Name
Frank Munt
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
33756
Royal Engineers
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Frank (also known as Frederick) Munt was born at Abbots Langley in the spring of 1875. He was one of eight children (four sons and four daughters) born to John and Emma Munt. Frank was baptised at Langleybury on 29th September 1875. The family was recorded living at Upper Highway, Hunton Bridge in the 1881 Census. John Munt was noted working as a Cowman/Agricultural Labourer. By 1891 the family had moved nearer to the centre of Abbots Langley and lived at Breakspeare Road. John worked as a Gardener Labourer, whilst Frank was employed as a Paper Colourer at a Paper Factory. The family continued to live at Breakspeare Road in Abbots Langley, and in the 1901 Census Frank was recorded working as a Gardener at Hazelwood House.
On 17th October 1914, Frank (at that point recorded as Frederick) was listed in the Langleybury Roll of Honour that was published in the Hertfordshire Advertiser newspaper. He was shown serving with the Army Service Corps (ASC). Although he had lived at Abbots Langley for much of his early life he was not included in any of the Great War records for that village, unlike his brother Harry. Instead Frank was recorded several times in the Langleybury Parish Magazine. In January and May 1915 the Magazine reported that Frederick (Frank) was “Home Sick/Wounded”. However in June 1916, this time listed he was Frank, he was recorded serving with the Royal Field Artillery.
It is not known when Frank transferred to the Royal Engineers, however he was recorded serving as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers in the Langleybury Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918, and his address was noted at Hazelwood.
He was included in the Langleybury Roll of Honour, which was compiled at the end of the War, where he was recorded as Frederick Munt, and it was shown that he served as a Private in a Royal Engineer Labour Battalion.
Frank/Frederick Munt survived the War, as did his brother Harry, and his cousins Arthur and Leonard, who were all included in the Abbots Langley records for the Great War. As he had been born at Abbots Langley, and had lived for much of his early life at Breakspeare Road in the village, Frank has been included in the “Back to the Front” records for Abbots Langley and Langleybury.
Additional Information
Formerly Army Service Corps 7 Royal Field Artillery.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
