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Private DOUGLAS PENWILL

Service Number: 42853
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gertrude Penwill, of "Highfield," 24, Elgin Rd., Wallington, Surrey, and the late Charles Penwill. Born at Sutton, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 564
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