The Great War Medal Collection of Robin H.J. Darvell

Pair: Private H. Pennell, 119th Company Machine Gun Corps, killed in action, Bourlon Wood, 23 November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (103257 Pte., M.G.C.) very fine (2) £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Great War Medal Collection of Robin H.J. Darvell.

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Harold Pennell was born in Fulstow, Lincolnshire, lived at Grainthorpe and enlisted at Louth. Serving with No. 2 Section, 119th Company Machine Gun Corps, he was killed in action in an attack on Bourlon Wood, 23 November 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial. With copied war diary extracts.