Robert Munroe Explained

Robert Munroe
Allegiance:United Colonies
Serviceyears:1775
Battles:
    Birth Date:1712
    Birth Place:Lexington, Massachusetts, Great Britain
    Death Place:Lexington, Massachusetts, Great Britain

    Robert Munroe (1712April 19, 1775) was a soldier from Cambridge Farm, later Lexington, Massachusetts, notable as the third-highest ranking militia officer in the action at Lexington in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, one of the first eight Patriot fatalities in that conflict, and the first officer killed. At the time of his death, he was a militia ensign, now primarily a naval rank in English-speaking countries, but formerly the lowest rank of infantry officer in both the British and United States armies.[1]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Faces of Lexington: The Munroes. . lexingtonhistory. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108021825/https://www.lexingtonhistory.org/uploads/6/5/2/1/6521332/spring_2019_-_faces_of_lexington_-_the_munroes.pdf. Jan 8, 2022.