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William Munday. Died 13 December 1915
William was born in 1886 in Lewes, Sussex to father John, and mother Eleanor. He was the first born and had two siblings, one brother and a sister. By the age of 25, William had become a butler to the Gething family at 47 Lancaster Gate. His father’s family came from Watlington in Oxforshire and sometime prior to 1891, moved to Lewes, where John was a Gracer’s assistant. By 1911 they moved to Crowthorne in Berkshire where John was a groom at a local livery.
William joined the Glosters around September 1914 and by July 1915 was on his way to France. In December 1915 he had been killed in the Bethune area, an active part of the Western Front.
Name: MUNDAY, WILLIAM PERCIVAL
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment Unit Text: “O” Company. 8th Battalion. Formed at Bristol in September 1914 as part of K2 and attached to 57th Brigade in 19th (Western) Division. Moved to Perham Down and in March 1915 to Tidworth. Landed in France 18 July 1915.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 13/12/1915
Service No: 12902
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Eleanor Munday, of Muriel Cottage, Pinewood Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks. Born at Lewes, Sussex.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 17. Cemetery: RUE-DES-BERCEAUX MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L’AVOUE. Richebourg is a village and commune to the north of Bethune in the Pas de Calais.
47 Lancaster Gate, London (1911
Muriel Cottage, Pinewood Avenue, Crowthorne, Berkshire (mother)
5 Toronto Terrace, Lewes, Sussex (1891)