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Name : John Frederick Symmans. Son of John Charles Symmans and Ellen Symmans (née Walker), 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. Born 1875 Ventnor (Registered as Frederick John Symmans) (RMA record shows a date of birth of 24 December 1875) Married 1905 Rosa Catherine Sothcott at St Catherine's Church, Ventnor. |
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Census Information :
1881 : John C and Ellen Symmans, with their children including Frederick J. aged 5, are at Down Road, Ventnor. John Symmans is a Gardener. (surname transcribed as Symmons) 1891 : John C and Ellen Symmans, with their children including Frederick J. aged 15, are at 4 Malvern Cottages, Ventnor. John Symmans is a Labourer. (Surname transcribed as Symmonds) 1901 : John C and Ellen Symmans, with some of their children, are at 4 Malvern Cottages, Ventnor. John Symmans is a Labourer at Cemetery. (Surname transcribed as Symmans) 1901 : Frederick Symmans is serving with the Royal Marine Artillery. 1911 : John C and Ellen Symmans, with some of their children, are at 4 Malvern Cottages, Ventnor. John Symmans is a General Labourer. (Surname transcribed as Symmans or Symmars) 1911 : Frederick John and Rosa Catherine Symmans, are at 1 Obelisk Cottages, Sandown. Frederick Symmans is a General Labourer. |
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Service details : Gunner RMA/6748 John Frederick Symmans, Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Aboukir Enlisted 13 May 1897 at Gosport for 12 years service. He was 5 ft 8 in tall, with a fresh complexion, dark brown hair and grey eyes. He was discharged on 31 May 1909 having completed his service, and became a Reservist. On the outbreak of war he was re-engaged on the 2 August 1914 and almost immediately joined HMS Aboukir, which was sunk by enemy action in the North Sea. | |
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Died : 22 September 1914 aged 38 Commemorated at : Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Ventnor War Memorial Sandown War Memorial St John's Church, Sandown, War Memorial County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle |
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Documents :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 9, 1914 Page 4 IN addition to the names given on page 1, a further local casualty in the loss of the Aboukir is that of Pte. F. Symmans, R.M.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Symmans, of Upper Ventnor. Friday, October 16, 1914 Page 5 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." Page 5 MR. AND MRS. SYMMANS wish to thank all kind friends for their sympathy in their sad bereavement. Page 5 LOST IN H.M.S. ABOUKIR. - We regret to announce that among those lost in H.M.S. Aboukir, which was sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine on September 22nd, was Mr. Frederick John Symmans, of 1 Obelisk Cottages, Fort Street, Sandown. The late Mr. Symmans was the husband of Mrs. Rose Symmans, a daughter of the late town crier of Sandown, and the eldest son of Mr. John Charles and Ellen Symmans, of Upper Ventnor. He was in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was working in the gardens at Los Altos at the time he was called up. Ever since the war broke out his wages had been generously paid by Mr. G.C. Drabble to the wife. Much sympathy is extended to the widow. There are no children. Page 5 At a meeting of the Local War Relief Committee on Wednesday the Chairman (Mr. J.N. Cater, J.P.) proposed that votes of condolence be sent to Mrs. Glaire and family, Mrs. C. Colenutt, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Symmans, of Upper Ventnor, in the losses they have respectively sustained in the deaths of relatives owing to the war. |
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Further Information :
His brother, Frank Wilfred Symmans, died in 1917 aged 35. His brothers Septimus Stephen Symmans, and Reuben Octavius Symmans, both served in the Army. His brother Henry Ernest Symmans, served in the Royal Navy. Rosa Symmans remarried in 1919, Jesse Loader. |
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Page last updated : 16 August 2011 - thanks to Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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