War Hospital in Perth, Scotland, finally being transferred to the Royal Artillery & Tank corps Command Depot in Catterick from 02.11.918 until 04.12.1918; He was Transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve & Discharged in 20.03.1919 in Dover; I believe that Charles Sylvanus Kingdon Died in 1969 in Christchurch, Hampshire Aged 77; (This man is part of the Coldridge Kingdon family line, see the Kingdon Book 1932); Medals Card on file; (He is the Brother of Tom Kingdon who served late in WW1, #3259 Royal Marine Artillery, Short Service, (#RMA/3259/S); ADM 159/101);

Kingdon, Christopher: Captain, 21^st Regiment, Madras Army Native Infantry, India, 1800-1815;

Notes: This is Christopher Kingdon born 24.09.1784 in Bridgerule, the son of Reverend John Kingdon b.1735 (Holsworthy Kingdon Line) & Jane Hockin and who was baptised in Bridgerule on 26.10.1784; Christopher Kingdon applied for a Cadetship in the East India Company Armies in the 1800-1801 Season; In the Madras Almanac I found reference to a Lieutenant Kingdon of the 21^st Regiment Madras Native Infantry departing Madras for England on the ‘SS Bengal’ on 05.01.1815; He may have been promoted to Captain during his service in India; Christopher Kingdon died in Bude, Cornwall on 10.06.1816 & is buried in Bridgerule, Devon; (His Will reference is PCC PROB11 1583);

Kingdon, Christopher; #84867 Royal Navy; ADM 188/80, pre 1900’s;

Notes: This is Christopher Rogers Kingdon, born 30.04.1850 in Stoke Damerel, the son of John Thorn Kingdom, also Royal Navy & Greenwich Pensioner b.1809 in Morice Town, Devonport & Mary Ann Rogers from Wilcove in Cornwall who married on 10.04.1832 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1851 Census Christopher Kingdom lives with his parents in the Coke Houses, Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1861 Christopher Kingdom lives with his parents in Antony, Cornwall; In 1871 Christopher is an Agricultural Labourer living with his parents in Wilcove, Antony, Cornwall; This sailor’s official number would indicate enlistment between 01.01.1874 & 31.12.1874; In the 1881 Census Christopher Kingdon is aged 28 & a Stoker in the Royal Navy on board the Guard Ship Steam Reserve ‘HMS Indus’, located at Devonport; In 1887 in Stoke Damerel Christopher Kingdom Marries Eliza Elizabeth Kitto; In the 1891 Census Christopher Kingdon is Married but still a RN Stoker living in Antony, Cornwall, with his Wife & Father in Law, Edward J Kitto, his wife is Eliza Elizabeth Kingdon (nee Kitto) aged 31, Born in Antony in 1859 & a Dressmaker; I believe that his wife Died in Plymouth in 1894 Aged 35; In the 1901 Census Christopher is a Widower, aged 51 & an Ordinary Domestic Gardener living with his Widowed Sister Mary Ann Rogers Henderson (nee Kingdom) in Coombe Park, Antony in Cornwall; I have found him in 1911 Census, still living as a Naval Pensioner with his Widowed Sister Mary Ann Henderson (nee Kingdom) in #2, Barossa Place, Torpoint, Cornwall; I believe that Christopher Rogers Kingdon Died in Cornwall in 1922 Aged 72; (Son of John Thorn Kingdom, Royal Navy); (Brother of #9762A Joseph Rogers Kingdon Royal Navy); (Brother of #66612 & #18070A William Joseph Kingdom Royal Navy); (Brother of #31681 & #62768 John Rogers Kingdom Royal Navy); (Possible Brother of Kingdom, Thomas: Seaman, #84877, Royal Navy; ADM 188/80);

Kingdom, Claude Carne: #178198, Private, Machine Gun Corps, WW1; Transferred from Kingdom List:




Notes: This is actually Claude Carne Kingdon born in Metheniot, Cornwall on 15.11.1890 & Baptised in Lezant, Cornwall on 22.09.1895; He is the son of Thomas Kingdon, a Blacksmith born 1867 in Polbathick, Cornwall, & Eva Jane Carne, b.05.10.1867 in Doddycross, Menheniot, Cornwall, who Married in Liskeard, Cornwall on 24.12.1889; In the 1891 Census Claud C Kingdom is incorrectly recorded as Clara C, but lives with his parents in Sheviock, Cornwall, his Father is a Blacksmith; In the 1901 Claud Kingdon lives with his Mother Eva J. Kingdon in Menheniot in Cornwall in 1901 Census; (I am assuming that his Father was away from home)? In the 1911 Census Claud Kingdon is aged 20 & living with his Mother Eva Kingdon in Higher Lux Street, Liskeard, Cornwall, & working as a Domestic Gardener; (I am assuming that his Father was away from home)? (Claude Carne Kingdon’s Father must have died or abandoned the family, post 1900 & pre 1911, as his Mother remarried in 1917 in Liskeard, Cornwall to Cornelius Hocker, a widower & granite polisher, & lived in Cornwall, I understand that she died on 15.02.1931 in Cornwall; An internet Family Tree suggests that he went off to Australia & died there in Western Australia on 27.06.1951; There is a Thomas Kingdon, a Blacksmith, living in Nairn Street, Freemantle, Western Australia in 1903 & 1906; In 1916 Thomas Kingdon appears to be married to Wilhemina Kingdon & lives at #10, Davis Street, South Fremantle, he is a Blacksmith; Follow up research indicates a Marriage in Freemantle in 1910; This couple live in Thomas Road East, Rockingham in 1936, 1937 & 1943; In 1949 he is a Pensioner living in Jandakot, Murray, Canning, Western Australia); Claude Carne Kingdon, Aged 27 & married was a Police Constable in London but still enlisted for WW1 service on 30.10.1918, aged 27, in London; At enlistment he gave his address as #6, Claremont Square, Islington; Claude had Married Edith Gladson, b.10.08.1893 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, on 28.10.1914 in Holborn Registry Office, Middlesex, however, there is also a record for a Claud Kingdon & Edith Lack Marriage in Holborn in 1914; I have recorded both Edith Lack & Edith Gladson, as this information is clearly shown in Claude Carne Kingdon’s Military Service Records, but I now understand from her ancestors that she married Claude Carne Kingdon twice as she had originally used the alias Gladson, to hide her identity because of her young age & that she had run away to marry him; In 1918 this couple had a daughter Ethel Kingdon born 01.06.1918 in Holborn & that record gives her mother’s maiden name as Gladson; Their additional children born later all have Lack as the mother’s maiden name; Claude Carne Kingdon had served as a Private with the “E” Machine Gun Corps Training Battalion; I believe that he was discharged on 30.04.1919 & Transferred to the ‘Z’ Reserve, following which he lived at #18, Penton Street, Pentonville Road, London N1; Claude Carne Kingdom dies in Watford in 1959 Aged 68; I found no Medals Card on record; (He is the elder Brother of William John Yendall Kingdon (Kingdom W) #PO/1887(S), Private, Royal Marines 2^nd Battalion. RN Division, Marine Light Infantry & died of Dysentery in France in 1918 in WW1);