King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 9th Battalion, Service no. 20767
Killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 27
Story
Born and christened in Kippax on 14th April 1889, Samuel was the son of Thomas William Pennington and Emma Jane Trickett. The family moved away from Kippax, and in 1911, Samuel was working as a Footman for the shipbuilder Robert Ropner at Preston Hall in Stockton upon Tees, Durham. He enlisted in Middlesbrough, and was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, along with other several soldiers from Kippax, such as Benjamin Hudson, Charles William Armitage, Harold Varley, John Sharper, Thomas Prince, and William Longbottom. Samuel’s mother Emma received £4 18s 2d on the 15th March 1917 from the Army following her son’s death, and a further £6 10s on the 26th September 1919.
Kippax Roll of Honour 