# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/penn-symons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:05:47.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/penn-symons"
name: "Penn Symons"
slug: "penn-symons"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir William Penn Symons KCB was a British Army officer who was mortally wounded as he commanded his forces at the Battle of Talana Hill during the Second Boer War. While his forces won the battle, they had to abandon their position and fall back to Ladysmith. Symons and the more severely wounded were left to the Boers; he died three days later. A monument to his valour was raised in Victoria Park, Saltash, Cornwall, UK."
tagline: "British Army officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penn_Symons.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1843-07-17"
deathDate: "1899-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.9
  momentum:             12.79403541472507
  historical:           6.350829333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn_Symons"
    title: "William Penn Symons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn_Symons"
    title: "William Penn Symons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "پين سيمونس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Symons"
    title: "Penn Symons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Symons"
    title: "Penn Symons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "پن سایمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn_Symons"
    title: "William Penn Symons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump