"SAKI", (H.H. Munro).
At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Munro rushed to enlist and soon found himself stationed with the 22nd
Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in Horsham, Sussex.In November 1915 Munro's company was sent to France, and in
September 1916 he was be promoted to Lance-Sergeant.. Munro suffered a bout of malaria (his second) in
October and spent about a month at battalion hospital. Upon hearing of the impending attack on Beaumont-Hamel
he returned to his battalion, still in a weakened state. He was killed by a sniper early in the early hours of November 13, 1916
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