216344 Able Sea. John James Munroe Royal Navy Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division from:Jarrow (d.22nd Oct 1918) John James Munroe served in Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He died age 21 on the 22nd October 1918 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and at the Cologne Memorial on the South wall in North shelter at the entrance to the British plots.
John was born in Newcastle upon Tyne 1897, only son of Mrs Susannah Munroe of 6 Scott Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census John(13) and his sister Mary (Etna?) Munroe (9) are visitors. The remainder of the household are a brother and 2 sisters with the surname Sizeland(?) Edward(39) a labourer for local merchant, Susannah(35) and Mary (etna?)(32) [Girls names could be Marietta - hard to decipher)
Editors Note:
The location of the memorial in Cologne would strongly suggest this man was a prisoner of war as a great many were captured in 1914 particularly from the original Naval Division when they were rushed into the front line to defend Antwerp. Only drake Battalion escaped. captives were dispersed over a number of POW Camps in Germany.
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