Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant D. H. C. Monro, 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 4 May 1916

1914-15 Star (Lieut: D. H. C. Munro. 29/Can: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. D. H. C. Munro.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (Lieut. D. H. C. Munro) last in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£300

David Henry Carmichael Monro was born in Tiverton, Devon in February 1885. He was the son of Mr and Mrs D. C. Monro of ‘The Chestnuts’, Lindfield, Sussex, and was educated at Shrewsbury School. Monro served during the Great War with the 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry died of wounds on the Western Front, 4 May 1916:

‘While in charge of a working party near Dickebusch, on the morning of April 30th 1916, he was struck in the back by shrapnel. His wounds were dressed and he was taken to No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died four days later.’

Lieutenant Monro is buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

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