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Stanley James Penwill

In memory of:

Private Stanley James Penwill

June 19, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

707153

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

November 11, 1884

Son of James and Sarah Penwill, of Noss Mayo, Newton Ferrers, Devon.

Commemorated on Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 3.

Location:

Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Cemetery– Entrance to Bois Carre Cemetary

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    Cemetery – Entrance to Bois Carre Cemetary
  • Cap badge– Cap Badge from his regiment

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    Cap badge – Cap Badge from his regiment
  • Grave Marker– S.J. Penwill

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – S.J. Penwill
  • Cemetery– British and Canadian soldiers

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – British and Canadian soldiers
  • Cemetery– Bois Carre Cemetery

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    Cemetery – Bois Carre Cemetery
  • Cemetery– Bois Carre Cemetery information display

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    Cemetery – Bois Carre Cemetery information display
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of July 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y198uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of July 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y198uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Grave Marker– The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
  • Bois Carre British Cemetery– Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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    Bois Carre British Cemetery
    Bois Carre British Cemetery – Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)

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