S/11371, Private, Thomas James MUNNS
Aged 19
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Born in Newmarket in Q1-1897 [Newmarket 3b:536] to Thomas and Mary Ann MUNNS (née PEARCE) of The Black Bear, High Street, Newmarket.
His father died in 1898, in Newmarket, aged 36. 1901 census...Thomas [6] was with his widowed mother Mary [32] at the Black Bear, High Street, Newmarket, both were Newmarket born. A boarder at that time was Edwin JUPP [30] born Wimbledon. Mother, Mary Ann married Edwin JUPP in Kensington in 1903. 1911 census...Thomas [14] was at the White Hart Hotel, High Street, Newmarket with his stepfather Edwin JUPP, mother Mary Ann and two half sisters, Cissie Winifred JUPP[8] and Ruby Constance JUPP [4], both born in Newmarket. |
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He enlisted in Chelmsford. Arrived in France on 22nd December 1915. He was one of 4 men of his battalion killed that day, all are commemorated on the Loos
Memorial. The 15th Scottish Division were involved in the Battle of Hulluch 27-29 April 1916. It was the day that the Germans released vast quatities of
gas in the Battle of Hulluch (even killing some of their own). It was however a quiet spell for the 9th Royal Highlanders who were seemingly being held in
Reserve, suffering the occasional death through shelling, until that is, two days later, when 32 died |
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