The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal P E Penfold

Inscription - "LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS"

Photograph by "Robert O'Connor"

Lance Corporal Percy Eustace PENFOLD, G/6338, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 21.

Born Goudhurst, Kent, son of George & Harriett Penfold, of 7, Beresford Road, Goudhurst, Kent.

1911 Census - 7, Beresford Road, Goudhurst, Kent - George Penfold, head, age 53, married, gardener domestic, worker, born Goudhurst, Kent; Harriett Ruth Penfold, wife, age 52, married 31 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Goudhurst, Kent; John Alexander Penfold, son, age 29, single, bricklayers labourer, worker, born Goudhurst, Kent; William George Penfold, son, age 26, single, gardener domestic, worker, born Goudhurst, Kent; Eustace Penfold, son, age 16, single, house boy domestic, worker, born Goudhurst, Kent; Leslie Penfold, son, age 13, schoolboy, born Goudhurst, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent.

14th December 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Blighty Valley Cemetery, V. I. 11., Authuile Wood, France. Commemorated on Goudhurst War Memorial.

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