240230 Pte. Hugh Pentland British Army B Coy.1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers from:Portadown, Northern Ireland Hugh Pentland was a farmer's son from Ballyworkan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He did his training at Shorncliffe, but after disembarkation in France on 22nd August 1914, the British Army was immediately engaged by the Germans. Only five days later Hugh was captured and he spent the remainder of WW1 in the Prisoner of War camp at Minden, Germany. According to the ICRC records, Hugh was not wounded. After repatriation, in 1919, he received Victory and 4 Star decorations. He moved to Canada, where he spent a quiet life as a bachelor in beautiful Peachland, B.C., Canada.
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