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Dvr. Robert Henry Munns
British Army 76th Battery Royal Field Artillery
(d.19th August 1916)
Robert Munns was born in 1888 to Alfred and Ellen, he had five siblings. In 1891 he was living with his parents and siblings at Woolmer's Lodge Hertingfordbury. In 1901 he was living with his parents and siblings at East Barnet, Hertfordshire. In 1908 he joined the Army, The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery service No 59687, on the 17th December 1909 he converted service 6 years with the Colours and 6 years in the Reserves. On the 29th November 1911 Robert was serving with the Regiment in India.
On the 19th of August 1916 Robert died. This date was accepted as the official date as he was a prisoner of war in Turkey at the time.
Pte. Thomas "Changa Drost" Munro MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders
from:Glasgow
I know a lot about my grandfather Thomas Munro's service and the names of some of his pals. He enlisted in August 1914 and was at Constantinople in 1919. He mustered out in May 1919. He was awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry in the field at 2nd Ypres. He served in the trenches with Colin Campbell Mitchell, Sr. then with the HLI. Colin Campbell Mitchell Sr. won a battlefield commission to Captain in the Argylls and MC and later another MC.
The Argylls experienced 36 days of continual combat during April and May, 1915. My grandfather saw the first poison gas attack in April 1915. He said a medical student from Glasgow University recognized it was chlorine gas and recommended they use urine-soaked handkerchiefs as an emergency measure. I know other stories and events as well.
Ord.Sea. A. Munro
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Kent
(d.25th August 1915)
Ordinary Seaman Munro was the Son of the late Roderick and Henrietta Munro. He was 35 when he died and is buried in the Talcahuano No. 1 Cemetery in Chile.
L/Cpl. Allan Munro
British Army 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Leith, Scotland
(d.22nd August 1917)
Pte. Daniel Munro
Australian Imperial Force. 39th Btn.
from:Rochester, Victoria
(d.9th Jun 1917)
Pte David Munro
British Army 9th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:93 Waverley Terrace, Burnbank Road, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
(d.22nd August 1917)
Cpl. George Munro MM MID
British Army Trench Mortor, 5th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Pte. George Munro
British Army 2nd/6th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
(d.17th June 1917)
Private Munro was the husband of Mary Hyslop Munro of 70 Crosbie Rd., Troon, Ayrshire.
He was 37 when he died and is buried in the Protestant Secion 3. F. 3. of the Oldcastle Cemetery, Oldcastle, Co Meath, Ireland.
Sgt. George Robert Munro
British Army 7th Battalion East Kent Regiment
from:East London
My grandfather, Bobbie Munro, was born in 1891. He joined up on the 27th of October 1914 and was assigned to the the 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment. He was promoted to Sergeant and served through various theatres mainly around the Somme. Including battles around Albert, Delville Wood, through 1st and 2nd Passchendaele and god knows how many other battles before ending the war at Pommereuil on Armistice Day.
He was wounded badly in 1917 but returned to service and thankfully he survived and I'm here to remember the sacrifices these men (and women) endured. Ive been to the battlefields and cemeteries which are, strangely, beautiful and peaceful. He was transferred to the army reserves on 28th of March 1919 after demobilization.
During WW2 he served as a fire warden around the East London docks. So proud to have known him in his later years and touched the history.
Pte. Hugh Munro
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.20th Feb 1915)
Hugh Munro, Private 2987, is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate.
Gnr. James William Munro
British Army 405th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.29th July 1917)
William Munroe died on the 29th of July 1917, aged 28. He is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Pte. James Munro
British Army 2/2 East Lancashire Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burnley, Lancs.
(d.13th Aug 1915)
James Munro was the son of James and Sarah Munro of 41 Barden Lane, Burnley. He was drowned when the troop ship Royal Edward was torpedoed on 13th August 1915, aged 23. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Sgt. John Alexander Munro MM
British Army 1st/8th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Dulwich, South London
Private Robert Crawford Munro
Canadian Army 10th Battalion Alberta Regiment
from:Busby, Alberta, Canada
(d.28th Sep 1918)
Pte. Thomas "Pops" Munro MM.
British Army 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow
Thomas Munro, began the war with 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was drafted into the 1st Battalion in December 1914 He reached the Western Front in January 1915 and fought at 2nd Battle of Ypres with 1st Battalion and saw Colin Mitchell, Sr in action then with the Highland Light Infantry. Mitchell won a battlefield commission to captain with Argylls and his first MC (Mitchell would win 2 in WW1)
Thomas served at Salonika and the Struma Valley from 1916 to 1918 and after the Armistice was stationed at Constantinople.
I have several photos from 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1919. Later he emigrated to America and became a naturalized US citizen. During 1937-1945 he worked in ship construction (naval ships and liberty ships). He retired from Bethlehem Steel in the 1950's. I knew him as boy and my father, uncle and older cousins knew him very well
Pte. James Munroe
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blyth
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.
Pte. Thomas Munroe
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.19th Apr 1916)
Thomas Munroe enlisted in Jarrow and served with the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He died age 20 on the 19th April 1916 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph and on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, war and Victory Medals.
Thomas was born in Jarrow 1895, son of Patrick and Bridget Munroe of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 26 North Street, Jarrow with Patrick(40) a general labourer in the blast furnace works and his wife of 18 years Bridget. They had 12 children of whom 5 survived and are single living at home. Thomas(15) is a platers general labourer, Michael(11), Kate(9) and Patrick(5) are at school. John is 3 years old.
Pte. Michael Munster
Leinster Regiment 1st Battalion
from:Drogheda, Ireland
(d.14th May 1915)
Private Arthur Munton
Army Leicestershire Regiment
from:'Dooraville' Belmasthorpe Ryhall Lincolnshire
I am trying to establish if the royal leicestershire regiment fought at the third battle of ypres - passchendale from the information i have been able to obtain i know my grandfather was enlisted with the royal leicesterdshire regiment and i understand he was wounded several times in some of the key battles of WW1 he always said that passchendale was the worse and i assumed he was there was he?
A/Cpl. Arthur Munton
Leicestershire Regiment
from:Bemasthorpe Ryhall
My grandfather was Arthur Munton who died at 'Dooraville' in Belmesthorpe Lincs in 1966 when I was thirteen. As we approach Rememberance Day it ony serves to reinforce my determination to find more about what he did in WW1 and in particular at the Third Ypres Passchendale and it is my intention to visit the battlefield sometime next year
As part of my research I have found what I believe is my grandfathers general service medal it is inscribed with THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914 - 1919 and around the edge of the medal is engraved 25881 it could be 25887 A.CPL.A.MUNTON.LEIC.R.
When I look back and attempt to recall what my grandfather told me about WW1 and his involvement he always described Passchendale in one word 'quagmire' having read some of the accounts and seen some photographs of this battle it seems an apt description
If anyone has any information that would assist me with my research I would much appreciate hearing from them
The only footnote I would add is an oddity but neverless a common thread when I talk to other people who are undertaking similar research is that my father would often tell me that my grandfather would recount stories of WW1 to me and yet not to him, why is this so?
Rifleman John Edward Munton
British Army 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Bow
(d.28th Nov 1917)
My Great Grand Uncle John Munton was killed in action in France & Flanders whilst serving with the Poplar and Stepney Rifles.
Pte. George Meikle Murdoch
British Army 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:Dingwall, Ross Shire, Scotland
(d.20th Nov 1916)
George Meikle died in Salonika and is buried in the Salonika Anglo/French Military cemetery.
Pte. James Murdoch
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Laighpark, Coylton
(d.1st Nov 1918)
Pte. Kenneth Cameron Murdoch
British Army 2nd Btn. Scots Guards
from:Edinburgh
(d.19th April 1916)
Kenneth Murdoch was born in Aberdeen on 25th June 1883. By 1911 he had moved to Edinburgh and was employed as a brickworks labourer. At the time of his death in Flanders, he was married to Margaret to whom he left all his possessions. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Panel 11 of the Menin Gate.
Pte. Robert Moir Taylor Murdoch
British Army 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:98 High Street, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
(d.14th June 1917)
Robert Murdoch of the 1st Gordon Highlanders was killed in action and is remembered on the Arras Memorial. He was aged 19.
Mjr. Thomas Fleming Murdoch
British Army 1st Battalion Black Watch
from:Edinburgh
Thomas Murdoch joined up in July 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion, Black Watch. He was wounded on 29th of October 1914 at Battle of Gheluvelt. Wounded at Aubers Ridge on 9th of May 1915. He then transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders and served in Salonika from August 1916 until 1919.
Pte. Arthur Murdock
Australian Imperial Force. 41st Btn.
from:Barambah Aboriginal Settlement via Murgon, Queensland
Arthur Murdock junior (son) of Aboriginal soldier, Private Arthur Murdock was born in Hughenden district and removed to Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission with his mother Zou Watson (fullblood Aboriginal), a brother to Arthur Murdock was George Murdock (8 years younger). Both Arthur Murdock and Brother George Murdock were employed as Aboriginal Trackers for the Queensland Police Service. Arthur at Stonehenge, Queensland between October 1923 and July 1925. Arthur was single during his War Service later married to Daisy Murdock an aboriginal woman born at Clermont, Central Queensland approx 1898 Arthur born approx 1890 in Hughenden district. Embarkation date 14/06/1917 from Sydney aboard HMAT Hororata, ship #A20. Enlistment date 30/10/1916.
Pte. G. Murdy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newsham
G Murdy was wounded in October 1916
Pte. T. Murdy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:New Delaval
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