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Spr. John Munday
British Army 80th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:135 Stamshaw Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire
(d.8th August 1918)
My grandfather, John Munday, was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers. He died of wounds at the dressing station run by No. 56 Field Ambulance, on the Querrieu-St. Gratin road, near Heilly, Picardie, France on 8th August 1918. He is buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
John Munday was born on 5th May at Havant, Hampshire to John James Munday and Kate Elliot. He was a carpenter by trade and married my grandmother, Amelia Grace Winslade, on 17th November 1912 in Portsmouth. Amelia's mother, Amelia Sarah Clarke and her eight children had moved to 135 Stamshaw Road in 1905 after the death of her husband. John and Amelia lived with her there. John and Amelia had three children, Edna May born on 6th April 1913, Doris Grace (my mother) born on 14th August 1914 and John James born on 27th May 1916. My grandmother was widowed at the age of 31 with three children under the age of six years. She worked hard to support them on her widow's pension.
When my brother was stationed in Belgium with the R.A.O.C. he found out where our grandfather was buried and took our parents to visit his grave. I too have visited my grandfather's grave.
