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===Death===
At the start of the [[First World War]] Munro was 43 and officially over-age to enlist, but he refused a commission and joined the [[King Edward's Horse|2nd King Edward's Horse]] as an ordinary [[Trooper (rank)|trooper]]. He later transferred to the [[22nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Kensington)]], in which he was promoted to [[lance sergeant]]. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured. In November 1916 he was sheltering in a shell crater near [[Beaumont-Hamel]], France, during the [[Battle of the Ancre]], when he was killed by a German [[sniper]]. According to several sources, his [[last words]] were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"<ref>"The Square Egg", p. 102</ref>