Five: Chief Petty Officer W. H. Penney, Royal Navy, who was present in H.M.S. Tiger at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (180079 A-B: W. H. Penney, H.M.S. Doris.); 1914-15 Star (180079, W. H. Penney, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (180079 W. H. Penney. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (180079 W. H. Penney. P.O., H.M.S. Dartmouth.) contact marks to first and last, otherwise very fine and better (5) £240-£280

William Henry Penney was born at Stonehouse, Devon, on 31 May 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 18 June 1894. He served in H.M.S. Doris from 18 November 1897 to 31 May 1901, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 January 1899. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 June 1912, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Tiger from 3 October 1914 to 30 September 1916, and was present at the Battle of Dogger Bank, and later at the Battle of Jutland, when Tiger received damage from 21 separate shells. Advanced Chief Petty Officer on 5 March 1919, he was shore pensioned on 5 March 1920. He died in Newton Abbot in 1970.

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