Henry Alfred Symonds

Henry Alfred Symonds (born 1924) was a Rottenführer[1] in the Waffen-SS British Free Corps during the Second World War. Born in Willesden, he had 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 fifteen years' imprisonment after the War.[6][7]

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References
  1. Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Location 2342). Random House. Kindle Edition
  2. Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2132–2134). Random House. Kindle Edition
  3. Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2160–2161). Random House. Kindle Edition
  4. Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2987–2988). Random House. Kindle Edition
  5. "Court-Martial On Soldier." Times, London, England, 6 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 February 2015.
  6. "News in Brief." Times, London, England, 1 Feb. 1946: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
  7. Weale, Adrian (12 November 2014). Renegades (Kindle Location 3363). Random House. Kindle Edition.


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