James Joseph Kingstone

Brigadier James Joseph Kingstone (26 August 1892 – 20 September 1966) was an officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars.

Military career Kingstone was born in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, England, on 26 August 1892, the son of William John Kingstone. He was educated at Sherborne School and then entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) in 1912. His service number was 4968.

He was promoted to temporary lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 15 November 1914. He was appointed adjutant in his regiment on 1 May 1915 and was mentioned in dispatches on 30 November 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 11 January 1916 and promoted to lieutenant on 21 January 1916. On 6 July 1917, as a captain, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action in Flanders. He was also twice mentioned in dispatches during the First World War.

He moved with the Queens Bays to India in 1922 and then appointed staff officer grade three.

In 1938 as a temporary brigadier he was appointed Commandant of the Army School of Equitation, Weedon. He was briefly acting General Officer Commanding, 1st Cavalry Division in the Middle East in 1940 and then returned to the command of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in the Middle East later that year. Kingstone was again under Clark's command during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign in June 1941.