Henry Alfred Symonds Explained
Henry Alfred Symonds (24 March 1924 – c. June 1994) was a British soldier who served in the British Free Corps of the Waffen-SS during World War II, attaining the rank of Rottenführer[1]
Symonds was born in Willesden, Middlesex in March 1924. He originally joined the East Surrey Regiment at the age of 17, and then volunteered to become a paratrooper but had lost his nerve after his third jump and been transferred into Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. He was captured in Italy on 4 October 1943.[2] He "decided, after some initial hesitation, to stay on" in the BFC in December 1943.[3] In February 1945 he made successful representations to go to the isolation camp at Drönnewitz.[4] He gave evidence for the defence in the trial of Edwin Barnard Martin.[5] He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after the war.[6] [7] He died in Vale Royal, Cheshire in 1994 at the age of 70.[8]
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- Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Location 2342). Random House. Kindle Edition
- Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2132–2134). Random House. Kindle Edition
- Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2160–2161). Random House. Kindle Edition
- Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2987–2988). Random House. Kindle Edition
- http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=qubelfast&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS34685222&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 "Court-Martial On Soldier."
- http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=qubelfast&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS35209793&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 "News in Brief."
- Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Location 3363). Random House. Kindle Edition.
- https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=1196700&tid=&pid=&queryId=1cded1ceb0e0081f37065b83cccb60d9&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OzZ13606&_phstart=successSource Henry Alfred Symonds in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
