C and d kingdon – campaign medals & military service

Kingdon, Colin Alfred: #81003, 2^nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force late in WW1, 1918-1919 AIR 76/277/102 & AIR 79/2769/321054; Late WW1;

Notes: This is Colin Alfred Kingdon born 30.04.1899 in Upper Norwood, Croydon, Surrey, the son of Alfred John Kingdon, a Secretary with a Gas Company b.1866 in St Pancras & Celina Sarah Griffiths from Winchester who Married in 1897 in Wandsworth; In 1901 Colin Alfred Kingdon lives with his parents in Streatham, London; In 1911 he is aged 11 & living with his parents at #66, Wilton Road, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, where Colin Alfred Kingdon & his parents continued to live in 1922 & 1924; Colin Alfred Kingdon appears to have been a young Cadet with the Royal Air Force, his number #81003 indicates joining from civilian life in May 1917, as he was later granted an Honorary Commission to 2^nd Lieutenant on 23.03.1919, this was gazetted on 30.01.1920; WO 338 records at Kew have reference to Colin Alfred Kingdon, #264480 (no regiment or other information); I believe that Colin Alfred Kingdon Died in Torbay, Devon in 1973 Aged 74; I have no other information on his WW1 Service;

Kingdon, Courtney Melmoth: Lieutenant, Taranaki Volunteers, Taranaki Militia & Rifles, New Zealand Army, Maori Wars, 1860 - 1870;

Notes: This is Courtney Melmoth Kingdon born & baptised in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, one of 10 children of Richard Kingdon, a Surgeon b.1782 & Jane Parsons; In the England Census for 1841 Courtney Kingdon lives & works with his elder brother Boughton Kingdon, both as Man Servants, in Gothier or Gothic Lodge in the London borough of Lambeth; This family then emigrated to New Zealand, The Mother & all the children except Boughton (who followed later), left England in 1850 on board the ‘Barque Eden’ arriving on 29.10.1850 in New Plymouth & the Father in 1851, taking up freehold land in Omato; At this time the family decided to adopt the older style spelling of their name to Kyngdon which is generally used in all future records; During the Maori War Courtney Kyngdon was one if the Garrison of the Omato Stockade & also took part in the Battle of Waireka, later being given a commission in North Taranaki body of friendly Maoris; Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon Married Jane Jessie Messenger in 1868; He held Freehold Land at Urenui in 1870, 1871, 1875 etc., where he continued to farm well into 1900; In 1905 Courtney & Jessie Kyngdon were residing at Morley Street & recorded as a Settler; In 1911 they lived in Rimu Street, Fitzroy & remained there until the date he died; Courtney Melmoth Kyngdon Died in 1920 at the age of 98 years; I believe that Jane Jessie Kyngdon died in 1936 Aged 91; (See “Kingdon Book – A Second Look, 1974” for this Holsworthy/Kingdon family line); Awarded the New Zealand Medal for the Maori Wars; (He was the Brother of Kingdon, Adolphus: Private, Taranaki Volunteers, Taranaki Militia, New Zealand Army Maori Wars); (He was the Brother of Augustus Frederick Boughton Kyngdon who also served in the New Zealand Army during the Maori Wars);

Kyngdon, Courtney: Honorary Colonel, Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Armed Forces; WW2 period;

Notes: This is Courtney William Trehunsey Kyngdon born 1910 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia; (Note that the spelling of Courtney is inconsistent both in public & family documents; This family are also recorded in the ‘Kingdon Book – A Second Look’ published 1974); He was the son of Francis Boughton Kyngdon b.1846 & Florence Elizabeth Evans who Married in ??; Courtney Kyngdon joined the Australian Army & was living in Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland; In 1937 he is recorded as an Army Officer in Victoria Barracks, Melbourne Ports, South Melbourne; At some stage he was in England as he sailed as a 29 year old Army Officer from Southampton to Melbourne, Australia on board the ‘SS Jervis Bay’ on 08.04.1939; At that time he gave his UK contact address as Kenilworth Road, Fleet in Hampshire; I believe that Courtney William Trehunsey Kyngdon married Edit Olwen Daniell around that time; In 1943 he is a Soldier & they both live at #49, Bruce Street, Toorak, Fawkner, Victoria; In1949 they live at #11, Washington Street, South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Courtney Kyngdon is still a Soldier; In 1954 they are recorded as an Army Officer & Wife living in Alfred Road, Swanbourne, Claremont, Fremantle, but are also recorded in Bethune Street, Queenscliff, Corio, Victoria; In 1963 Courtney Kyngdon is a Lecturer living in Mann Road, Mount Eliza, Frankston, Finders, Victoria; In 1968, 1972,1977 & 1980 he is recorded as an Executive living at #717, Toorak Road, Malvern, Higgins, Victoria; I did not research further;

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KINGDON – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE

Kingdon, D. R: 2^nd Lieutenant (on Probation), Royal Garrison Artillery; WO 339/46066; 1917, WW1;

Notes: There is a London Gazette Supplement notice dated 22.02.1917 on page 1865, which identifies that 2^nd Lieutenant (on Probation) D. R. Kingdon, resigns his commission on 23.02.1917; The WO 339/46066 record for Officers Services indicates that he was in the Special Reserve of Officers in Reserve Units in February 1917 & was assigned to the Royal Garrison Artillery with the ‘long number’ of #46066; The WO 338 records at Kew have reference to Denis Roger Kingdon, RGA, #115306, 2Lt; There is no other information to enable identification of this soldier/officer or to indicate whether he actually served in WW1; However, this could be Dennis Roger Kingdon born 1895 in Gravesend, Kent, the son of Roger Kingdon, an Accountant b.1866 in Great Bookham, Surrey & Bertha Florence Gramshaw, b.1860 in Gravesend, Kent, who Married in 1894; In the 1901 Census Dennis R Kingdon lives with his parents in #13, Portland Road, Gravesend, Kent; In the 1911 Census Dennis Roger Kingdon is aged 15 & living with his parents at #14, Dry Hill, Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent; There is a Passenger Record for Denis Roger Kingdon, age 25, sailing on board the ‘SS Tydeus’ from Liverpool, England to Hong Kong, China on 21.03.1920; This record indicates that he is a Secretary & that he intends to reside in China; I can find no other records for him; Needs further research;

Kingdon, Daniel: #2501B, Carpenter Crew, Continuous Service, Royal Navy, 1867-1870; ADM 139/826;

Notes: This is Daniel Kingdon born in St Helier, Jersey on 05.04.1842 according to his Naval records but I can only find a Daniel Kingdon born in 1846 in Jersey; I therefore assume that this is Daniel Kingdon the son of Daniel Kingdon, a Cabinet Maker b.1811 in Devonport, England & Elizabeth Johns Kingswell from Truro, Cornwall, who Married on 25.01.1837 in Stoke Damerel, Devon; In 1851 Census this family live in #8, Victoria Street, St Helier on the Island of Jersey, Daniel’s Father is a Cabinet Maker; In 1861 Census Daniel Kingdon is aged 15 & an Apprentice Cabinet Maker working with his Father at #35, Cecil Street, St Andrew, Plymouth; Daniel Kingdon enlisted for 10 years service as a Carpenter Crew with the Royal Navy on 12.08.1867 on board ‘' Lord Warden’ but I don’t believe he served his full time, perhaps serving only 3 years; In 1871 Census I find Daniel Kingdon aged 25 working as an Upholsterer with his brother & his Widowed Father, a Cabinet Maker in Charles, Plymouth; I believe that Daniel Kingdon Married Mary ?? (b.1857 in Torquay) in ?? in ca.1875 (not found); In 1881 There is a Daniel, aged 35, & Mary Kingdom, a Cabinet Maker, living at #1, Saltram View in Egg Buckland, Plympton, Devon; In 1891 Census Daniel & Mary Kingdon live in Ladywell Cottage, Charles, Plymouth; In 1901 there is a Daniel Kingdon, birth place unknown, Aged 52 (b.1849), a Widower & French Polisher, boarding at #13, Summerland Place, Plymouth which may be this man; In 1911 Census Daniel Kingdon now aged 63 is living at #1, Well Street, Plymouth, he is a Widower & still works as a French Polisher; I believe that Daniel Kingdon died in 1911 in Plymouth Aged 64; (Father of Frank Kingdom (Kingdon), #11870, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division);

Kingdon, David: Merchant Seaman during WW1; BT 351/1/177261;

Notes: This is probably David Kingdon born in 01.10.1897 in Clifton, Bristol although his Merchant Seaman’s WW1 Medals Record had 1898; If I am correct then this David Kingdon is the son of David Kingdon, a Slaughterman/Butcher b.1870 in Clifton, Bristol & Blanche Beavis from Bristol who Married in 1890 in Bristol & initially lived & worked as a Butcher in Elgin Street in Birkenhead, Cheshire; In 1901 David Kingdon is aged 4 years & living with his parents in Dowry Square, Bristol; In the 1911 Census David Kingdon is now aged 13 & living with his Parents at #6, Ambrose Road, Clifton, Bristol, his Father is a Butcher; I did not research further but David Kingdon may well have emigrated to Canada at some later stage as there is a Canada to USA, Niagara Falls border crossing on 09.04.1943 for a 2 week visit which fits his personal details? Awarded the WW1 Mercantile Marine & the British War Medal; (Probably the Brother of Merchant Seaman Sidney Kingdon, WW1 BT 351/1/177262); Not researched further;

Kingdom, David: Private #14580, South Wales Borderers, WW1; (I believe this should be Kingdon);

Notes: David Kingdom was Attested for 3 Years Short Service on 02.09.1914 in Neath, he did not give his address but I believe that it was #9, New Henry Street, Neath, Glamorgan because on checking I find this to be a house owned by the Bevan Family although there are 3 young Kingdon men lodging there at the time; I later discovered that his Mother may be Jane Bevan born in1859 in Neath & that Private David Kingdon records her as his “Mother” & next of kin in the records; At the time of his enlistment he gives his age as 27 years & 11 months, making him born in 1886, despite his age in the 1911 Census indicating that he was born in 1888; Birth records for a David Kingdon in Neath seem to support a birth date of 1886; He was posted to the 5^th Battalion South Wales Borderers which was a Pioneer Service Battalion originally formed in Brecon in September 1914 & then moved to Tidworth, Hampshire in late 1914; On 12.11.1914 Private David Kingdom was declared Medically Unfit for Further Military Service under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii) & was Discharged from the Army having served only 72 days; His Medical Records state that he had defective teeth;

This is probably David Kingdon born 1886 in Neath, possibly the son of David Kingdon b.1858 in Neath, a Tin Worker, & Jane Davies b.1861 in Neath who married in 1880 in Neath; In 1891 David lived with his parents in Briton Ferry; This family lived at #4, Bowen Street, in Neath in 1901 Census & son David aged 14 was a Tin Plate Bundler; I believe that David’s Father David Kingdon Died in Neath in 1904 aged 45 & that David’s Mother Jane was remarried to a Albert Bevan, a Sawyer from Herefordshire & lived in New Henry Street in 1911 Census, (but in the record Jane has been crossed out to read Margaret)? (Albert Bevan’s 1^st wife was called Margaret Ann & she had died in Neath in 1903); David & Jane Kingdon’s 3 sons certainly were lodging there in 1911, David Kingdon b.1888 Neath, Edwin Kingdon b.1889 Aberdare & Oliver Kingdon b.1894 in Neath, Glamorgan;

Follow up research shows that Albert Bevan aged 41 was serving a prison sentence in Carmarthen Prison in 1901 Census; Follow up research indicates that Widow Jane Kingdon did marry Albert Bevan in 3^rd Q 1905 in Neath; The issue of their being married for 27 years with 8 children & Jane being called Margaret, as marked on the 1911 Census, is yet to be resolved, but these people weren’t too trustworthy & Albert’s 1^st wife was called Margaret so maybe it is just a slip of the memory when making out the census record;

Question, was this David Kingdon also a little feeble minded as well as being feeble in stature just like his Brother John?

This Soldier needs a lot more research within my own Kingdon family tree structure; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John: Private #2933, 6^th Battalion The Welsh Regiment who enlisted for WW1 Service but was also rejected & discharged); (He is also the Brother of Kingdon, Edwin: Private #78084, Royal Field Artillery & # 12650 who enlisted & was discharged/rejected twice);
Kingdon, David: Private, Royal Horse Artillery, Early 1900 period;

Notes: This is David Kingdon born in 1880 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Thomas Kingdom b. 27.11.1856 in Neath, Port Talbot & Elizabeth Ann Owens from Neath, who married in 1877 in Neath; In 1881 Census David Kingdon lives at #7, Colliery Row with his parents; In 1891 Census David is aged 11 & living with his parents at #9, Colliery Row, Neath; David Kingdon must have enlisted into the Army some time after this as in 1901 Census I find him Aged 21 & a single Soldier being cared for as a Patient at the District Connaught Hospital in Farnborough, Hampshire; I can find no record of why he should have been in hospital in England at that time? In the 1911 Census I found Private David Kingdom Aged 32 living as a single soldier in the Royal Artillery & Cavalry Butt Road Barracks in Colchester, Essex; I have no other information except that David Kingdom is recorded as having been in receipt of a Chelsea Pension at some time; Did he serve in WW1? There is no Medals card on file; (He is the Brother of Kingdon, John (Jack): Leicestershire Regiment No: 10192 Rank: Private 1914-1920 WO 372/11, who served in WW1);

Kingdon, David Frederick Trevelyan: Royal Air Force, Bomber Command; WW2;

Notes: I am in touch with an ancestor of David Frederick Trevelyan Kingdon that I did some research for & he informs me that his father was a Bomber Pilot with the Royal Air Force during WW2; I believe that this is David F T Kingdon who was born in 1921 in the Wirral, Cheshire; Obviously there is no access to Royal Air Force records so we have to rely on other search results; I believe that David F T Kingdon first married Joan E Bellinger in 1946 on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire; (She was probably born in 1926 in Romford, Essex); In 1947 this couple live at #353 Brixton Road, Lambeth, London, & had 1 son born in 1949; From 1949 until 1957 it would appear that they lived at #136, Mitcham Lane, Stretham, Wandsworth; I have no other record but David Frederick Trevlyan Kingdon then left the family home & moved away, his wife Joan E Kingdon remained living in Mitchum Lane, Streatham & I lost track of her; David F T Kingdon seems to have married for a second time in 1959 in Bromley, Kent to Lillian Janet Harris; I failed to find any UK records for David Frederick Trevelyan Kingdon after 1959 but he does turn up working as an Accountant & living with Lillian J Kingdon at #32, Oruamo Place, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand in 1969; In 1972 he is still an Accountant & living at #15, Burrows Street, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; In 1978 he is a Credit Controller living at #1, Brown Street, Manly, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand; In 1981 David F T & Lilian J Kingdon, still a Credit Controller, live at #1008, Whangaparaoa Rd, Whangaparaoa, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand; My research indicates that D F T Kingdon Died & was Cremated in April 1984 in Waitakere City Cemetery, part of Auckland Super City, Aged 63; I did not research further;

Kingdon Denis: Ensign, 25^th South Devon Regiment of Militia; (1794 to 1795);

Kingdon D: Major, 80^th Regiment of Foot, (Staffordshire Volunteers in 1802); WO 100/12 (Early 1800’s);

Notes: The Records of the South Devon Regiment of Militia has a Denis Kingdon being commissioned as an Ensign in 1794 who then resigned in 1795; (During this time the South Devon Militia was Embodied due to the French War from December 1792 to 24.04.1802, they formed part of the grand Coast Encampment in Sussex & Kent in 1793-1795, becoming the 41^st South Devon Miltia in 1795); There is also a Major D. Kingdon who served with the 80^th Regiment of Foot (The Staffordshire Volunteers) who was awarded a Medal in 1801 for the Egypt Campaign of which I believe there were only 7 issued, who is probably the same man; He may well have also served in the Peninsular War 1808 to 1814? This is probably Denis (Dennis) Kingdon born 1779 in Bridgerule, Devon, the son of John Kingdon b.1735 Holsworthy, Devon & Jane Hockin who married on 17.07.1766 in Okehampton; Dennis Kingdon Married Mary Ann Herring in 1817 in North Petherwin, Cornwall; I have no record of when he first joined the Army, or when he retired, but in 1841 Dennis & Mary Kingdon live in The Barton, North Petherwin, Cornwall; I then believe that his wife died in Plymouth in 1^st Q 1850; In the 1851 Census Dennis Kingdon, a Retired Army Major, is a Widower living with his Niece at #16, Cobourg Street, Plymouth; Dennis Kingdon died in Plymouth later in 1851 & I believe that his Will & Probate was on 11.09.1851, ref 11/2139 wherein it states that he was ‘late of North Petherwin’; Dennis Kingdon Esquire, a Major in the 80^th Regiment of Foot who inherited the Barton at North Petherwyn, Cornwall, ca.1822 by the right of his wife, the only daughter & heir of Leonard Herring Esquire, who’s wife originally inherited it from the Yeo Family in 1741; (Note that around that time the Herring family were 1^st cousins to the Archbishop of Canterbury); In 2011 the Barton is a Grade II listed building; In the Church of St Paternus in North Petherwin there is a Monument to ‘Denis Kingdon of Barton’ (qv) (1851); The Regimental Museum has this Officer as Lieutenant D. Kingdom; He was awarded the Military General Service Medal with a Clasp for service in Egypt; I have not researched this line any further;

Kingdon, Dick: Class ‘E’, 2^nd Division Reservist, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1917, WW1;

Notes: This is Dick Kingdon born in 1873 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 Dick & the rest of their family to New Zealand, 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 Dick’s brothers, Samuel Wendon Kingdon, died by drowning in a river at a Wesleyan Picnic in 1883 at the age of 12 years); Dick Kingdon lived with his parents in Cambridge as a Labourer in 1900, 1905, 1906, & 1911; Dick Kingdon Married Mary Elizabeth Hall in 1913; In1914 Dick Kingdon is recorded as a Labourer in Flat Park, Leamington; In August, September, October of 1917 Dick Kingdon registered for WW1 Service with the 2^nd Division, New Zealand Expeditionary Force & was classified in ‘Class E’, having 4 children;; There are no other military records for this soldier but I do not believe that he actually served in WW1; In 1919 Dick & Mary Kingdon live in Flat Park, Leamington, Dick is a Labourer; His Father died around 1919; They live in Carlyle Street, Leamington, Cambridge in 1928, 1935 & 1938; I believe that Mary Elizabeth Kingdon died in 1940 Aged 68 & that Dick Kingdon died in 1946 Aged 72; (He was the Brother of Percy James Kingdon, 2^nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): (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, 2^nd Division New Zealand Reservist, WW1): This family could be researched further;

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;

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