PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Penney, William Ronald Campbell "Ronny"
Date of birth: May 16th, 1896
Date of death:  December 3rd, 1964 (Berwick-upon-Tweed/Northumberland, United Kingdom)
Nationality:  British
     
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
Rank: Major-general
Awarded on: February 18th, 1943
 
     
COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (CB)
Rank: Major-general
Unit: General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division
Awarded on: March 23rd, 1944
 
     
LEGION OF MERIT - COMMANDER (LOM - C)
Awarded on: September 17th, 1948
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Smart, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005
- Unithistories.com
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