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Penelope and Karen Manager, Salahae at one of the standpipes of an installed water system

Penelope Worsley

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Penelope Worsley's son Richard was only 24 when he was killed in a car crash. He had joined the army after leaving school and risen to the rank of lieutenant but it was what he had done in his gap year - voluntary work in Thailand - which led in the end to a kind of comfort for his bereaved mother.

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