Basic Details
Surname
Munns
Forenames
Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16864
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 39 High Street, Stanground.

(CWGC records that Private Harry Munns, regimental number 16864, died on 31/7/1917 serving in the 7th Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Ypres Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he was a native of Ramsey, Hunts who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Flora was his legatee. Harry had married Flora Woodward in the Peterborough District in 1910; on the 1911 census they were living at 3 Rimes Yard, Stanground; Harry was 23 years old. On the 1891 and 1901 census he had been living with his parents Maximilian and Sarah Munns at South Court in Stanground. His birth had been registered in Huntingdon District in 1888 as "Henry Munns").
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action on the Somme
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
39, HIGH ST. STANGROUND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial