SYMMONDS William Charles

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    SYMMONDS
  • Service Number:
    DMX82616
  • Rank:

    Leading Cook

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Hecla
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th November 1942
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 72, Column 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Florence Jane Symmonds, of Malvern Link, Worcestershire

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SYMMONDS William Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern WW2 War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as William G. SIMMONDS.

Further Information About SYMMONDS William Charles

1911 Census:
Lower Nupend, Stifford Bridge Nr Malvern
William Symmonds, head, age 24, carter on farm
Florence Jane Symmonds, wife, age 22
Rowland Symmonds. Son, age 2
William Charles Symmonds, son, age 4 months

HMS Hecla was a destroyer depot ship built by John Brown and Co, Clydebank and completed in January 1941.  At 00.15 hours on 12th November 1942 she was sailing west of Gibraltar when she came under attack from the German U-boat U-515.  Of the four torpedoes fired, one struck HMS Hecla in the engine room.  A further three torpedoes struck the stricken ship at 01.28, 01.49 and 02.06 and the ship sunk with the loss of 279 crew members.  There were 568 survivors who were eventually rescued by the destroyer HMS Venomous.

William Symmonds has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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