Geoffrey William Pagden Fennell

Service Number: 4047

Description

Geoffrey William Pagden Fennell was born on 14 June, 1899 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England to Richard Holdsworth Fennell and Florence Louisa Waters. He was baptised on 8 July 1899 at Sandal Magna, St. Helen, Yorkshire, England. In 1918 Fennell was admitted to the Royal Military Academy as a cadet where he undertook military training. He graduated in 1919 and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant with the Royal Regiment of Artillery (gazetted 23 December 1919). Fennell married Violet D. Chaplin in October 1937 at Plymouth, England. They travelled together to India on 4 March 1938. In 1941 Fennell was training with his regiment, the 5th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, in India before they were sent to serve in the Malayan campaign. When Singapore fell in 1942 he became a prisoner of war. He was released in late 1945 and returned to England not long after. A few years later on 16 May 1948 his wife Violet passed away at Kent, England. Fennell remarried in late 1954 to Dennisia M. Lamacraft at Kent, England. Geoffrey William Pagden Fennell died on 20 September 1977 at Canterbury, England.

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First name/s

Geoffrey William Pagden

Last name

Fennell

Service Number

4047

Date of Birth

14/06/1899

Place of Birth

Wakefield

Date of Death

20/09/1977

Place of Death

Canterbury

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14/06/1899: Date of birth
20/09/1977: Date of death

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