PENBERTHY, RICHARD
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Private
3776218
27/09/1944
26
The Welch Regiment 1/5th Bn.
II. D. 08.
Duty nobly done
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Son of Richard and Annie Elizabeth Penberthy, of Clifton, Manchester; husband of Edna Penberthy, of Clifton.
Died of wounds in the fieldhospital at the village of Meerveldhoven where he was initially buried.
Original gravesite in Meerveldhoven.
From the service records of Richard Penberthy, the following account can be reconstructed.
Richard Penberthy was born on 13 October 1916 in Clifton, Manchester, Lancashire. Before the war he worked as an instructor at a school for the blind.
He enlisted in the British Army on 2 April 1940 and initially joined the King’s Regiment. On 25 May 1944 he was transferred to the Welch Regiment.
Richard married Lana Wolstencroft on 9 May 1942 in Clifton. Together they had one child.
He embarked for service in North West Europe on 13 July 1944.
According to his service records, he was 5 feet 4¾ inches tall, with brown hair and blue-grey eyes.
Richard Penberthy was wounded in action on 26 September 1944. He died of his wounds the following day, on 27 September 1944.
Manchester Evening News 14 October 1944