Edward Noel Callis Symonds MBE, MC, MiD

 

11 Nov 1896 Nov 11. Born Walton. Woodbridge, Suffolk son of Rev Edward & Ellen Mary Symonds

 

Attended St. Lawrence College

1911 census at Walton. Woodbridge, Suffolk

1915 Nov 3 Commissioned 2nd Lt

 

1916 Jul 31 Lands in Egypt

1916 Aug 30 Admitted Hospital with Malaria

1916 Sep 28. Discharged to another hospital

1918 Jan 1 MC Gazetted

1921 Feb 14 Offered a position in the Colonial Office (Gazetted)

1921 Jul 7. He relinquished his RGA commission

1921 Aug 27. Regular Forces . To be 2nd Lts., 27th Aug. 1921, with seniority as stated against -their names: — RGA .—Lt. E. N. C. Symonds, M.C., from R.H. & R.F.A. (T.F.). 3rd Aug. 1916

1922 Aug 22. Shot in neck in Castletownbere when a gang tried to rob him as he withdrew money at a bank.

1923 Jun 5 His MBE was Gazetted. I assume for the Castletownbere incident

 

1927 Oct 18. Died as a result of a fall from his horse at Aldershot

 

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