IN MEMORY OF DADDY
WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN
VERMELLES, HUGHINA MUNRO

LANCE CORPORAL HUGH SIMON FRASER MUNRO

CAMERON HIGHLANDERS

25TH SEPTEMBER 1915 AGE 25

BURIED: VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE


Lance Corporal Hugh Munro's wife chose his inscription, highlighting the fact that he had a daughter he had never seen. The baby was called Hughina, an unusual name; the feminine version of her father's name. Using such names was obviously a family custom because Hugh's father was called James and his daughter, Hugh's sister, was called Jamesina.
Hugh Munro served with the 4th Battalion the Cameron Highlanders, a territorial battalion which went to France in February 1915 and saw action at Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert and Givenchy before taking part in the Battle of Loos when Munro was killed.