Penelope Ward was born in 1954 (date suppressed) in Loughboro'.

Penelope married Philip Wickham Guard on Monday 1 April 1985 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Philip Wickham Guard:

- Bethany Guard	born in 1985 (date suppressed) at Reading, Berkshire.
- Lucy Guard	born in 1990 (date suppressed) at Reading, Berkshire.