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KINGDOM – CAMPAIGN MEDALS & MILITARY SERVICE (23rd February 2013)
Kingdom, A:Welsh RegimentNo: 202417Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: Also recorded as #2099 for service in the Glamorgan Yeomanry; Served with the 4th Battalion The Welsh Regiment; This is Arthur Kingdom born on 12.06.1893 in Aberkenfig, Glamorgan the son of ?? Kingdom b.?? in ?? & Susannah (Kingdom)Morris? from ?? who married in ??; Arthur Kingdom enlisted in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales on 12.04.1915 at the age of 21 years & 10 months, he was a Clerk & gave his Mother’s address as 128, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig & served with the Glamorgan Yeomanry until 22.06.1916; He was transferred to the 4th Reserve Welsh Regiment as a Private in January 1917;According to his records this soldier never served overseas; He wasfinally Discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) due to sickness on 03.08.1917 in Shrewsbury having served 2 years & 114 days with the Territorial Forces all in the Home Station; He gave his retirement address as #1, Dynevor Place, Swansea; It appears that he had suffered a fall from a lorry which gave him a thigh problem in 1915 whilst serving in Dorchester; His Chelsea Pension number was #105010H & it commenced from 21.03.1917;Awarded Silver War Badge #231023; Records Card on file;Not Identified fully;
Kingdom, A:Devonshire RegimentNo: 4764Rank: Private, Boer War;
Notes: QSA Medal Roll for the Devonshire Regiment serving in South Africa during the Boer War have a Record for #4764, Private A. Kingdom; I have failed to identify this Kingdon soldier, however, his Military Number of #4764 would suggest that he enlisted between 29.07.1896 & 04.12.1897; His QSA medal would suggest that he served in South Africa between 11.10.1899 & 31.05.1902; His KSA medal would suggest that he served in South Africa on or after 01.01.1902 & had completed 18 months service prior to 01.06.1902 & that he had fought in 1902; Awarded the Queen’s south Africa Medal & the King’s South Africa Medal, plus Clasps for Elandslaagte (1899), the Defence of Ladysmith, King’s South Africa 2 & for Service in Belfast;
I have not found any further records for this person to enable me to identify him further;
Kingdom, Aaron:Trawlerman, Royal Navy Reserve, #TS/3765, WW1; ADM 171/122
Notes: This is Aaron Kingdom born 31.03.1882 & baptised on 07.06.1882 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; He was the son of William Kingdom, a Fisherman b.1845 in Tenby & Emily Creese, b.1852 Tenby, who Married in 1870 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; In the 1891 Census Aaron Kingdom lived with his parents in Bridge Street, Tenby; In the 1901 Census Aaron Kingdom was a Fisherman & lodging at #18, Queen Street, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke; Aaron Kingdom Married Ethel Sarah Ann Smith in Tenby in 1907 & in the 1911 Census they lived at #24, Trafalgar Road, Tenby, Aaron was a Fisherman; The ADM 171/122 records have Aaron Kingdom serving in the WW1 Royal Navy Reserve in the Trawler Section & he appears to have served for the duration; Aaron Kingdom died on 02.05.1959 & is buried in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, he was aged 77; Awarded the 1914-1918 Star, the Victory & the British War Medals;
Kingdom, Albert: #N88607, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force;
Notes: There are more records for this soldier in the Australian Military Files; This is AlbertFrederick Kingdom born 23.06.1899 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia; This man enlisted on 01.10.1916 & joined the 13th Battalion, Armidale Depot on 13.04.1918 & 06.05.1918 at the age of 18 years & 10 months, he was a Labourer & his Mother was, Mary Anne Jane Doyle (then Kingdom & later Oram, of Niagara Street, West Armidale, New South Wales who he gave as his next of kin; I understand that his Father was Henry Kingdom b.05.03.1859 in Gostwyck, New South Wales who was Married in Uralla in 1888 & Died on 17.08.1906; At the time of enlisting, Albert Kingdom had already served for 2 years & 6 months with the 13th Battalion S.C; However, on 07.08.1918 Albert Kingdom was Discharged, having been found medically unfit for further service but the reasons are unreadable on the record sheet; Albert Frederick Kingdom Married Maud May Geneve Cosgrove in 1922 in Armidale & Died on 07.12.1943 in Mayfield; (He was the Brother of Kingdom, Walter Joseph: #7022, Private, Armidale Depot Battalion, Australian Imperial Force;(For my family records – this is the Grandson of George Kingdom b.1813 Knowstone, Devon, who was a Transported Convict on the “Hashemy” on 02.12.1848 who has a rather convoluted & bizarre history); Could be researched further;
Kingdom, Albert: 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, #27421 Rank: Private;
Kingdom, Albert: 3rd Battalion The Welsh Regiment, #38821 Rank: Private;
I believe that this is the same man? All of his vital statistics match up plus his signature is the same; It is fairly obvious that he tried to enlist twice & was discharged as being unfit for service on both occasions!
Notes: This is Albert Kingdom born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales in 1875 or 1883 depending on which Enlistment Record you use; He could easily be the son of Richard Kingdom b.1846 in Bristol & Mary ?? from Cardiff who married in ??; (This family had 12 children); In 1891 Census Albert may be aged 17 & living with his parents in Canton, Cardiff; In 1911 Albert Kingdom aged 38 is a Labourer & living with his parents in Cardiff, there is a Sister called Minnie;
Case 1: This man was examined on 01.02.1915 in Cardiff aged 31 years & 11 months (born 1883) & enlisted in The Welch Regiment as Private #27412; On 12.03.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient soldier & unfit for service, having served only 40 days and was suffering from bad ankles & arthritis; At enlistment he gave his sister Miss M Kingdon of #5, Humphreys Street, Cardiff as his next of kin, (this could be Minnie Kingdom born 1890 in Cardiff;
Case 2: This man tried to enlist for a second time in 1915 & was again examined on 05.08.1915 in Cardiff aged 40 years, (born 1875), & recommended for Home Defence Service at the 3rd Welch Depot; On 09.09.1915 he was discharged under King’s Regulations Para 392 (iii), not being likely to be an efficient soldier & unfit for service, having served only 36 days and was suffering from bad ankles & varicose veins; He was a single man & did not know the whereabouts of his next of kin;
I have not followed this Soldier any further due to inconsistencies in records;
Kingdom, Albert:Devonshire RegimentNo: 3/7024Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11– Died in WW1 - PrivateAlbert Kingdom#7024, 2nd Bn., Devonshire Regiment who died on 10 March 1915 in Flanders; Remembered with honour at LE TOURET MEMORIAL; Notes A Regimental number of #7024 would indicate enlistment between 10.03.1902 & 12.01.1903; This is Albert Kingdomwho was born in 1876 in Rackenford, son of Robert Kingdon b.1839 Rackenford & Caroline Were who were married in 1858; In 1881 Albert lives with his parents in Tiverton, his Father is a Roads Contractor;In 1891 he lived & works as a Farm Labourer at Combehead Farm, Tiverton; I cannot find him in 1901 or 1911 Census?I believe that he enlisted on 17.12.1914 & served in France; Medals Card on file;(He is the Brother of Private Henry Kingdom #3/18991 Devonshire Regiment & later Corporal #229435Royal Military Foot Police who also served in WW1); (There is another Brother, Frank Kingdom #384 Devonshires & #1187 Military Foot Police who enlisted in 1885 & died in Colchester in 1902);
Kingdom, Albert:Royal Garrison ArtilleryNo: 213501Rank: Gunner1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: This is Albert Edwin Kingdon born in 1893 in Sheerness, Kent; He was the son of Edwin Pengelly Kingdon b. 16.12.1849 in Morice Town, Stoke Damerel & Mary Ellen Coad from Stoke Damerel who married in 1875 in Stoke Damerel; In 1901 Albert Edwin Kingdon lived with his parents in Sheerness, his Father was a Rigger for the Navy; In 1911 Census Albert Kingdon was Aged 17, working as an Apprentice joiner in the Dockyard & living with his married Brother William Kingdon at #45, Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent; There are WW1 Pension records also for this Albert Edwin Kingdon but as #65953 Royal Garrison Artillery; There are WW1 Service Records for the same person as #213501 Royal Garrison Artillery; Albert Edwin Kingdon enlisted on 09.11.1915 in Sheerness Aged almost 23 years, he was a Wheelwright & Joiner; His parents had both died by now & he gave his Brother William Horace Kingdon as his next of kin; Albert Edwin Kingdon was discharged on 14.12.1918; I believe that he married in 1921; Medals Card on file;(His Father was Edwin Peter Pengelley Kingdon a Royal Navy Volunteer #27890A in 16.12.1863 & #63488);
Kingdom, Albert Edward Victor:Royal Navy ReserveNo: DA/22079Rank: Rating,Deck Hand; ADM 171/122 & BT 377/7/69800;
Notes: This is probably Albert EdwardVictor Kingdom born 24.05.1900 in Plymouth, Devon; He is the son of William Henry Kingdom, a Licensed Boat Proprietor b.1863 Plymouth, & Alice Mary Ann Gazzard b.1866 in Plymouth who Married in 1888 in Plymouth; In the 1901 Census Albert Kingdom is aged 11 months & lived with his parents at #11, Hoe Gate Road, St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon; In the 1911 Census Albert Kingdom was Aged 10 & living with his parents at #22, Pier Street, Plymouth & was recorded as being at school; This man served later in WW1 in the Royal Navy Reserve as a Rating & Deck Hand; I understand that Albert E V Kingdom Married Elsie M Chapman in St Austell, Cornwall in 1926; Albert Edward V Kingdom Died in St Austell, Cornwall in 1989 Aged 89; For his Service in WW1 he was Awarded the British War & the Victory Medals;(Son of Kingdon, William: #2204, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division; ADM 159/64); (Brother ofKingdom, Wilfrid Harold; #M25257, Royal Navy, Shipwright Class 2; ADM 188/1068);(Brother of William James R. Kingdom who probably served with the Militia in Plymouth); This family may need further investigation & research;
Kingdom, Albert F W:Army Service CorpsNo: M/318298Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11
Notes: The prefix M/ to his Regimental number denotes service with a Mechanical Transport Section; I believe that this may beAlbert Frederick William Kingdom born in 2nd Q 1888 in Marylebone, London, 26.03.1888 from his school records, (Baptised on 03.06.1888 in St Marks, Marylebone), the son of Albert John Kingdon, a Groom/Coachman, b.1862 in Redland, BristolAlice Sweet from Fishponds, Clifton, Gloucestershire who married in 1887 in Islington; In 1891 Census the family lives in Cochrane Street, Marylebone, London; However, there are London School Records for ‘Fred’ Kingdom, aged 5 years attending St Mark’s School in Westminster from 29.08.1893 & living at #7, Waverley Place; ‘Fred’ Kingdom aged 7 is also recorded at Comber Grove School (St Mark’s School) on 26.03.1895; In 1901 Census ‘Fred’ Kingdom lives with his parents in #7, Waverley Place Stables, Marylebone; I believe that Albert Frederick W Kingdom dies in Harrow in 1964 Aged 76; Medals Card on file;I did not follow this soldier’s record any further;
Kingdom, Albert William John:Labour CorpsNo: #311673Rank: Private 1914-1920
Notes: This soldier also served as #274572 but there has always been a lot of correspondence from Army Unit to Regiments to decide on what his real number was? This is Albert William John Kingdom who was born in 1898 in Rackenford (South Molton, Devon) the son of John Flew Kingdon b.1870 in Rackenford & Leah Alford from Templeton (Tiverton) who married in 1893 in Rackenford; In 1901 Albert Kingdom lives with his parents in Queen Square, Halberton, Tiverton, he is aged 3 years, his Father is a Prudential Assurance Agent; In 1911 Census his Father & Mother are still Assurance Agents but now are also Dairy Farming at Furbeers in Halberton, Devon & Albert Kingdom is aged 12 & still at school; Albert William John Kingdom enlisted on 13.06.1917 in Tiverton at the age of 17 years & 300 days, he stated that his occupation was a Tailor & gives his address as #5, Seymour Terrace, St John, Tiverton, Devon; This address was later changed to Bell Farm, Rackenford, his parents address; At some stage in his service he was medically downgraded with ear trouble; Being in the Labour Corps he appears to have been transferred to various units throughout his service; He was up for dispersal on 17.09.1919 & discharged on 15.10.1919; There is no Medals Card;
Kingdom, Alfred:Devonshire RegimentNo: 7880Rank: Sergeant1914-1920 WO 372/11- Died in WW1 -SergeantAlfred Abraham Kingdom #7880, 1st Bn., Devonshire Regiment who died on 17th September 1914 Aged 26 years, Remembered with honour at the Vailly British Cemetery in Aisne, France;Notes:With the Regimental #7880 he probably enlisted between 24.01.1904 & 09.03.1905; This isAlfred Abraham Kingdom born in 3rd Q 1888 Tiverton 5b.418; He is the son of Robert Kingdom, an Agricultural Labourer b.1863 in Uplowman, Devon & Mary Ann Kent b.1866 in Rackenford, Devon who married in Rackenford, South Molton, Devon in 1886; In the 1891 Census Alfred Kingdom lived with his parents in Barrington Street, Tiverton, his Father was a Police Constable; Alfred Abraham Kingdom was aged 12 & worked as an Agricultural Labourer at East Mogfords Farm in Rackenford in 1901 Census. In the 1911 Census Corporal Alfred Kingdom was a single soldier & serving in Malta with the 2nd Battalion the Devonshire Regiment; I believe that he may have first gone to serve in WW1 in France on 22.08.1914; Sergeant Alfred Kingdon’s address at time of his death was given as Ramsterland, Stoodleigh, near Tiverton, Devon which was his parents address; His Will Probate confirmed his death in France with the British Expeditionary Force & was read on 08.12.1914 in Exeter, leaving his estate to his brother Robert Kingdom; Medals Card on file;(He was the Brother of Robert Kent Kingdom who also served in WW1 with Somerset Light Infantry #20889 & Devonshire Regiment #33681 & 346064, and also Died in WW1);
Kingdom, Alfred Blake:Army Ordnance CorpsNo: #2023Rank: Sergeant, 2nd Boer War; WO 100/233;
Notes: This is Alfred Blake Kingdom born in 1863 in Woolwich, Kent; He was the son of Alfred Thomas Kingdom, a Carpenter & Greengrocer baptised on 30.06.1837 in Shoreditch St Leonard & Rosa Isabella ?? from Woolwich; In the 1871 Census Alfred B Kingdom lives with his parents at #48, Eleanor Road, Woolwich, Kent; In the 1881 Census Alfred Kingdom is aged 15, working as a General Labourer & living with his Mother at #14A, Church Street, Woolwich; (I have not proven this but I believe that his parents may have lived apart from early 1881 as his Father Alfred T Kingdom & 2 of his younger brothers, Henry Ernest & 7 months old Percival W, were boarding at #16, West Street, West Ham, working as a Carpenter; Similarly his Mother Rosa Kingdom appears to have moved back to Woolwich as she is Boarding with a Painter, Henry Gardner, at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich Dockyard in 1891 Census, she is still recorded as being married; Then in the 1901 Census she is recorded as being a widow & is now the Housekeeper at #5, North Kent Grove, Woolwich; I believe that Rosa Isabella Kingdom Died in Woolwich in 1905 Aged 67);I have no idea when this soldier enlisted in the Army but I did not find him in the 1891 Census, however, he was more than likely already in the Army because in the 1899 Voters List for Woolwich East District, he was living at #17, Brookhill Road, Woolwich in the Military Staff Sergeant’s Housing; I understand that 32023 Sergeant A.B. Kingdom was posted to Natal, south Africa on 07.10.1899 but was taken Sick at Durben, sent to Wynburg Hospital & then Invalided back to England on 28.02.1900; Again, I have no idea of his illness, but he must have recovered sufficiently for him to be posted to St Helena in the Cape Colony on 05.02.1901, where he was still serving with a Detachment of the Army Ordnance Corps on 31.07.1901; Alfred Blake Kingdom Married Helen Hannah Maunder, b.15.05.1880 in Lexdon, Essex, in 1910 in Dartford, by which time I believe that Alfred had left the Army; In the 1911 Census he was working as a civilian Storekeeper at the Military Mechanical Stores in Aldershot & living with his wife at #1, Brighton Villas, Canning Road, Aldershot, Hampshire; From then on I understand that they moved back to Woolwich in Kent & lived at #3, Belford Grove until Alfred Blake Kingdom’s Death on 13.01.1937 after spending time in St Nicholas’s Hospital in Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent; He died at the age of 72 but his wife lived until 1969, dying in Woolwich aged 89;He was awarded the South Africa Medal & the Natal clasp for his service in South Africa;(He was the Brother of #190952, Percival William John Kingdom, Royal Navy: ADM 188/326/152);
Kingdom, Archibald:Royal Army Service CorpsNo: T/35197Rank: Driver1914-1920 WO 372/11– Died in WW1 -DriverArchibald Abram Kingdom #T/35197, 42nd Div. Train, Army Service Corps who died aged 24 on 29 September 1915; Son of John and Emily Harriet Kingdom, of 20, Station Terrace, Treherbert (Rhondda), Glam. Born at Cardiff. Remembered with honour NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY (Used for burials from the Royal Victoria Military Hospital;Notes: The prefix T/ to his Regimental number indicates that he served with Horse Transport Units; This is Archibald Abram Kingdom born 3rd Q 1891 in Cardiff, son of John Kingdom b. 29.12.1863 Llantrissent, a Retired Railway Engineer & Engine Driver & Emily Harriet Richards from Monmouth, who married in Cardiff in 1888; In 1901 Census they live in Central Cardiff; In 1911 Census the family lives at #20, Station Terrace, Treherbert, Rhondda, Glamorgan, his Father John is a Rail Engine Driver & Archibald Abram Kingdom is aged 19 & a Coal Miner, Hewer; He may well have married later but I cannot be sure? I believe that he served in Gallipoli & The Dardanelles 27.04.1915; Medals Card on file;(He is the Brother of Kingdom, Ernest C: Army Cyclist CorpsNo: 8321Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11);
Kingdom, Arthur: Able Seaman, Royal Navy, Napoleonic Wars 1793 to 1840; ADM 171/8 & ADM 171/2
Notes: Records for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving on ‘HMS Colossus’ at the Battle of Groix on the 23.06.1795 during the Invasion of France, part of the War of the First Coalition; There is a Medals Nominal Roll of surviving officers & men entitled to clasps of the Naval General Service Medal for actions between 1793 & 1827 in the ADM/171 records; In addition, ADM 171/2,date range 01.01.1793 to 31.12.1815 & headed “Hothams Action”, also records Medal Claims for actions in which First Lieutenants or Commanders were promoted & contains particular claims for the Algiers, Navarino & Acre Clasps for the NGSM & has reference to Arthur Kingdom ‘HMS Colossus & Fyne’; A second roll has Arthur Kingdom, ‘HMS Colossus’ being involved in Lord Bridports Action of 23.06.1795 ; These ADM/171 records also have Able Seaman Arthur Kingdom serving on ‘HMS Impregnable’ as part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet during the Bombardment of Algiers around the 27.08.1816; In addition, Services Reunited web site on the internet has 2 references to an Arthur Kingdon, Able Seaman, in 1848 having served in the Napoleonic Wars; He was Awarded the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) for his service & the Clasp for ‘HMS Colossus’was issued on 23.06.1795 P/960 & a Clasp for Algiers K/34 for service on ‘HMS Impregnable’;No other information to enable identification, but obviously a career Navy man;
Kingdom, Arthur: West Yorkshire RegimentNo: 10353Rank: Private1914-1920 WO 372/11– Died in WW1 - PrivateArthur Kingdom, #10353, 9th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) who died on 09 August 1915 in Gallipoli in the Balkans; Remembered with honour at the HELLES MEMORIAL in Turkey;Notes: This is Arthur Kingdom born in Leeds according to records?(This 9th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment was only formed in York 0n 25.08.1914 & their first action was at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 06.08.1915 so Arthur Kingdom died in the very early days); He first served in the Balkans on 11.07.1915; Arthur Kingdom was probably born in 1893 in Leeds, the son of Robert Kingdom b.1862 Bermondsey & Martha A ?? from Leeds who married ca.1885? In 1901 Census the family lived in Clifford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire;Medals Card on file;This Soldier needs more research; His Death was reported in the Craven Herald;