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Sgt. David Ernest Penny
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:St Nicholas, Glamorgan
(d.27th May 1917)
David Ernest Penny 36875. Enlisted 21/11/15. Prewar he was a gardener then a policeman. He was soon promoted to Acting Corporal (24/11/15) then Acting Serjeant (3/6/16). He was killed in action on 27/5/1917 during the Battle of Arras, "place not stated". He is commemorated on the Arras memorial.
The day before he was killed, by chance, he met his younger brother who survived the war