Military Service
Service No: 29768V
Regiment: South African Artillery
Unit 2: seconded to 31 Field Regt. Royal Artillery

Son of Charles B. and Janet B. Kingston, of Forest Row, Sussex.

Born in London. He migrated to Johannesburg in 1924. Returned back to the UK to study at Oundle School and Cambridge University.

He read for the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University and obtained his B.A. degree in 1935. He then entered McGill University in Montreal, Canada as a student in the Department of Mining Engineering, graduating B.Eng. in Mining in 1937.

In 1938 he was appointed to the study and planning department of the South African Land and Exploration Co., Ltd., at Brakpan; Transvaal, and on the outbreak of war joined the Mines Brigade of Engineers. When, with other members of the Brigade, he was released for full-time military service he obtained a commission in the South African Artillery, subsequently transferring to the Royal Artillery.

Peter is also remembered on cenotaphs at Saint John's Cemetery on the Humber in Toronto, Ontario and at Kilcolmkill Chapel Churchyard in Scotland.

Military Service
Service No: 29768V
Regiment: South African Artillery
Unit 2: seconded to 31 Field Regt. Royal Artillery

Son of Charles B. and Janet B. Kingston, of Forest Row, Sussex.

Born in London. He migrated to Johannesburg in 1924. Returned back to the UK to study at Oundle School and Cambridge University.

He read for the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University and obtained his B.A. degree in 1935. He then entered McGill University in Montreal, Canada as a student in the Department of Mining Engineering, graduating B.Eng. in Mining in 1937.

In 1938 he was appointed to the study and planning department of the South African Land and Exploration Co., Ltd., at Brakpan; Transvaal, and on the outbreak of war joined the Mines Brigade of Engineers. When, with other members of the Brigade, he was released for full-time military service he obtained a commission in the South African Artillery, subsequently transferring to the Royal Artillery.

Peter is also remembered on cenotaphs at Saint John's Cemetery on the Humber in Toronto, Ontario and at Kilcolmkill Chapel Churchyard in Scotland.