The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W R Penfold

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Private William Robert PENFOLD, G/3828, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, 27th February 1916, age 22.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of Philip and Ali(c)e Penfold.

1911 Census - 7 Saunders Street, Ord Place, Chatham, Kent - Alice Penfold, head, age 49, widow, married 25 years, 7 children, 5 still alive, caretaker at school, Borough Council, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Rutland Penfold, son, age 22, single, shipwright, Government Dockyard, worker, born Rochester, Kent; Charles Penfold, son, age 20, single, joiner, wood, Government Dockyard, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Robert Penfold, son, age 18, single, grocers apprentice, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Doris Penfold, daughter, age 14, dressmakers apprentice, worker, born Chatham, Kent; Charles Harry Rockcliffe, bother, age 26, Police Pensioner (Metropolitan), married born Chatham, Kent; Jane Rockcliffe, sister in law, married 31 years, 5 children, 1 still alive, born Stepney, Middlesex.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent.

22nd September 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Chatham (Maidstone Road) Cemetery, Special Memorial, Chatham, Kent.

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