Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookeadquarter Farm (c. 16-3, Reference Map, Belgium 281/40,000); _unm._ His brother, Sergt. Nicol Moncur, Dragoons, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and is still (1916) serving there. [Illustration: =George Clark Moncur.=] =MONDAY, TOM=, Farrier-Sergt., No. 769, 1st Battery, 2nd Northumbrian Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Monday, of 59, East Cheap, Hull, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of Tom Auckland; _b._ Hull, 7 Nov. 1878; educ. Collier Street School, Hull; was a Farrier Blacksmith; enlisted 23 March, 1908; was promoted Sergt. about Aug. 1912; went to the Front, 18 April, 1915; was killed in action at Ypres, 24 May following, and was buried there. He _m._ at St. Stephen's Church, Hull, 1 May, Susanna (Waterloo Cottage, The Dene, Stainland, near Halifax), dau. of Jim Hardwick, and had ten children: George, _b._ 31 Dec. 1900; Jim, _b._ 24 Dec. 1905; Tom, _b._ 20 Dec. 1907; John, _b._ 2 Dec. 1913; Arthur, _b._ (posthumous), 25 Aug. 1915; Florence, _b._ 19 Feb. 1892; Fanny Elizabeth, _b._ 2 Dec. 1895; Sarah, _b._ 4 Dec. 1903; Alice, _b._ 19 Jan. 1909; and Edith, _b._ 26 Nov. 1911. [Illustration: =Tom Monday.=] =MONEY, HENRY IRONSIDE=, Capt., 1st Battn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles, the yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Ernie Edmund Money, Commandant, 9th Bengal Lancers (who was killed in India in command of his regt., 20 Dec. 1894), by his wife, Alice Mary (Gardenia, Torquay Road, Paignton, South Devon), sister of Major Eric Grey Drummond, killed in action, 13 Nov. 1914, and dau. of the late Major-Gen. Henry Drummond, Bengal R.E., and gdson. of the late Rev. William Money, of Walthamstow, and Lea Marston, co. Warwick; _b._ Kasauli, Punjab, India, 21 Sept. 1883; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.), Indian Army, 27 Aug. 1902; served his first year with the Somerset L.I.; and joined the 1/1st Gurkha Rifles 18 Jan. 1904; was promoted Lieut. 27 Nov. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; passed and received his certificate in the Maxim Machine Gun Examination at the Erith Works, 29 Oct. 1909; attended the manœuvres near Wetzlar, Germany, in 1909, and those in Switzerland in the spring of 1914; was home on leave, when the European War broke out, and joined his regt. in Egypt during Aug. 1914; landed with them at Marseilles at the end of Nov., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 20 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. A brother officer wrote: "Since we have been in France he has been in charge of our bomb-throwers, and has done magnificent work. Had he lived he would have been recommended for the D.S.O."; and another: "He was last seen fighting most valiantly and with the greatest coolness. His name has gone in for D.S.O., and richly he deserved it." Another: "He proved himself to be a magnificent soldier, and literally covered himself with glory. One can say that he died as he would have wished--leading and encouraging his men with whom he was enormously popular." [Illustration: =Henry Ironside Money.=] =MONK, GEORGE BERTRAM FIFIELD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Dr. Charles James Monk, of 15, Harley Street, W., and 3, Linnell Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb, N.W., Surgeon Dentist; _b._ Wiesbaden, Germany, 15 Sept. 1891; educ. St. George's, Harpenden, Herts; Michigan University, U.S.A., and Guy's Hospital, London, and was a Medical Student. He had joined the 28th Battn. (Artists' Rifles) London Regt. in Jan. 1914; volunteered for foreign service and went to France with them, 27 Oct. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd Warwicks (7th Division, 4th Corps), 11 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action in an attack on the enemy's trenches near Armentières on 18 Dec. following; _unm._ Capt. I. H. G. White wrote: "Your son died a very gallant death. He was found, together with four other officers and 34 men, within a few yards of a German machine gun, and it was obvious that he was one of a party that had made an extraordinary gallant effort to capture the gun and prevent it killing their comrades who were coming up behind. We buried him the next morning on the spot on which he fell"; and an officer of the 2nd Queen's: "On the 28th a general attack was ordered on the German position with a view to keeping the attention of the enemy fixed while important operations took place elsewhere. I was on duty in the trenches when the attacking party went out. Bertram went up the scaling ladder with a smile on his face. The moment the enemy's fire broke out it was clear that no one could live in such a storm. Our men were assailed with a torrent of rifle bullets, machine-gun fire and hand grenades. The bravest might have blenched before this awful ordeal. As the fire died down the wounded began to crawl back to our lines; our patrols devotedly went out, helping them in. As the night wore on and I saw nothing of the officers of your son's regt., I began to fear he was amongst the killed or was lying too badly wounded to come in. At daybreak the Germans made signs to us to come over and pick up our wounded. I went out; after a long search I found your brave son just where I should have expected. He was lying dead within 30 yards of the German trenches, half-way across the wire entanglements, his right hand outstretched as though pointing the way to his men. Death must have been instantaneous, for his head was pierced by two bullets from the machine gun. He was buried between the English and German trenches with his comrades. On Christmas Day we had another armistice to finish clearing the ground, and a funeral service was held, attended by a large gathering of German and English officers. It was a strange and impressive sight." Capt. Bare, Artists' Rifles, also wrote: "The following is an extract from a letter written by the Divisional General to our Colonel: "2nd Lieut. G. B. Monk was killed right on the enemy's wire entanglement, well in front of his battn. and opposite a machine-gun position.... While deeply deploring the loss of these most promising young officers, it must be satisfactory for you to know that they gloriously upheld the traditions of your regt....' The Colonel has ordered the General's letter to be read to all the men in the regt., and we are proud to remember that your son belonged to C Coy. and to know that he could not have died a finer death." Lieut. Monk was an excellent athlete, he represented his school at cricket and Rugby football and was in the Guy's Hospital Rugby football team. A poem was written in 2nd Lieut. Monk's honour by Canon Rawnsley and published in a book entitled "The European War, 1914-1915." [Illustration: =George Bertram F. Monk.=] =MONK, HENRY WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MONK, OSWALD FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10558, H.M.S. Hogu |