Sunday 31st January 1915: The 1st Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers have lost their first officer killed, Lieutenant Ernest John Munby. Lieutenant Munby was 38, the son of the late Rev G. F. W. Munby(1).
Rev. George Frederick Woodhouse Munby was Rector of Turvey from 1869 until 1905. His widow, Lieutenant Munby’s mother lives in Hitchin. Lieutenant Munby was married to Emily, the couple had no children. He will be much missed in the village where he was a popular resident.
Source: 1st Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers war diary [WO95/1332/1 at The National Archives]; Bedfordshire Times 5th February 1915
(1) He is buried at le
No comments:
Post a Comment