| Surname: | Penson |
| Initials: | N |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 14523953 |
| Notes: | CMP. 53 (Welch) Division Pro Coy. He was born in Lincolnshire and resided in Leicestershire, formerly served in the General Service Corps. Unit War Diary WO 171/569 21/7/44 7 L/Cpl's (Benjafield, Hazzard, Penson, Harris, Hawkins, Greenstreet & Church, killed in action at PW cage. PW cage was bombed by enemy aircraft. Casualty List 1514/14, North West Europe, Killed in Action, 21/7/1944. 5/10/49 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal. name spelt Pension on this card. Address:-Mrs. A. Skinner, 3 Main Road, Leverton, Nr. Boston, Lincs. Inscription on gravestone: Till the day breaks. Norman Penson. Extract from the Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser, 26 August 1944. Mrs A Penson, "The Laurels", Leverton, Nr. Boston has been informed that her husband L/Cpl. Norman Pension has been killed in action in Normandy. he was 24 years of age an was killed by shellfire whilst guarding prisoner. |
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| Date of Death: | July 21, 1944 |
| Company: | 53 DIV PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2336354 |
| Cemetery: | BROUAY WAR CEMETERY, FRANCE 🇫🇷 |
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