Penn Symons
Military Person
1843 – 1899
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Who was Penn Symons?
Major-General Sir William Penn Symons KCB was a British Army officer who was mortally wounded as he commanded his forces at the Battle of Talana Hill during the Second Boer War. Whilst his forces won the battle they had to abandon their position and fall back to Ladysmith. Symons and the more severely wounded were left to the Boers; he died three days later as a prisoner of war. A monument to his valour was raised in Victoria Park, Saltash, Cornwall, UK.
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- Born
- Jul 17, 1843
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Died
- 1899
Dundee
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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