Name
Cecil Kingdom
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
L/7854
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 5 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
The Church of St Mary the Virgin Memorial, Albury
Pre War
Cecil was born in 1887 in Holloway, London to parents Albert and Jessie Kingdom. His father was recorded as being a tailor, and born in Devonshire. Kingdom is very much a West Country name. He was found next in 1911 when he was in the 2nd Bn. The Buffs
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Chatham and was obviously a regular soldier. His Battalion landed in France in September 1914 when army records show him to be in the 1st Bn. the Buffs, and his residence given as Lambeth.
Additional Information
His wife remarried a Mr Rings in 1917. Cecil’s connection to Albury has not been found, but this man is the most likely Kingdom with the initial C in his name recorded, as killed in CWGC.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
