The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J E Penfold

Private John Edward PENFOLD, G/6361, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th October 1916, age 17.

Born Deptford, SE, son of George & Sarah Penfold, of 17, Knotts Terrace, St. John's Road, Deptford, London.

1901 Census - 5 Sumner Street, Deptford - *George Penfold, head, age 28, married, contractors labourer, worker, born Deptford, London; Sarah Penfold, wife, married, age 27, born Liverpool, Lancashire; George Penfold, son, age 9, born Deptford, London; Charles Penfold, age 7, born Deptford, London; Mary Penfold, daughter, age 5, born Deptford, London; Edward Penfold, son, age 3, born Deptford, London.

*died age 29, 1903 September, Greenwich Registration District.

1904 September, Southwark Registration District, Sarah Penfold, married Authur George Mitchell.

1911 Census - 17, Knotts Terrace, Tanners Hill, Deptford SE - Arthur George Mitchell, head, age 35, married, Deptford Borough Council, road sweeper, employed, born West Greenwich; Sarah Mitchell, wife, age 35, married 7 years, 1 child, born Weymouth; Arthur G Mitchell, son, age 6, school, born Deptford; Charles C Penfold, stepson, age 17, single, licensed hawker, own account, born Deptford; Mary E Penfold, step daughter, age 15, single, born Deptford; Edward J Penfold, stepson, age 13, school, born Deptford.

Enlisted Deptford, SE. Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted Camberwell, age 19, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 119lbs, clasped hands left forearm, scroll of flowers right forearm. Resided 17, Knotts Terrace, Tanners Hill, Deptford SE. Son of Sarah Penfold, 17, Knotts Terrace, Tanners Hill, Deptford SE. Formerly hawker.

10th September 1915, enlisted & posted Driver, "D" / 186th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Service No.41666; 11th September 1915, joined at Blackheath; 16th September 1915, found to have fraudulently enlisted as above whilst serving as No.G/6361 Pte John Edward Penfold in the 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1915, In arrest; 22nd September 1915, Deptford, improper reply to an NCO, 48 hours imprisonment with hard labour; 23rd September 1915, Trial dispensed with and held to be relegated to former Corps, Authority General Officer Commanding London District, dated forfeit all former service on dispensation of trial; 25th September 1915, service reckons from this date when handed over to Escort from 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both show Service No. as G/6361; CWGC web site shows it as G/8361.

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