The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. Raymond Bardwell Penniman, M.C.
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - R.B. Penniman
Service:
- Prior service; 1 year, 96th The Lake Superior Regiment, 1914
- Subaltern's Course, 1914
- Attested for overseas service with the 52nd Battalion on 27 Apr 1915, attached to the 32nd Battalion, 1915
- Joined The R.C.R., 1915
- Captain's Course, Winnipeg, 1915
- C.M. Shornciffe, 1916
- Awarded the Military Cross
- Reported Missing, 8 Oct 1916
M.C. Citation
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19 AUGUST, 1916.
Lt. Raymond Penniman, Can. Infy. - For conspicuous gallantry and determination when repelling three hostile attacks under difficult circumstances.
Lieut. Penniman has no known grave, he is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial; Pas de Calais, France.
Lieut. Raymond Bardwell Penniman's name as engraved on the outer wall of the Vimy Memorial.
Photo by Geoff Reeves.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial: R.B. Penniman
Date of Birth - 21 Aug 1891
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An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
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On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
