WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 264520 [LR] | Lance Corporal Ernest Munks | 12th Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) 53rd (Young Soldiers) Leicester Regiment |
born 1884 |
| No service/pension records exist on Ancestry | |||
| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH says he served on the Home Front with the Notts &
Derbyshire Regiment; therefore he would not have been entitled to any medals.
AVL has 264520 L/Cpl 53rd (Y.S.) Leicester Regt. The Service Number cannot be corroborated as there is no service record or medal card. AVL address: 12 Long Acre Row His daughter’s birth certificate (Oct 1917, see below) has him as “12th Sherwood Foresters”. |
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| Forces war records | 12th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) 01.10.1914 Formed at Derby as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Shoreham area attached to the 24th Division. April 1915 Became a Pioneer Battalion of the 24th Division. 29.08.1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France and engaged in various action on the Western Front including; 1915 The Battle of Loos (the Division suffered severe losses and took the rest of the year to rebuild). 1916 The German gas attack at Wulverghem, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont. 1917 The Battle of Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Cambrai Operations. 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The First Battle of the Avre, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre, The passage of the Grand Honelle. 11.11.1918 Ended the war at Le Louvion east of Bavai, France. |
Research Note: We are unable to resolve an inconsistency here. The Roll of Honour has him on the Home Service. There are no medal records, which supports the Home front attribution. The birth certificate for his daughter shows him to be in the 12th Sherwood’s. Army records show that battalion to have been involved in the Passchendaele operations in 1917. It may be that a reserve contingent stayed at home. He may then have transferred to be a ‘mentor’ for the Young Soldiers’ battalion. It may have been that he had health issues that stopped him serving abroad. With no extant service records we cannot tell. |
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| Long Long Trail web site | 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Up to 27 October 1917, this was known as 12th Young Soldier Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. Before that it had been 13th (Reserve) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. A basic recruit training unit based at Rugeley Camp, it was part of 1st Reserve Brigade. At some point thereafter it moved to "F" Lines, Hipswell Camp, Catterick and may later have been at Clipstone Camp. |
His daughter was born 1st October 1917 and his occupation
was given as 12th Sherwood Foresters. This was just before the battalion
became the 53rd. It seems that the 12th Young Soldiers was a different unit to the 12th (Pioneers) who served in France. |
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| Forces war records web site | 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion 27.10.1917 Formed at Rugeley from the 12th Young Soldier Battalion of the Training Reserve (previously the 13th Sherwood Foresters), then moved to Cannock Chase in the 1st Training Reserve Brigade. Nov 1918 Moved to Clipstone. |
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| Research note | He may have been involved in a boy soldier band, see http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com
for photograph of band and more details. We do not know if he was involved with the young soldiers’ band; if he was he may be on this photograph! |
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Family history etc
| Lance Corporal Ernest Munks | |||
| 1884 | Ernest: Born Redmile, Leics | ||
| Census 1891 | Lived at Rear’s Yard, Redmile, Leics with: Grandmother: Rosey Munks widow b. 1823 Granby, Notts Uncle: James Munks, b.1863 Redmile |
Agricultural labourer |
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| 1891 census (Rosa, Ernest’s’ mother) | Living at Long Acre Row, Bingham: George Monks, b. 1851 Redmile Children: Kezia Monks, b. 1877 Bingham Jane Monks, b. 1876 Bingham Anne E Monks, b. 1879 Bingham Mary Monks, b. 1882 Bingham Rosa Monks, b. 1885 Bingham Granddaughter: Mary E Glover, b. 1890 Bingham |
Farm Labourer |
George married but wife not listed |
| Census 1901 | Ernest lived, Sutton near Granby, Notts with: Robert Burrows, b. 1843 Hough, Lincs Sarah F Burrows, b. 1863 Claypole, Lincs William F Burrows, b. 1900 Sutton Annie Thorn (Sarah’s sister), b. 1868 Claypole Lily Wakeling, b 1885 Sutton Fred Parr, b. 1884 Redmile |
General servant on farm Farmer Housekeeper Domestic servant General servant on farm |
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| 1901 census (Rosa, Ernest’s’ mother) |
Rosa living at East Grove Farm, East Street with: William S Browne, b. 1860 Bingham And family |
Domestic servant Farmer |
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| 1901 census Rosa’s family |
Living at 11 Long Acre Row, Bingham: Father: George, b. 1851 Redmile Mother: Ann (neé Singleton) b. 1846 Bingham Brother: James Enoch, b. Jun qtr 1891 Redmile |
Rosa’s brother served in WW1. Click on name for details. | |
| 1905 | Married Rosa Munks at Bingham APR- JUN 7b 910 | Rosa was daughter of George and Ann Munks who lived next door in 1918. | |
| Census 1911 | Living at 12 Long Acre Row, Bingham with: Wife: Rosa, neé Munks b. 1885 Bingham Son: Ernest Leslie, b. 1905 Barkby Leics Daughter: Mary Jane, b. 1911 Bingham |
Nurseryman’s gardener | Ernest Leslie died 1925 |
| 1917 | Daughter Grace Lilian born Bingham, 1st October 1917. Ernest’s occupation is shown as being in the 12th Sherwood Foresters. | ||
| 1918 AVL | 12 Long Acre Row, Bingham | ||
| Electoral Roll | 1918, 1921-31: 12 Long Acre Row: Ernest and Rosa Munks. We
have seen other examples of men being listed on both he AVL and the civilian
register. 1918, 1921-6: 11 Long Acre Row: George and Ann Munks. Their son James was on AVL. 1927-30 Ann only. |
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| 1925 | Ernest Leslie died Nottingham Mar 1925 aged 19 | ||
| 1939 Register | 11 Long Acre Row, Bingham: Ernest Munks, b. 22 Sep 1883, married Roas Munks, b. 16 Jul 1884, married Grace Lilian Munks (later Flowers), b. 1 Oct 1917, single George Leverington, b. 11 Apr 1889, married |
Concreting on RAF, also ARP Unpaid domestic work Paid domestic help Foreman of Trades, Inspector of Works, Air Ministry |
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| 1965 | Ernest died Nottingham aged 81, 6th June 1965 | Wilford Hill Crematorium record shows wife Rosa. Address 91 Annesley Street, Nottingham. | |