Military service
Service number:
37441
Age:
46
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Artillery
Division:
1st Div. Ammunition Park
Birth:
August 30, 1874
Death:
March 22, 1921
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 22. 5.
Additional information
Son of Esther Elsie Bathe (formerly Penley), of Harrow-on-the-Hill, England, and Henry Frederick Plunkett Penley.
Digital gallery of Gunner Henry Penley
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Grave Marker
Both grave stones of 37441 Gunner Henry Penley who served with the 1st Div. Ammunition Park Canadian Artillery C.E.F. Born in Brighton England on Aug. 30th 1874 he enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 25th 1914, he listed prior military service in the Railway Pioneer Regt. during the South African war. He listed his occupation as "Fitter" Henry died at Vancouver BC on March 15th 1921 at the age of 46. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Grave Marker 2
Original grave stone of 37441 Gunner Henry Penley who served with the 1st Div. Ammunition Park Canadian Artillery C.E.F. Born in Brighton England on Aug. 30th 1874 he enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 25th 1914, he listed prior military service in the Railway Pioneer Regt. during the South African war. He listed his occupation as "Fitter" Henry died at Vancouver BC on March 15th 1921 at the age of 46. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Grave Marker 3
Smaller replacement grave stone of 37441 Gunner Henry Penley who served with the 1st Div. Ammunition Park Canadian Artillery C.E.F. Born in Brighton England on Aug. 30th 1874 he enlisted into the C.E.F. at Valcartier Quebec on Sept. 25th 1914, he listed prior military service in the Railway Pioneer Regt. during the South African war. He listed his occupation as "Fitter" Henry died at Vancouver BC on March 15th 1921 at the age of 46. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial cross in the section where 37441 Gunner Henry Penley was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 37441 Gunner Henry Penley was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Henry Penley
Digital gallery of
Gunner Henry Penley
Digital gallery of
Gunner Henry Penley
Digital gallery of
Gunner Henry Penley
Digital gallery of
Gunner Henry Penley
VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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