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Charles John Monro was born in Kensington on 26 February 1916, the son of Colonel John Monro of the Royal Engineers, and Helen (née Middleton). He was educated at Harrow School from 1929 to 1934, where he served as a Cadet Sergeant in the School Officer Training Corps and was a member of the School Shooting VIII.
Charles Monro entered Worcester College on 14 October 1934, and achieved 4th class honours in Jurisprudence in 1937. After leaving the University he entered the Middle Temple to study Law.
Charles Monro was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant (Supplementary Reserve of Officers) in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) on 2 September 1939. During 1943 he was instructor at the 163rd Officer Cadet Unit from where he joined the 5th Battalion of his regiment at Little Marlow on 2 January 1944 as the second in command of B Company. He landed with the battalion at Fray-sur-Mer on Sword Beach at 8.30pm on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Due to heavy casualties in the days following the invasion the battalion was reduced to three companies with Charles Monro promoted to Company Commander. Major Charles Monro was killed by a V2 rocket in the city of Antwerp on 27 November 1944, aged 28.
He is buried at Schoonselhof Cemetery in Belgium and commemorated on the war memorials at Harrow School, the Middle Temple and Worcester College, Oxford.