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- 1 2 "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – Files – 1914–15". QPR.net. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Former Staff - Henry Pennifer". Hendon FC. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ↑ "Casualty Details: Henry John Pennifer". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ Henry John Pennifer on Lives of the First World War
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