Name
Henry George Munt
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/09/1920
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
26024
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
SE. CL. VIII. B.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin,
Not on the Letchworth memorials
Pre War
His parents were Mr and Mrs H. Munt of 13, Cannon's Gardens, Hitchin and Henry was born in Hitchin.
He was the husband of Violet Louisa Munt (nee Page) and almost certainly the brother of T.R.H. Munt. Another brother was Robert Munt who served in the Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Wartime Service
Henry served in the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment and his Regimental Number was 26024
He died of wounds from gassing and is buried in Hitchin Cemetery in Grave south east 88. A visit in 1999 failed to locate evidence of his grave.
Additional Information
His widow remarried and became Mrs Ellis of 37, Glebe Rd., Letchworth, Herts.
Henry's headstone (not CWGC) reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY GEORGE
THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF VIOLET LOUISA MUNT
WHO DIED SEPT. 24TH 1920 AGED 28 YEARS
WE CANNOT LORD, THEY PURPOSE SEE, BUT ALL IS WELL, THATS(sic) DONE BY THEE
THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF VIOLET LOUISA MUNT
WHO DIED SEPT. 24TH 1920 AGED 28 YEARS
WE CANNOT LORD, THEY PURPOSE SEE, BUT ALL IS WELL, THATS(sic) DONE BY THEE
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
