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Serjeant JOHN CHARLES HENRY PENROSE

Service Number: 9486
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FIRST D.C.L.I. CEMETERY, THE BLUFF

C. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Martha Jane Penrose, of 29, Castle St., Truro, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT THOSE HE LOVED MIGHT LIVE A TRUE CHRISTIAN A LOVING SON
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Buried or commemorated at

FIRST D.C.L.I. CEMETERY, THE BLUFF
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 76
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