Appendix WW1 - Kidners and Ketnors in the Great War

Forenames	Parents	Regiment/Service/Corps	Service No.	Story
Albert	William and Maria Kidner of Middlesborough	Machine Gun Corps	126006	Private; honourably discharged under Para 392 (xvi a) King's Regulation S. - no longer fit for military service Silver War Badge no. 517798 issued 19th January 1921. Died at Middlesbrough in 1959.
Albert Edward	John and Alice Kidner of Stockton on Tees	Lincolnshire Regiment	241798	Private. Emigrated to Canada in 1925.
Alexander	Dennis Henry and Emily Kidner of Aston	Private, Royal Warwickshire Regt.	26943; 1045; 4503	Died in Birmingham in 1954
Alfred William	William and the late Jessie Matilda Kidner of Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich	Major, Royal Field Artillery		Relinquished acting rank of Major on ceasing to command a Battery 10th Oct. 1918. Died in Lakenheath in 1976, having introduced fine asparagus to much of the world.
Arthur Edward	Frederick George and Emma Kidner	Royal Air Force	52441	Served with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in the Kite Balloon Section (Balloon Party); joined the RAF in 1917, and with the B.E.F. from 15.4.17 to 13.2.18. Discharged on 26.8.18, no longer physically fit for War Service. Died at Brighton in 1961.
Arthur William	The late William Jesse and Emma Kidner of Pontypridd and Somerset	Private, 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry	321	A butcher by trade, he joined up in June 1915. Returned to Australia 18 December 1918
Arthur William Colston	Thomas Bessell and Emily Kidner of Montreal	Royal Naval Air Service		Probationary Flight Officer. Commission terminated 20.10.16. Victory & British War Medals. Died in 1944.
Carter	John William and the late Sarah Kidner, of Poole	Hampshire Regt.	24962	Carter died in Bournemouth in 1963
Cecil Robert	Thomas and Florence Jane Ketnor, of Bath	Private, North Somerset Yeomanry	839; 165257	Cecil died in 1970 at Bath.
Charles Henry	Thomas Hogbin and Bertha Harriett nee Kidner	London Regiment, 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles)	10199; 764200	Dental student at Guy's Hospital when he enlisted on 2nd December 1915. Placed on Army Reserve, and mobilized on 2nd January 1917. With the B.E.F. in France from 16.2.17 to 14.11.17. Discharged on 24th May 1918 having been appointed to a temporary commission on the General List as a Dental Surgeon. Charles Henry died in 1982.
Christopher	John and Louisa Kidner of Abertilleryy	Royal Marine Labour Corps	SS/12276; D/8727/S	Died in 1947
Dennis Henry	Dennis Henry and Emily Kidner of Aston	Sergeant, Machine Gun Corps	43338	Died in Birmingham in 1953
Edward	John and Mary Elizabeth Kidner of Ilchester, Somerset	Private, West Somerset Yeomanry; Somerset Light Infantry	1514; 295328	Emigrated to Australia in 1922. Died in 1976 at Dandenong, Victoria.
Ernest Alfred	Alfred Samuel and Mary Jane Kidner, of Lewisham	Canadian Infantry	77528	Enlisted at Victoria, British Columbia, on 10th November 1914
Frederick Clinton	Reuben and Kate Kidner of Michigan, USA	Captain, Orthopaedic Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps		In April 1917, while on his honeymoon, he was called to active service in the Army as a Captain and was immediately sent to England with the first group of orthopaedic surgeons assigned to help Sir Robert Jones in his work with British casualties. He was stationed at the Military Orthopaedic Hospital at Shepherds Bush until 1918, when he was promoted to the rank of Major and made Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery for the British Isles; this position he held until the end of the War.
Frederick Elworthy	John and Emily Kidner of Dodhill, Somerset	Rifleman, Queen's Westminster Rifles	2546	Read his story here. Came home from Russia and joined 16th Bn. QWR. Landed in France 26th January 1915; shot by sniper, and died of wounds on 20.02.15, aged 26. Buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. (Ref. IX.B.77)

Forenames	Parents	Regiment/Service/Corps	Service No.	Story
John ('Jack')	Valentine and Elizabeth Kidner of Middlesbrough	Private, Yorkshire Light Infantry	31455	Returned home on leave on death of his child. Back in France, his unit had moved on, so he joined another. Hannah had to produce postcard from the Front to prove to RMP he had not deserted! Died in 1966.
John	John and Alice Jane Kidner of Stockton on Tees	Staff Sgt. Royal Army Ordnance Corps	A/2293
Leonard	John and Louisa Kidner of Abertillery	Pioneer, Royal Engineers	114752	Enlisted 17.08.1915; discharged as unfit for War Service on 6.07.1916. Suffered from blepharitis (acute inflammation of the eyelids)
Robert Cawthorne	William and Mary Ann Kidner of Ontario	RAF	71689	Served 18 months with 7th Regt. of Fusiliers before being discharged so that he could enlist in the RAF; which he did, at the age of 43, on 25th April 1917, at Toronto. He was discharged from the RAF in February 1919.
Robert Edward	Edward and Elizabeth Jane Ketnor of Chesterfield	L/Cpl., 3rd South Staffs	204450	Served 1914-1919. Died 1953.
Silas	Benjamin and Edith Kidner of Woolavington	Private, West Somerset Yeomanry	770	Enlisted in 1913, discharged on 26.06.16 with Silver War Badge no.217489
Simon	John and Mary Elizabeth Kidner of Ilchester, Somerset	Sergeant, Dorset Yeomanry	412; 39767	Died at Bournemouth in 1971
Thomas Clatworthy	William and Jessie Kidner of Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich	Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps		Killed by a shell while on duty at his advanced dressing station near Le Transloy during the Somme offensive on 26th October 1916; buried near Lesboeufs. Aged 26. Also commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C.

Forenames	Parents	Regiment/Service/Corps	Service No.	Story
William	Valentine and Elizabeth Kidner of Middlesbrough	Private, Yorkshire Regiment; Labour Corps	7066; 424771	Died in 1937 at Middlesbrough
William Elworthy Kidner	John and Emily Kidner of Dodhill, Somerset	Major, Royal Engineers		2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners; 33rd Divisional Signal Coy, Lahore Division; Indian Expeditionary Force, January 1915 to October 1915. Trained 40th Divisional Signal Coy., and took it to France, June 1916. Recalled to India, October 1917; General Staff. Mentioned in Despatches, 1916; M.C., 1917.
William John	Jesse and Sarah Amelia Kidner of Tooting	Private, 9th Bn East Surrey Regiment	4352	Enlisted at Kingston upon Thames in September 1914; discharged because of an old foot injury on 22nd January 1915. Awarded Silver War Badge no. 153109 on 28.03.1917.
Walter George Warden	GF and JB Warden, of Gloucester; husband of Constance Sylvia Warden née Kidner, of 12, Highbury Rd., Weston-super-Mare.	Captain, 8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry	-	Killed on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle.

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