Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry John Pennifer | ||
Place of birth | Stafford, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 24 March 1918 [1] | ||
Place of death | near Pozières, France | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1912–1913 | Hampstead Town | 20 | (22) |
1913–1914 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | (–) |
Total | 23 | (22) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry John Pennifer (died 24 March 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back in the Southern Football League for Queens Park Rangers. [2] He also played semi-professionally for London League club Hampstead Town. [3]
Pennifer served as an appointed lance corporal in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War. [1] Serving on the Western Front, he was killed in action near Pozières on 24 March 1918 and is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial. [3] [4] [5]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Hampstead Town | 1912–13 [3] | London League | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
Queens Park Rangers | 1914–15 [2] | Southern League First Division | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 22 |