Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Penford

Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Penford

Army Number : 305455 (formerly Private 2238)

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of Mrs. Beatrice Bennett, of 42, Victoria St., Warsop, Nottinghamshire. Grandson of Eliza Penford of 36, Portland Street, Mansfield. He was a draper’s errand boy prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He went to France 7th March 1915 and died of wounds 9th October 1918, aged 21.

Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Penford art
The Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times 8th November 1918.

Buried/Commemorated : Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Plot 7. Row A. Grave 25.

Tincourt New British Cemetery, France.

Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Penford is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Marks’ Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mark’s Church Roll of Honour, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.