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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. James Wilfred Penberthy
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Stanley Pendall
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.15th Feb 1915)
Cpl. Jock Pender
British Army Queens own Camerion Highlanders
On the 31st July 1917, the first day of the battle of Ypres, my Father Jock Pender was repairing telephone communication cables close to Square Farm near Frezenberg, just east of Ypres with L/Cpl "Wee" Hanna. Jock was sniped and hit on the right shoulder. He fell and Wee Hanna ran over to help him, at which point Hanna was also sniped presumably by the same sniper. He fell dead on top of his friend. My Father used to tell how he lay there for hours, till darkness fell and allowed him to struggle from under Hanna's body and make his way back to his base. When Hanna was searched for later he couldn't be found, presumably buried in the Flanders mud.
L/Cpl. Harold Pendlebury
British Army Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
Company Sjt Mjr. W. Pendlebury
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Samuel Henry Pendleton
British Army 6th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Bulwell, Nottingham
(d.28th Mar 1918)
Samuel Henry Pendleton was shot in the back whilst carrying a wounded comrade from the battlefield and died on 28th of March 1918, aged 24. He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France He was the son of Samuel Hy. Pendleton and Eliza E. Pendleton, of Bulwell, husband of A. Pendleton, of 29, Ockerby St., Bulwell, Nottingham.
Pte. Robert Armstrong Pendlington
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Served with 14th DLI
A. Penfold
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
(d.19th Jul 1917)
Pte. George Penfold
British Army 2nd Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
from:Meadvale, Redhill, Surrey
(d.14th July 1916)
George Penfold, my great uncle, was baptised at St John's, Redhill on the 18th January 1880, the youngest son of John and Mary Penfold of Meadvale, Redhill, Surrey. In 1911 he was living with his parents and was a bricklayer. He seems to have been a keen sportsman, playing for both the village football and cricket teams.
When World War 1 started he enlisted at Guildford in the 2nd Battalian, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. He was killed on the 14th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme but has no grave and his name is listed on the memorial to the missing of the Somme at Thiepval.
In 1993, shortly before their deaths, his nephews, my father and uncle then both in their late eighties, remembered how he had cried when he had to return after his last leave because he did not want to go back.
Pte. John Thomas Penfold
British Army 32nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.11th Apr 1918)
Pte. George Frederick Penfound
British Army 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment
from:39 Monument St, Devonport, Plymouth
(d.12th May 1915)
Tues 11th 1915 May. Resting in bivouac, in the evening proceeded to relieve the 5th Bn Cheshire Regiment in the trenches about Oosthoek abutting the Yser canal.
Wed 12th May 1915. A fairly quiet day, except for the shelling of trench 27. by the enemy, at the cost of several casualties. During the evening our own Artillery, unfortunately placed several shells, in our own trench 28. seriously wounding one man, and killed other ranks 3. wounded other ranks 11. to hospital other ranks 5.
The above extract is taken from the officer of the day diary. My great uncle was one of the 3 killed. George Frederick Penfound aged 30 of 39 Monument st Devonport Plymouth. I have my great uncle's medals, cap badge and death plaque, and yearly I place a poppy cross,at the memorial at St Aubyns Church in Devonport.
He is buried in Plot1, Row D, Grave 3 in Spoilbank, Zillebeke, Belgium. Nobody from the family has yet visited, it is something I hope to do before I die.
Pte. T. Pengelley
British Army 7/8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Cornwall
(d.7th Jun 1917)
T Pengelley was a good friend of Forester Buckingham, in his account of the 7th of June, Forester recalls the young Cornishman's last moments.
"Pengelley, he was our company runner. He was running just to the left of me as we went over the ... went advancing. Of course it was reasonably daylight then, because of how early in the morning, we could see quiet well, apart from the smoke and all of the confounded din. Poor chap ..[tape cuts out, starts out again] ...?? that. But then of course Jerry got a lot of his machine-guns going behind and he was letting rip and poor old Pengelley got one straight in the head. I ran over to him and he was as dead as a doornail. He really got an awful bang. Anyway, we couldn't stop. We were not allowed to stop. We had to carry on with our advance"
Pengelly was the son of Fredrick and Susan Topp Pengelley, he was 21 years old and is buried in Wytschaete Military Cemetery.
Cpl. Sydney John Pengelly
British Army "D" Battery, 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Newbridge, Wales
(d.5th June 1917)
Sydney Pengelly was one of 9 brothers, 5 of whom were old enough to enlist and did, all were injured, sadly, Sydney was killed.
Part of the huge Artillery force set up to crush the German resistance they were possibly moved forward at the end of May.
The 75th Brigade RFA set up gun positions north of Wulverghem on either side of the Wytschaete Road,under heavy German fire including Gas. The Howitzers of "D" Battery replied with gas the next day 6th June. At some stage the Germans replied and he was hit. The crew were taken to the ADS at Kandahar Farm and, then sadly, to the cemetery next door.
He rests alongside a
- Sgt Sidney Jackson 4611, who died the same day and two more "D" Battery boys
- Gunner Ernest Corns 1811
- Driver Alexander Stevens 4487 who died the next day, possibly part of the same Gun crew.
Sadly not mentioned on the Newbridge Wales War Memorial
George Pengilley
British Army 7th Queens Own Hussars
George Pengilley served with the 7th Queens Own Hussars.
Pte. Bernard Penman
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Horden, Co Durham
(d.22nd May 1915)
Benny Penman joined up along with with younger brother Thomas. They went to France with the Durhams on the 18th April 1915. Around the 19th of May they reached dugouts on the boundaries of Sanctuary Wood, Hooge. Bernard was killed on the 22nd May 1915. Thomas was killed on the 24th May 1915.
Pte. Corneilius Penman
British Army 1st/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry
from:Douglas
My Grandfather, Neil Penman was born in Law, Lanarkshire in 1886 married Susan Mcmanus in 1911. He joined the Larnakshire Yeomanry on the 10th of April 1909 his address at the time was Douglas. He left for the war from Devonport on the 27th Sept. 1915. He disembarked at Mudros 11th Oct. 1915 and embarked for Gallipoli the same day.
He was sent to St. Andrews Hospital, in Malta on the 6th Nov. 1915 and embarked on HS Nevasa for England on 29th Nov. 1915. He was sent to Brokenhurst Hospital and arrived 14 Dec. 1915 and discharged 27 Jan. 1916. Not a long war for him but according to him very harrowing. He died in 1952 having lived around the Armadale area.
Gnr. Richard Penman
British Army Royal Field Artillary
from:South Shields, County Durham
Pte. Thomas Penman
British Army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Horden, Co Durham
(d.24th May 1915)
Thomas Penman joined up along with with older brother Bernard. They went to France with the Durhams on the 18th April 1915. Around the 19th of May they reached dugouts on the boundaries of Sanctuary Wood, Hooge. Bernard was killed on the 22nd May 1915 and Thomas on the 24th May 1915.
Sgt. Mark George "Tich" Penn
British Army 7th Btn. London Regiment
from:Chiswick, London
Pte Wallace Pennie
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:138, Farndale Rd, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.8th Apr 1918)
Pennie, Wallace. Private, 19/1308, Died on 8th April 1918. Aged 27 years.
Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Koln(Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal Germany, in grave XIII. D. 6.
Attached to 25th Btn, Tyneside Irish, Northumberland Fusiliers. The 19th Btn records show his surname as Pennil. The cemetery location and date of death would suggest that Pte Pennie was a Prisioner of War.
Son of George and Elspet Janet Pennie, of 138, Farndale Rd, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Davenport Pennington
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:West Gorton, Manchester
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Davenport Pennington, Private 11198, was killed at the age of 24. He was the son of Davenport and Emily Pennington of Stockport and husband of Edith Pennington of West Gorton, Manchester. He is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
Sgt. David Ernest Penny
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:St Nicholas, Glamorgan
(d.27th May 1917)
David Ernest Penny 36875. Enlisted 21/11/15. Prewar he was a gardener then a policeman. He was soon promoted to Acting Corporal (24/11/15) then Acting Serjeant (3/6/16). He was killed in action on 27/5/1917 during the Battle of Arras, "place not stated". He is commemorated on the Arras memorial. The day before he was killed, by chance, he met his younger brother who survived the war
Pte. Thomas James Penny
British Army 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Warlingham
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Thomas Penny attested aged 20 years and 2 months for the duration of the war with the 16th Middlesex Regiment, Public School Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own at Woldingham on the 30th March 1915. Thomas joined as a Private and was given the service no. PS/1805, Thomas had been working as a Gardener.
Thomas and the 16th Middlesex Regiment moved in July 1915 to Clipstone Park and then in August to Perham Down. On the 28th of October 1915 Thomas spent 5 days at Pernham Down hospital for treatment for a septic hand. On the 15th of November 1915 the 16th Middlesex Regiment embarked to France but Thomas was put with the 24th Middlesex Regiment who were a reserve regiment, as he was deemed not fit for foreign service at the time. Throughout the war the 24th Middlesex regiment provided replacements and on the 23rd of January 1916 Thomas left to re-join his friends in the 16th Middlesex Regiment who were in Annequin, France. Thomas joined the 16th Middlesex on 7th of February 1916. Annequin was on the outskirts of Bethune, it was a rather unpleasant part of the line as dead bodies lay rotting, who had died 4 months previously from the Battle of Loos in 1915. On 29th June 1916 Thomas was seen by the 89th Field Ambulance and then the following day was sent to the 29th Divisional Rest Station, with possibly a problem with his knee. On the 2nd July 1916 Thomas was sent to no.35 Casualty Clearing Station in Doullens. Thomas needed further treatment and was sent back to England to the 2nd General Hospital on 4th July 1916.
Meanwhile on the 1st July 1916 the rest of the 16th Middlesex Battalion of the 29th Division, took part in their first major battle in trenches near Auchovillers opposite the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt which was the German front line. This is known as The Battle of Albert, part of the Somme campaign in 1916. Only 120 men of the 16th Middlesex Battalion reached the crater. By 10.30am under heavy enemy fire, the men were short of ammunition and the survivors, returned to the British lines. Thomas lost a lot of friends that day and in particular other Warlingham boys, Charles Alfred Elmes and Walter Hoad who are commemorated on the Warlingham War Memorial.
On 7th August 1916 Thomas was at 41 Infantry Base Depot which was a holding camp in Etaples. The base depot received men from England and kept them in training while they waited to be posted. On 2nd September 1916 Thomas was back with the 16th Middlesex Regiment who had been withdrawn from the Somme and sent to Ypres in Belgium. However 15 days later Thomas was seen again by the 89th Field Ambulance and sent to no.10 Casualty Clearing Station in Remy Siding, Belgium and no.12 Casualty Clearing Station in Hazebrouck, Northern France. He was diagnosed with cervical adenitises, an infection of a lymph node in the neck. Thomas was sent to a base hospital, no.3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in Boulogne. On 5th October 1916 Thomas needed further treatment and was sent back to England on Hospital Ship HMHS St Patrick to Dover. Thomas then spent 17 days at Glen Red Cross Hospital, South-end on sea.
On the 2nd November 1916 Thomas was with the 6th Middlesex Regiment who were a depot and training unit in Chatham. On the 8th December 1916 Thomas was back to the 41 Infantry Base Depot, holding camp in Etaples, waiting to be posted to a serving regiment. Thomas was posted to the 21st Middlesex Battalion (Islington) who were serving in France on 27th December 1916. The 21st Middlesex were in the area of Albert at Maricourt. The war diary on the 27th December 1916 says: Battalion marched to Camp 21 leaving at 9am and arriving at 3.15pm. Condition of camp very muddy. Draft of 96 O.R received from Base (mostly men with previous experience on Western Front but a few only partially trained). Thomas and the 21st Middlesex Regiment would have spent a few days clearing the Camp particularly the mud and making improvements to the trenches, Asquith Flats, which were very wet and the communication trenches that were impassable.
While serving with the 21st Middlesex Regiment, Thomas fell ill with bronchitis and was seen by the 10th Field Ambulance service on 26th February 1917, this developed into Influenza. Thomas was taken to the 13th General Hospital in Boulogne. On the 3rd March 1917 Thomas was on his way to England on the Hospital Ship HMHS St Denis as he had further problems with myalgia, which is muscle pain. Thomas was likely to have been suffering from Trench Fever which was caused by body lice, a hazard of dirty conditions in the trenches. Easily spread it caused the soldier to suffer from a high fever, headaches, aching muscles and sores on the skin. Thomas was sent to Cambridge Hospital on 11th March 1917 for 14 days.
By the middle of March 1917 Thomas was back at the depot and then on 3rd April 1917 Thomas was posted to the 5th Middlesex Regiment, who were a depot and training unit in Chatham, Kent. Thomas’s final posting was on the 12th May 1917 where Thomas embarked to France to join the 4th Middlesex Regiment ‘D’ Company on 2nd June 1917. 2 Officers and 136 Other Ranks joined the 4th Middlesex that day at Manin, France. On the 5th June Thomas and the battalion went by motor bus to billets at Beauvois which were described as rather bad and the majority of the men slept in the open. The following day they moved to billets at Tangry and then onto Matringham, North West of Arras where they spent time training.
On the 25th of June 1917 they marched to Kemmel in Belgium, South West of Ypres. The 4th Middlesex Regiment were in the 63rd Brigade, 37th Division and they were sent to Ypres to take part in several battles during the Third Battle of Ypres 1917 better known as Passchendaele. Thomas and D Company spent time in the front line trenches near ‘Zero Wood’, as working parties, digging and clearing up the trenches in the pouring rain with enemy artillery fire.
18th of July 1917 at Torreken Farm. In the early morning the new type of gas shell was noticed in most Companies. Severe sneezing and watering of the eyes resulted – the smell of the gas was too faint for any adequate idea of its character to be given. They also spent a lot of time training and in model trenches.
23rd July 1917 Beaver Camp, The Battalion was practiced in the attack in view of future operations.
28th July 1917 Beaver Camp Owing to inclement weather the afternoon was spent in lectures on box respirators and various points of interest concerning active operations.
The next offence which was to be The battle of Pilckem Ridge, which commenced on 31st of July 1917 until 2nd of August 1917, this was the opening attack for the Third Battle of Ypres. On the 29th of July 1917 Thomas and the 4th Middlesex Battalion went into the front line. Zero hour was 3.50am when Thomas and D Company left the safety of the trenches. The war diary states: 31st July 1917, D Company advanced till its left rested on Bee Farm on the other side of which were the 8th K.O.R Lancaster Regiment. They were out of touch on the right, they reached this position about 5am. The farm was searched and about 40 prisoners taken, half of these were seen to fall under hostile machine gun fire. Between 7am and 8am hostile bombers approached and began to attack their right. They were met with rifle grenades, rifle and lewis gun fire and gave no further trouble. The war diary goes on to say that from 9am the remains of A Company and Thomas with D Company re-joined the rest of the battalion they were shelled heavily until midday, which caused many casualties. When the ‘Kings Own Regiment’ were counter attacked it was felt that the 4th Middlesex could not hold their shell holed line so were ordered to retire under the protection of the Lewis guns. They went into the line held by the 19th Division, where they met 4 Privates from the Kings Own but no other 19th Division men were seen. Thomas and the 4th Middlesex held this line until the 2nd August 1917 when they were relieved. The casualties for The Battle of Pilckem for the 4th Middlesex were 5 Officers killed, 1 Officer later died of wounds, 1 Officer wounded and was a German prisoner. Other Ranks 15 killed, 97 wounded, 69 believed wounded and missing and missing believed killed 23. Along the 15 mile line of this offensive the British Commanders deemed the battle a great success. The G.O.C. of the 37th Division congratulated the 4th Middlesex Regiment saying that they had fully maintained their name The Diehards.
The rest of August 1917 was spent in training, cleaning equipment and as working parties. September, there was torrential rain which made everywhere water logged and the shell holes and craters full of dirty water. In the Ypres Salient the mud was described as sticky and men drowned in this mud. For the Battle of Menin Road Ridge on 20th until 25th September 1917, the 37th Division was in reserve and the Battle of Polygon Wood, 26th September until 3rd October 1917, the 4th Middlesex were in the area but did not attack.
On the 10th of July 1917 Thomas and the 4th Middlesex were guided to the front line south of Veldhoek. As the battalion passed, Mont Sorrel they went through very heavy shelling where 2 Officers were killed, 6 O.R killed and 5 wounded. On the 11th of October 1917 Thomas and the 4th Middlesex were still in the front line trenches and no rations were set up but the enemy was fairly quiet. On the 12th October 1917 The First Battle of Passchendaele commenced. The 4th Middlesex Regiment were in the front lines during the battle but they did not engage the enemy that day. The war diary on the 12th October 1917, states:- The battalion remained in the line. Occasionally Battalion Head Quarters was shelled with light guns. No ration party arrived. 3 ORs killed. Thomas was one of the three other ranks who was killed that day, aged 22 years old. His father was sent Thomas's tobacco pouch. No will was found to be in Thomas's pay book. Thomas is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing, as there is no known grave. The other two men killed that day were Private Arthur Howard and Private James Arthur Doust from the 4th Middlesex Regiment, who are also commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Tyne Cot Memorial has 35,000 names for the Officers and men from the United Kingdom and New Zealand forces, who have no known grave. The memorial bears the names of those who were killed after August 1917, those pre this date are on the Menin Gate. Tyne Cot marks the furthest point in Belgium that the Commonwealth forces reached until the end of the war.
Thomas was awarded the British and Victory medals for services to his Country. Thomas is commemorated on the Warlingham War Memorial, the All Saints Roll of Honour and at Warlingham Village School.
Cpl. James Penrose MM.
British Army 184th Brigade, "A" Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Sutton, Co. Dublin
Corporal James Penrose of Sutton, Co. Dublin, Ireland joined the 184th Brigade "A" Battery of the Royal Field Artillery in 1915 which was formed at Deptford on 20th July 1915. They embarked for France on 6th March 1916. The 184th were disbanded on 1st December 1916 and became part of the Divisional Artillery, 184th Brigade "A" Battery became known as C/174 which was disbanded after the war in 1919.
Corporal Penrose was awarded the Military Medal which was documented in the London Gazette on 2nd August 1918. From research, Corporal Penrose was wounded near Aubigny, France on 16th September and was listed on this date as Acting Sergeant. He was Honourably Discharged from the Army on 31st May 1919.
On his return to Ireland James Penrose married Mary Quigley and went on to have eight children. However, he died in 1945 at approximately 50 years of age, in Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.
Pte. Robert Penrose
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Lt. Maurice Penrose-Fitzgerald
British Army 7th Btn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
from:Milford-on-Sea, Hants
(d.26th July 1916)
Lieutenant Penrose Fitzgerald was the Son of the late James H. B. Penrose Fitzgerald, of The Grange, Midleton, Co. Cork; husband of Louisa J. P. Penrose Fitzgerald, of Hillside, Milford-on-Sea, Hants.
He died of wounds, age 23, and is buried North of West end of the Church, in the Corkbeg Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Nurse Alice Penson
Alice Penson was my grandmother, she met my Grandfather, John Tilbury, at the hospital where he was convalescing after breaking a knee on duty in France. She married whilst serving and therefore her name changed during the war.
Pte. Thomas Penston
Britsh Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dublin
My Great Grandfather, Thomas Penston, served in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles and later in the Royal Irish Regt. He arrived in France in August 1914, he was discharged due to wounds under Kings Regs 392 in 1916 and received a Silver War Badge upon discharge. I have his medal card, discharge papers and medal/SWB roll entries but do not have any photographs, if anyone has photos of 2nd Bn R.I.R circa 1914 I would be extremely grateful if you could contact me.
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.
Pte. Herbert Walter Penton
British Army 20th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Lewisham, London
(d.16th Apr 1917)
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