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PENFOLD, HAROLD LASHMAR. 1904.
M.C.E.G.S.; Trinity; former student of Engineering; B.A. Cantab.;
A.M.I.C.E.; some time on engineering work for the Greek Government; inventor of a safety petrol-tank for aircraft; some time in F.M.S. Government service as Asst. Engineer; thanked by Johore Government for work as Civil Engineer.
Volunteered during Singapore Mutiny February-March 1915; recom- mended for a commission by F.M.S. Government, and commissibned Lieut. R.E. in England April 1915; Senior Subaltern7 6th Fld. Coy. R.E., Guards' Div., September 1915-July 1916; wounded and incapacitated for further active service at Ypres salient; Company Commander Training Reserve R.E. Glasgow for eighteen months; Capt. May 1918; at armistice transf. Appointments Dept. Ministry of Labour. Demob. July 1919.