Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Edwin Munton, and the husband of Annie Munton, he left one child. Before enlistment he had been a gardener. He never served abroad, he contracted a fever from which he died in Hither Green Hospital in Lewisham. His Captain writes:- He proved himself a willing soldier, performing his duties cheerfully and winning thereby the good feeling of all N.C.O.’s and men.” Other sources show his place of residence as Little Casterton, Rutland.