Walter Penrice

Walter Penrice ‘Joe’ b.1897 Birkenhead. Mansfields Manager, Penang then Director, Mansfields;  No.2 Straits Steamship Company. Major SSVF. On the Relau 13.2.42. Palembang. He was appointed camp leader at Muntok. Died at Muntok 20.7.44 aged 47. His grave is E5 on the graves page.

He was a keen sportsman and there are frequent references to winning a number of swimming competitions, as the following illustrate:

Walter Penrice Ref 7 February 1927
7 February 1927
Walter Penrice Ref 9 July 1938
9 July 1938
Walter Penrice Ref 17 October 1938
17 October 1938
Walter Penrice Ref 26 May 1941
26 May 1941

His probate record:

Walter Penrice Probate
Walter Penrice’s Probate Record