Munro, Gordon Dean
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of James M. Munro, M.B., Tarves ; born there, 3 April 1895 ; educated Tarves Parish and Aberdeen Grammar Schools ; matriculated in Medicine 1913, passed the First Professional, July 1914. Having joined the Grammar School Company of the 4th Gordons in June 1913, on the outbreak of war hew as mobilized with his regiment, and after training at Bedford and elsewhere crossed with them to France in February 1915. To the end he remained in the ranks, declining a commission. He was reported the best shot in his Company, and at the Front was chosen to act as sniper. On 25 September 1915, when the Battalion swept on in its memorable charge through the German lines at Hooge he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. Removed to a hospital in Courtrai, he died there in the hands of the enemy on 2 October 1915. The friends of his boyhood at Tarves, his fellow-students and his comrades in arms have united in testifying to his athletic achievements, his bright and very unselfish personality, his loyalty in friendship and his power of cheer. He was a very gallant soldier who shrank from no sacrifice.
Date of Death: 02 October 1915
Burial Details: Buried at Courtrai (St. Jean) Communal Cemetery, Plot 1, Row A, Grave 63.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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