MUNN Robert Basil Shepherd A/Capt

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Surname: MUNN;

Forename(s): Robert Basil Shepherd;

Initials: RBS;

Rank: A/Capt;

Previous Regiment: KSLI;

Date of transfer to MGC: 16-May-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 80 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 36 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 9 Bn;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC:For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Whilst in charge of four machine guns, he was indefatigable in choosing good positions for them, thereby aiding the infantry moves. He personally kept two guns in action through a night's fighting.;

Other Data: Keble Coll: b. 1894, Educ: Ludlow GS 1901-1913. In Wireless. Address: The Gables, Orelton,Ludlow. C/o BBC, 2 Savoy Hill, W2.
Capt 1 KSLI 1914-23, attd MGC. France 1918-19. MC, Immediate Award 16/9/18
with 80 Coy July 1916 - war diary
To Command "B" Coy 36 Bn 1/4/1918
award of MC confirmed in War Diary 22/5/1918
with 9 Bn in India 1920 - see report of, "The Machine Gunner" Nov 1920, p 22
address 1946: Barclays Bank, Langham Place, W1;

Other Notes: MC: LG 16/9/1918;

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