Captain William Miles Kington DSO

[thetrenchrat22]

A rededication service will be held for Captain William Miles Kington DSO at 3.30pm at Tyne Cot Cemetery in the 19th June 2019

 

Plot 19, Row B, Grave 24

 

I submitted a case in September 2017 and I was advised last week by the JCCC of their decision

 

Alan

Edited 13 May , 2019 by thetrenchrat22
Forgot to put the date in

[Steven Broomfield]

Well done

 

[thetrenchrat22]

4 hours ago, Steven Broomfield said:

Well done

 

 Steven, 

 

thank you for your congratulations 

 

alan

[dickaren]

Well done Alan

 

[laughton]

 

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers should ask for the old headstone for their museum, if they have one. That is what Greg Young has been doing for the CEF 15th Bn men found.

[clive_hughes]

Well done indeed.  He was killed at Ypres in October 1914.  

[Hyacinth1326]

we all owe Captain Miles Kington and yourself a great debt of gratitude

[thetrenchrat22]

But it is only a small thing, I can do for them.

 

to give the Unknowns, their names back once more 

 

The timing of the ceremony was 15.30 hrs as given on the CWGC website at the time of my post on Monday 

 

The website is now showing 14.00 hrs, this is inline with the timing as stated by the JCCC in their letter to me of the 7th May 

Edited 19 May , 2019 by thetrenchrat22

[Guest]

First of all congratulations and thank you for your very hard work!

 

I am one of the two other researchers that sent in an identification case for Captain William Miles Kington DSO (case ID 392). But, I only sent it to the CWGC in July 2018.

Will you attend the rededication ceremony? It would be an honor to meet you there!

How did you come across the grave, if I may ask? I came across it when I was researching two graves in the Harlebeke New British Cemetery (which I think are Captain Brennan and Lieutenant de Peyster Chance). I tried to broaden the perspective by trying to find other possibilities for unknown RWF officers of 1914 and came across Kington's grave in Tyne Cot.

 

Again, well done and thanks for the hard work!

Kind regards,

 

Michiel

[chaz]

Well done, wish we could have been there as well but returning on 14th.

[thetrenchrat22]

Michiel 

 

thank you, unfortunately I shall not be there in June. 

 

I was walking around Tyne Cot in May 2017, when I noticed the headstone was different to those around it, so I went a had a look.  When I noticed it was for an Unknown Captain of the RWF, not far away were some others from RWF, when I had a look at the Concentration Of Burial Report for the known RWF, the Unknown Captain was on it and he had a DSO and South African Ribbons. 

 

A quick look on the CWGC website, pointed to Captain Kington.  When I got home, I did some more research and the only officer clearly it could be was Captain William Miles Kington DSO. 

 

I submitted my case in September 2017. 

 

Alan