Herbert Edward Kingdon
The name Herbert Edward Kingdon is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in Marlborough Road cemetery, Ilfracombe, Devon, England.
There are 1991 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Herbert Edward Kingdon was buried in 1965. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Herbert Edward Kingdon age is given as 69.
Herbert Edward Kingdon calculated year of birth is 1896.
Herbert Edward Kingdon is listed on the GPR grave numbered 302612.
Herbert Edward Kingdon is listed as the husband of Doris Edith Kingdon on the grave monument.
Herbert Edward Kingdon has the record number 647293 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 25 May 2013
There is one image available for the monument listing Herbert Edward Kingdon (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Herbert Edward Kingdon record:
Kingdon, Herbert E: Royal Garrison Artillery No: 782, Rank: Gunner, & No: 866172, Rank: Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1920 WO 372/11/176234, WW1; Notes: The records indicate that Herbert E. Kingdon Enlisted on 07.03.1913; He was Discharged on 21.06.1918, having previously served overseas, under King’s Regulations Para 392 (xvi) 2 (a) (i) at the age of 23 for Sickness; He was discharged as a S/S rank from the 4th Reserve Brigade (Territorials), Royal Field Artillery, consisting of 19, 21 & 56 Batteries stationed in Woolwich; This is probably Herbert Edward Kingdon who was born in Braunton in 1896, registered in Barnstaple, Devon as there are no other possibilities; If I am correct then Herbert Edward Kingdon was the son of Samuel Kingdon, a Tailor & Grocer & Dairyman, b.1870 in Heanton Punchardon, Devon, & Ida Evelyne Mitchell from Braunton who married in 1894 in Braunton, Devon; In the 1901 Census Herbert E Kingdon lived with his parents in Heanton Street, Braunton, North Devon; In the 1911 Census Herbert Edward Kingdon is aged 14 & living with his parents as an Assistant Dairy Boy at #17, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, Devon; Following his Army service in WW1, I believe that Herbert E Kingdon Married Doris Edith Challacombe, b.1908, Ilfracombe, Devon, in 1932 in Barnstaple, Devon; Herbert E Kingdon may well have died in 1965 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Aged 69; Awarded the Silver War Badge #412252 (1st Issue, 2nd type) from Woolwich on 06.06.1918; Medals Card on file for award of the Victory & British War Medals; Regards Peter Holden & Alexandra Mary Kingdon roeschlinp@gmail.com