Symonds W H Pte 12059 2nd Suffolk Regiment

Symonds W H Pte 12059 2nd Suffolk Regiment

SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green Hatten, of Walsham-le- Willows; b. Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894; educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary Wood; unm. A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the Parish Church at Badwell Ash.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

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