Ronald Penney

Major-General Sir (William) Ronald (Campbell) Penney KBE CB DSO MC (1896–1964) was a British Army officer who commanded 1st Infantry Division during World War II.

Military career
Penney was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1914 at the start of World War I during which he fought in France and Belgium. He transferred to Royal Corps of Signals and then served in India and China. He served in World War II as Signal Officer-in-Chief in the Middle East from 1941, as General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division from 1943 (taking part in the Anzio landings) and as Director of Military Intelligence at Headquarters Supreme Allied Command South East Asia from 1944 until the end of the war. After the war he became Assistant Controller Supplies (Munitions) at the Ministry of Supply until his retirement in 1949. In retirement he worked at the Foreign Office.

Family
In 1963 he married Muriel Stella Daubeny.