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Rifleman HENRY JOHN PENNEY

Service Number: 7074
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

1st/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XII. A. 5A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Louisa Mary Penney, of 29, Knowle Rd., Brixton, London. Native of London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR US OUR ONLY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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