LIEUT. GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PENN SYMONS

Approximate Image Size: 7 1/2 X 10 inches Approximate Overall Size: 10 X 14 inches

PARTIAL DESCRIPTION FROM THE BIOGRAPHY: Lieut.-General Sir William Penn Symons was born July 17th, 1843, and joined the 24th Regiment as Ensign March 6th, 1863, becoming Lieutenant October 30th, 1866, and Captain, February, 1878. The first fourteen years of his service were so uneventful that. the operations against the Galekas in 1877, in South Africa, found him undecorated. He went through the operations of that year as a senior Subaltern, and the Zulu War of 1879 as a Captain, but beyond receiving a war medal no recognition fell to his lot. Under the Army Reorganisation Scheme of July, 1881, he became a Substantive Major. It was in that rank that he took the field in Burma in 1885 as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, he having for sometime previously acted as Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry on the Head-Quarters Staff in Aladras. It was his duty in Burma to organise and command a corps of Mounted Infantry. The result was such that he received the most flattering mention in Despatches, and was rewarded by being promoted to a Brevet Lieut.-Coloncley in addition to receiving the war medal with clasp. Returning to India he resumed for a time, the charge of the Musketry arrangements in Madras. On April 1st, 1887, he was promoted to a Brevet-Coloncley, and in 1889 received the thanks of the Government of India and a C.B for his splendid services in command, of the Chin-Lushai Expedition. On January 31st, 1892, he, to his great satisfaction, was gazetted to the command of his old regiment, the 2nd Batt. South Wales Borderers. He retained that position until April 8th, 1893, when he was induced to hand over his command in favour of the appointment of Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry for all India, which he held until promoted on March 25th, 1895, to the rank of Brigadier-General to command a Second Class District in the Punjab. He had just previously earned the thanks of the Government of India for his services and command of a brigade of the Wazeristan Expedition, 1894-95. His progress now was assured, so that it astonished no one to find how high his name stood at thee close of the North-West Frontier Campaign of 1897-98, in which he covered himself with credit, and was brought to notice in the strongest possible terms, receiving a K.C.B. and the war medal.

VERY GOOD CONDITION. Printed on heavier textured-glossy type paper. The colors are very bright and clean It does have text on reverse side (doesn't show through the heavier textured type paper) which is a BIOGRAPHY relating to the portrait. A great Genealogy collectible item.

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