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Surname
Symmans
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J F
Gender
Male
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Died
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Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2872174/john-frederick-symmans/
GUNNER JOHN FREDERICK SYMMANS
Service Number: RMA/6748
Royal Marine Artillery
(RMR/B/952). H.M.S. "Aboukir."
Date of Death 22 September 1914 Age 38 years old
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL 6.
Son of John and Ellen Symmans, of 1, Malvern Cottages, Upper Ventnor, I. of W.; husband of Rose Loader (formerly Symmans), of 1, Obelisk Cottages, Fort St., Sandown, I. of W.
Recovered 12.6.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13656
Newspaper entry : DEATHS SYMMANS. - Lost in H.M.S. Aboukir on the 22nd September, 1914, Frederick John Symmans, the loving husband of Rose Symmans, of Sandown, and eldest son of John Charles and Ellen Symmans, of Upper Ventnor, I.W., aged 38 years, 10 months. "Peace, Perfect Peace."
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 16 October 1914
Father : John Charles Symmans
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Ellen Walker
Birth Place : Ventnor
Birth Date : 24 Dec 1875
Spouse : Rosa Catherine Sothcott
Marriage Place : St Catherine's Church, Ventnor
Marriage Date : 1905
Death Place : At sea
Death Date : 22 Sep 1914
Commemorated Portsmouth Naval Memorial Hampshire, England Panel 6.
Census 1881 : Down Road, Ventnor
Census 1891 : 4 Malvern Cottages, Ventnor
Census 1911 : 1 Obelisk Cottages, Sandown
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At sea
Year of death
1914
Month of death
September
Day of death
22
Age at death
38
Manner of death as stated
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Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
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