WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 17674 | Private John Henry Munks | 2nd Bn. Notts & Derbys Regt. | born 1897 |
| Service/pension records | Attested at Nottingham 29/9/14 Trade: gardener Address: Needham Street, Bingham Next of kin Father, mother and sister Edith, Newgate Street. Height 5’7”; 125 lbs; Girth 36” (expansion 3”); brown hair and eyes. After two (training?) postings he was posted to the British Expeditionary Force on 25th January 1915. He was probably involved in the Battle of Hooge in June of that year. He was wounded in action 9/8/15 - Gun Shot Wound to the neck After treatment at Camiers he was transferred by Hospital ship 12/8/15 to hospital in Brighton Appointed unpaid L/cpl 28/10/15 whilst serving in Sunderland He was posted to BEF (Mediterranean) on 14th November 1915, and then sailed on 29/1/16 from Imbros (Turkey) to Alexandria, He was then posted to BEF (France) 28/6/16. 16/7/16 sentenced to 1 year hard labour for “when on active service using insubordinate language to a superior officer” later commuted to 3 months FP No. 1 *** Wounded a second time on 30/9/17, probably at The Battle of Morval. Demobilized 9/3/19 Home address: 39 Wood St., Newark, Notts On 9th March 1918 two items of personal property, a lamp and a note book, were forwarded by the army to his family at Newgate Street. |
AVL description: Pte Sig. Notts & Derbys Regt; indicates he was a
signaller. |
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| Medal card | Entered France 26th January 1915. Awarded Victory, British and 15 Star medals. Transferred to reserves 9th March 1919. |
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| Forces war records 2nd Battalion | 04.08.1914 Stationed at Sheffield as part of the 18th Brigade
of the 6th Division and then moved to Cambridge. 11.09.1914 Mobilised for war and landed at St. Nazaire and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1914 The actions on the Aisne heights. 1915 The action at Hooge 27.10.1915 Transferred to the 71st Brigade of the same Division; 1916 The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of Le Transloy. 1917 The Battle of Hill 70, The Cambrai operations. 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Second Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Advance in Flanders, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal, The Battle of Beaurevoir, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Selle. 11.11.1918 Ended the war at Bohain, France. |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: wounded twice on the Western Front; Notts and Derby Regiment. AVL Address: Needham Street; Pte Sig. Notts & Derbys Regt. |
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Field Punishment No1 (Wikipedia):
Field Punishment Number One, often abbreviated to "F.P. No. 1"
or even just "No. 1", consisted of the convicted man being placed
in fetters and handcuffs or similar restraints and attached to a fixed object,
such as a gun wheel or a fence post, for up to two hours per day. During the
early part of World War I, the punishment was often applied with the arms stretched
out and the legs tied together, giving rise to the nickname "crucifixion".
This was applied for up to three days out of four, up to 21 days total. It was
usually applied in field punishment camps set up for this purpose a few miles
behind the front line, but when the unit was on the move it would be carried
out by the unit itself. It has been alleged that this punishment was sometimes
applied within range of enemy fire. During World War I Field Punishment Number
One was issued by the British Army on 60,210 occasions.
Family history etc
| Private John Henry Munks | |||
| 1896 FREEBMD | Born Bingham as Monks, JUL – SEP | ||
| Census 1901 | Lived in Needham Street, Bingham with: Father: John Tom Munks, b. 1873 Bingham Mother: Mary, b. 1876 Bingham Sister: Edith b.1893 Bingham |
Platelayer GNR |
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| Census 1911 | Lived in Needham Street, Bingham with: Father: John Tom Munks, Mother: Mary, b. 1876 Aslockton Sister: Emma, b. 1904 Bingham |
Grocer’s errand boy Platelayer GNR |
Joined NUR 1913 |
| 1918 AVL | Needham St, Bingham | ||
| 1923 FREEBMD | John H Munks married Florence Simpson in Lincoln JUL –
SEP qtr. Children: Joan I, Lincoln 1924 John K, Lincoln 1927 Betty C, Lincoln 1935 Brenda E, Lincoln 1936 |
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| 1939 Register | 8 Rosemary Lane, Lincoln John H Munks, b. 14 Aug 1896, married Florence Monks (later Haywood), b. 12 Oct 1897, married Two closed records Joan Irene Munks (later Priestley), b. 16 Jan 1924,single Brenda Munks (later Garfitt), b. 13 May 1936 |
Engineer’s metal machinist Unpaid domestic duties (John and Betty) Engineer’s tabulation machinist, office work (comptometer?) Under school age |
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| 1967 FREEBMD | John H Munks died Lincoln JAN – MAR qtr. aged 67 | ||