Robert Henry Kingsman (1873)

Born 14 Jul 1873 in Walworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Payne) Kingsman — married 18 Aug 1907 in Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Robert was born in 1873. He is the son of Henry Kingsman and Margaret Johnston. ^[1][2]

Robert saw two periods of active military service. Between 1893 and 1905 he was in the East Surrey Regiment, serving in Malta for two years and then in India for ten.

In the First World War he was again in the East Surreys and recived the British War medal, the Victory medal, the 1915 Star and a Silver Wa badge, having been wounded in the arm by a gunshot.

Robert Henry Kingsman married Frances Annie Payne on 18th August 1907. He had left the army then and was working as an Ivory Turner, for which he had previously been apprenticed. The address given on the marriage certificate is 10 Crown Terrace, Lower Sydenham. Robert's age is given as 24 and Frances' as 22. Robert's age is clearly false (he had shaved ten years off), possibly Frances' is equally false (maybe adding years) to make the wedding more "seemly" if an older man was marrying a much younger woman. Both were previously unmarried. Robert's father was Henry, an Ivory turner and Frances' father was Henry, a brick maker. Witnesses were Henry Payne and W. Wallis.^[3]

Sources

See Also: Kingsman ONS website page for Robert Kingsman