Youngest son of William W. and Nancy Monks, of 60, Brighton Avenue, Smithills, Bolton, formerly of 26, Shipton Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915. Killed by shell fire.
Monks, Rupert –
Personal details
- Surname: Monks
- Forename: Rupert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Smithills, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 20
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 20th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 242529
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- Oxford Grove Council School WWI 1914-1919 Roll of Honour
- CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 102 to 104.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 11/06/1915 19/10/1917 07/12/1917 20/09/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 6c* S22* 6g
- Bolton Chronicle: 19/10/1917