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Name: SYMONS, Dudley James
Photo Source: William Cherry
Nee: brother of John Harris and Leslie Frank Symons
Birth Date: 1909 Weymouth
Death Date: 12.8.1940 Somalia, killed in action
First Date: 1937
Last Date: 1940
Profession: Farmer, mechanic
Area: Lessos
Married: Audrey Bertha Adams, a Dep. Vice-Pres. East Africa Women's League
Children: Clive James (d. 5.9.1953 Eldoret)
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Hut, mini-Sitrep XXXII, KR
General Information:
mini-Sitrep XXXII - 2/Lt. 1 NRR, Killed 13 Aug 1940
KR 4089- Clive James Symons, Kenya Regiment - died 5/9/1953 - Eldoret. No birthdate in KR records.
KR 329 - Second Lieutenant Dudley James Symons, General List - died 13/8/1940 - Hargeisa Memorial, Somalia
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Uasin Gishu Voters Roll
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 329).No birthdate in KR records.
Played in Eldoret Rugby Club 1930s