Major-General Sir William Penn Symons, British soldier, c1899 (1902).Artist: R Stanley

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Major-General Sir William Penn Symons, British soldier, c1899 (1902). Symons (1843-1899) was mortally wounded at Talana Hill, South Africa in 1899 during the first major battle of the Second Boer War. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902).

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