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Albert Henry Pennymore, 4th Battalion Active Service Company South Wales Borderers. Born 1871, buried at Llangattock Juxta Caerleon, Gwent.

In accordance with instructions received by Captain Pennymore, commanding A Company 4th Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers, a special parade of those men who had volunteered for service at the front was held on Monday evening for the purpose of selecting the three Volunteers required for the front and three Reserves to represent the company. Private Bert Pennymore, Cyclist Winstone, and Private Cudly, were the three selected for the front, while Privates W. Price, England, and Tom Brown, with Sergeant W. T. Morgan, were the names given for the Reserves. Private Pennymore is considered one of the best shots in the company, and possesses a fine physique, with experience as a Volunteer of fourteen years' standing.
The Weekly Mail, Saturday 13th January 1900

Four Blaenavon Volunteers, Trooper Tom Steel (Imperial Yeomanry), and Privates A. E. Pennymore, Tom Brown, and A. Winstone (Volunteers), having been accepted for service, a meeting was promptly called for the purpose of arranging ways and means for giving them a hearty send-off. The Rev. W. Rees occupied the chair, and the prominent men of the district were also present. It was decided that a banquet should be held on Tuesday, and a small committee was invited to suit with them as to their wish in the matter of what form the presentation, which it was decided to make them, should take. Subscriptions were solicited in the room, and over £11 was received.
Evening Express, Saturday 20th January 1900



The three Blaenavon men who were accepted from the 4th Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers, Blaenavon, together with Trooper F. M. Steel, of the Imperial Yeomanry, were entertained at dinner by their townsmen, when Trooper Steel was presented with a pair of five-guinea field-glasses, silver demi-hunter watch, and cholera belt, Private Pennymore receiving presents of field-glasses and a purse of money, and Privates Winstone and Brown a purse each, containing £10, the three latter also receiving Balaclava caps and cholera belts, while the vicar (the Rev. A. A. Matthews) also presented each man with a Prayer Book and Bible. On their departure the men, headed by a band, were escorted to the station, where a scene of unparalleled enthusiasm was witnessed. Along the line of route the men were enthusiastically cheered, while at the station they were warmly shaken by the hand by all who could get near.
Evening Express, Tuesday 30th January 1900

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The Active Service Company of the South Wales Borderers (Volunteers) which returned to Brecon on Monday from South Africa was disbanded on Tuesday, most of the men returning to their homes the same day.
Corporal A. H. Pennymore and Privates Tom Brown and Archibald Winstone arrived at Blaenavon on Tuesday in a break sent to Brecon by the reception committee. The Volunteers, who looked none the worse for their fifteen months' warfare, were met at the Cae White by a large body of people. The crowd was of such proportions that the marshals had difficulty in forming the procession. The procession wended its way to the Workmen's-hall, where the men were formally welcomed. Mr. Charles White presented to each of the three men a framed address of welcome. In the evening they were entertained to dinner.
Weekly Mail, Saturday 25th May 1901


Lord Tredegar, the lord-lieutenant of the county of Monmouth, rode to the Newport Football Ground on Saturday, in full uniform and wearing his own Crimean War medal, to present the war medals issued to the Volunteers of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Battalions of the South Wales Borderers who have returned from active service in South Africa. The scene was one of brilliance and enthusiasm.
The full list of those entitled to the decoration [includes] : - Lance-sergeant A. H. Pennymore, Privates T. Brown and A. Winstone, A Company, Blaenavon.
Weekly Mail, Saturday 12th October 1901

On Sunday night Mr. A. H. Pennymore, son of Colonel P. G. Pennymore, Coity House, Blaenavon, succumbed to an attack of malaria fever. Mr. Pennymore, on the outbreak of the Boer War, volunteered and threw up a lucrative position to accompany two other Blaenavon men with the Volunteer Service Company. After serving throughout the campaign he returned home and then accepted a position as engineer in West Africa. As the climate would not allow a continuous period of service, Mr. Pennymore had to only remain there eight months out of the twelve. He had served three periods, and had only just returned home when the dread disease struck him down. He was very highly respected in Bleanavon, and especially among the members of the Volunteer company, of which his brother, Captain P. G. Pennymore, is in command, and the year before last he was successful in carrying off the cup for the best shot, presented annually by Mr. R. W. Kennard.
Evening Express, Tuesday 20th September 1904 [Major P. G. Pennymore emigrated to Australia in 1906]

. On Sunday night Mr. A. H. Pennymore, son of Colonel P. G. Pennymore, Coity House, Blaenavon, succumbed to an attack of malarial fever at the residence of his father. The deceased gentleman, who was 33 years of age, had only recently returned from his third period of service as an engineer in West Africa, and it is probable that the dread disease which carried him off was contracted there. Mr Pennymore, with three other Blaenavon men, volunteered for service at the outbreak of the Boer war, and being accepted he served throughout the campaign with the Volunteer Service Company, and on his return was thanked by his fellow-townsmen and presented with an illuminated address to mark their appreciation. The deceased was well known in the town and highly respected. He was a member of the local Volunteer Company, and last year carried off the cup presented by Mr R. W. Kennard for the best shot in the company.
The Cardiff Times, 24th September 1904