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Thomas Pennington

Details

Forename Thomas
Surname Pennington
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 24
Address 13 Well Street, Wigan (sister)
Parents' Address Station Rd, Haydock
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Collier employed at Pearson & Knowles
Regiment Border Regiment 2nd Batt
Day of Death 7
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Regiment Number 19288
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Thomas and Jane. Regiments Unknown on Wigan Cenotpah
Native of Lamberhead Green.
The king visited his grave and held his helmet with a bullet hole in it.

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry and WE 14/4/17