We Remember

Percy John Munn

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
127714
Unit at enlistment: 
71st Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
May 3rd, 1917
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Paris, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
33 Water Street, Galt, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
33 Water Street, Galt, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Moulder
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
39

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Fresnoy. 

BX May 23, 1917

Private Percy J. Munn of Paris was Killed – Was Born in Paris, but of Late Years Had Resided in Galt

(From Our Own Correspondent)

PARIS, May 23. – Another Paris boy has paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War in the person of Private Percy John Munn. Deceased was born and educated in Paris and was a son of the late Thomas Munn, who was a prominent merchant here some years ago. Of late years he had resided in Galt, where he enlisted. He was married to Miss Mary Sheppard of Paris, who with one son survives, together with four brothers and four sisters – Thomas and Clarence of Paris, William of Port Dover; Harry of Wainwright, Saskatchewan; Mrs. J. Flanagan of Chicago; Mrs. Piper of Syracuse, N.Y.; Mrs. M. Chandler of Winnipeg and Mrs. Smith of San Francisco. Deceased was well known to the older residents who will extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Continue your search

Go back to WWI records search