Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Driver C. W. Munn, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded on the Western Front on 31 August 1916

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (24333 Dvr. C. W. Munn. 83rd. Bty., R.F.A.) with top retaining rod; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24333 Dvr: C. W. Munn. R.F.A.) with top retaining rod; 1914 Star, with late slide clasp (14110 Dvr: C. W. Munn. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (14110 Dvr. C. W. Munn. 7 Div. R.A.) renamed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (14110 Dvr. C. W. Munn. R.A.) nearly very fine (5) £240-£280

Charles William Munn was born in Chelsea in 1879 and joined the Royal Field Artillery on 25 November 1897. He served with the 83rd Battery in South Africa from 8 January 1900 to 5 December 1905- he arrived too late to take part in the actual pursuit to Paardeberg, but was present at Diamond Hill, 11-12 June 1900. He was discharged on 24 November 1909, but re-enlisted on 7 September 1914, and served with the 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was wounded by gunshot to right thigh and left forearm on 31 August 1916, and returned to England on 6 September 1916. He was discharged from No. 1 Cadet School, Royal Field Artillery, on 14 February 1919, and died in Kensington in 1945.