South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


A/Sergeant 40015 Aylmer John Ashley MONCK - 14th Signal Company, Royal Engineers


Died on Tuesday, August 17th 1920 aged 26

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Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Warwick Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
9 May 1915 in France ~ Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Westgate School
Cause of death Date and Place Enlisted  
Died of Malaria & Consumption 12 Aug 1914 at Warwick  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
21 Victoria Street, Warwick Army Service Corps  
     

Military Service History

  • 12 Aug 1914 - Enlisted at Warwick
  • 2 Feb 1915 - Promoted to L/Corporal
  • 25 Apr 1915 - Promoted to 2nd Corporal
  • 26 Apr 1915 - Promoted to Corporal
  • 9 May 1915 - Arrived in France
  • 7 Dec 1915 - Promoted to A/Sergeant
  • 29 Jan 1916 - Arrived in Salonika
  • 17 Jul 1919 - Discharged with Malaria

Circumstances of Death

Aylmer was discharged on 17 Jul 1919 with Malaria which he contracted in Salonika which caused the consumption that he died from. He died on 17 Aug 1920 at 21 Victoria Street, Warwick.

Aylmer's death was reported in the Warwick Advertiser on 21st August 1920 as follows:

DEATH OF MR. AYLMER MONCK - We regret to announce the death of Mr. A.A. Monck of 27 Victoria Street which occured early on Wednesday morning after an illness extending over ten months. The late Mr. Monck, who was 26, enlisted for war service in 1914 [12 Aug 1914] being one of the first of Messrs Alfred Herberts apprentices to respond to Lord Kitcheners appeal for recruits, and was a Sapper in a Signal Co of the Royal Engineers.

He served in France, Belgium, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine and was in the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. While he was in Salonika he contracted malarial fever which brought on consumption from which he died.



 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
18 Dec 1893 at Plumstead  
   
Parents Names Abode
Aubert Alpheus and Elizabeth Monck 27 Victoria Street, Warwick
   
Schools Colleges
Westgate Boys School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1893 - Plumstead, London 1901 - Scholar
1901 - 8 Pretoria Terrace, Plumstead 1911 - Apprentice Machine Turner
1911 - 27 Victoria Street, Warwick 1914 - Turner
1920 - 27 Victoria Street, Warwick