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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY PENNINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PENZANCE CEMETERY

R5. 20.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Ada Pennington, of 51, Esplanade, Scarborough. Born at Sheffield. An Undergraduate of Queen's College, Oxford.
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Buried or commemorated at

PENZANCE CEMETERY
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 116
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