SAMUEL SYMONDS

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 1917, 4, Kents Yard, Church Street, Ipswich.

Died: 7th June 1944; age: 27; died at Biéville during Day 2 of D-Day.

Residence: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 5772011.

Regiment: Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1st Battalion – Infantry.

Buried at Biéville as an Unknown Soldier and reported Missing. On the 23rd May 1945, the body was exhumed, identified and reburied at La Delivrande War Cemetery.

Grave Reference:

X.C.3.

La Delivrande War Cemetery,

Douvres,

Calvados,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Samuel & Ellen Kate Symonds, of 30, Hossack Road, Ipswich; husband of Dorothy Symonds, of Wimbledon, Surrey.

Father: Samuel Symonds, born February 1888, Albion Street, Ipswich. A General Wharf Labourer.

Mother: Ellen Kate Symonds (nee Maplestone), born September 1892, Long Street, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1921   4, Kent’s Yard, Church Street, Ipswich.

Samuel was 4 years & 6 months old and lived with his parents, sisters and widowed paternal grandfather.

Samuel Symonds, 33 years & 4 months old, a Dock Labourer – unloading ships.

Ellen Symonds, 30 years & 9 months old, Home Duties.

Florence Ethel Symonds, 5 years & 10 months old, at School, born 15, Holy Wells Road, Ipswich.

Edith May Symonds, 2 years & 1 month old, born 4, Kents Yard, Ipswich.

William Symonds, 79 years & 3 months old, an Old Age Pensioner, born Angel Lane, Ipswich – died 1926, Ipswich.

In 1943, in Wimbledon, Surrey, Samuel married Dorothy Mary Phillips, a laundry hand, born November 1924, Wimbledon – daughter of John Thomas Phillips, a bus driver for the London Passenger Transport Board, and Rose Phillips (nee Tester), of 41, Toynbee Road, Wimbledon.

Samuel is also commemorated on the British Normandy Memorial, virtually opened by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, on the 6^th June 2021.

Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1st Battalion
The battalion landed on Red Queen Beach, the left flank of Sword Beach, fighting their way inland.