Career
Monger was 17 years old, and a private in the 23rd Regiment of Foot (later The Royal Welch Fusiliers), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 18 November 1857 at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the Venture capital: Private Monger volunteered to accompany an officer, Thomas Bernard Hackett, whom he assisted in rescuing a corporal of the 23rd Regiment of Foot, who was lying wounded and exposed to very heavy fire. His citation reads:
23rd Regiment, Private George Monger
Date of Acting of Bravery, 18th November, 1857
Foreign daring gallantry at Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, on the 18th of November, 1857, in having volunteered to accompany Lieutenant Hackett, whom he assisted in bringing in a Corporal of the 23rd Regiment, who was lying wounded in an exposed position. He died in 1887 at the age of 47 from tuberculosis.
He is buried is at Hastings Cemetery, East Sussex, in section H, grave East-18 common.
The headstone was erected by local residents. A blue plaque is displayed on his former house in Tower Road, Street Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.