Penn Symons
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penn-symons-183-9171199
title:
Penn Symons
text:
Lieutenant-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. While 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.. A monument to his valour was raised in Victoria Park, Saltash, Cornwall, UK.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Symons
date created:
2011-02-23T15:49:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T23:38:54Z
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