General William Munro

Alexander Mackenzie, MJL., History of the Munro of Fowlis with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name tp which are added thos of Lexington and New England (A. & W. Mackenzie, Inverness, MDCCCXCVIII), pages 541-44 https://archive.org/stream/historyofmunroso00mack#page/541/mode/1up

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General William Munro, C.B., 39th Regiment later 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment - Soldier and Plantsman

"The eldest son of William Munro, he was born at Druid's Stoke, Gloucestershire, in 1818. He entered the 39th Foot as an ensign on 20 January 1834 and, in a manner that was unusual when officers purchased their promotions, remained with the 39th for almost the whole of the next 31 years. "

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