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Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/157355/f-w-symmans/
GUNNER F W SYMMANS
Service Number: 855084
Royal Field Artillery 32nd Div. Ammunition Col.
Date of Death 27 October 1917
Buried SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY I. C. 37. Belgium
Recovered 12.6.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13657
Newspaper entry : News reached here on Wednesday in last week of the death of Gr. Frank W. Symmans, husband of Mrs. Symmans, of Homedale, Blackbridge-road, Freshwater, and fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. John Symmans, Upper Ventnor. Gr. Symmans was an old R.G.A, man, but out of service when war broke out. He was called up with the National reserve in 1914, and after a short period transferred to the R.F.A. He was formerly employed by Mr. William Morris, of Down Court Farm, Niton...
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 30 November 1917
Father : John Charles Symmans
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Ellen Walker
Birth Place : Ventnor
Birth Date : 1882
Spouse : Nellie May Peart
Marriage Place : Victoria Street Chapel, Ventnor
Marriage Date : 1908
Death Place : Belgium
Death Date : 27 Oct 1917
Buried / commemorated
or cremated at : Solferino Farm Cemetery West-Vlaanderen, Belgium I. C. 37.
Census 1891 : 4 Malvern Cottages, Ventnor
Census 1911 : Southford, Whitwell, Isle of Wight