Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.
Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.

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A tapering pier on a plinth. The plinth has a bronze relief of Sir William Penn Symons and an inscribed tablet. The memorial was unveiled by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at 3.45pm on Wednesday 18th September 1901.
Title

Sir William Penn Symons K.C.B.

Date

c.1900 or before

Medium

granite & bronze

Accession number

PL12_TJ_S056

Acquisition method

public subscription

Work type

Monument

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

c.1900

Listing date

22/11/82

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Garden opening times apply

Inscription description

on plaque: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS COUNTRYMEN / AT HOME AND ABROAD – TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PENN-SEYMOUR K.C.B. / OF HATT, WHO FELL WHILE COMMANDING THE BRITISH / TROOPS AT TALANA HILL NATAL ON THE 20TH OCTR. 1899

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Located at

St Stephens Road, Saltash

PL12 4BG

In Victoria Gardens.