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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 195

Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Henry Penney), good very fine, in card envelope of issue

D.C.M. London Gazette 1.4.1915 4558 Company Sergeant Major Penney, W.H., 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
'For gallant conduct and ability in the trenches from 23rd to 28th October, 1914, especially in dealing with the enemy's attempt at an outflanking movement.'

4558 Company Sergeant Major William Henry Penney, D.C.M., born Greenwich, Kent; served with the Regiment during the Boer War and with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914; played 'a prominent part in the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, and the Aisne'; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 28.10.1914 'whilst rallying his men under very heavy fire', for which his D.C.M. was awarded, on the day of his death Penney 'did splendid work, behaving with the utmost coolness, walking along smoking a cigarette and directing the fire of his men calmly and collectedly, and the determination with which this improvised line kept the Germans at bay', and is commemorated upon the Le Touret Memorial, France.

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