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Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man:
Rifleman Arthur Henry Kingston. Born in 1877 in Maida Vale, London, the son of Henry and Sophia Kingston. His father had several occupations - butcher, milkman, horse keeper and church verger. He was baptised on the 3^rd March 1878 at St. Mark’s Church, Hamilton Terrace, St. John’s Wood, London and the family were living at 17 Lismore Road, Haverstock Hill. The 1881 census shows the family, including his elder sister, Elizabeth Ann Kingston living at 4 Augusta Terrace, York Road, Islington. In March 1891 he was appointed as a Telegraph Messenger in west London and the 1891 census shows the family living at 23 Shaftesbury Terrace, Kensington. He promoted to Postman in west London on the 16^th October 1895. The 1901 census shows him living with his widowed mother and sister at 10 Kempsford Gardens, Earls Court, London and his occupation was still a Postman. The 1911 census shows that they had all moved to 4 Kempsford Gardens, Earls Court and he was still a Postman. In 1915 he married Amelia Rye in Sevenoaks, Kent. He enlisted into the 2^nd/8^th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), service number 375733 and entered the theatre of war on the 13^th October 1917. He was Killed in Action seventeen days later on the 30^th October 1917 aged 40 years. He is commemorated on Panels 150 to 151 of the Tyne Cot War Memorial, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium. Probate was granted to his widow who was living at 4 Kempsford Gardens, Earls Court. His estate amounted to £819. His widow received his back pay of £3-15s-6d on the 2^nd March 1918 and a £3 War Gratuity on the 26^th June 1919. He was posthumously awarded The British War Medal, 1914-1918 and The Victory Medal.

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