Charles Symons
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Charles Douglas Symons, CB, MC (13 October 1885 – 15 October 1949) was an[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/liddell/li1506.htm Liddell Hart Papers] Anglican priest.[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo=='W.Temple/1-62/9/254-409'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Early life and education
He was born on 13 October 1885"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and was educated at Kelly College, now known as Mount Kelly, Tavistock and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a second class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, this was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree. He awarded a Lambeth Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree in 1939.{{cite news|title=IN MEMORIAM: Charles Douglas Symons, Priest|work=Church Times|issue=4524|date=21 October 1949|page=706}}
Ordained ministry
Symons was ordained a deacon in 1908.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41 Oxford, OUP 1940 His first post was as chaplain to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Cranbrook, Kent. He was ordained a priest by Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Trinity Sunday 1911.{{cite news|title=Ordination on Trinity Sunday|work=Church Times|date=16 June 1911|page=842}} He undertook two curacies; at Biddenden and at Walmer in the Diocese of Canterbury.
Symons served in the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1915 to 1916.'SYMONS, Rev. Charles Douglas', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U232441 accessed 3 Aug 2017] He served with the Royal Army Chaplains Department from 1916 to 1944. From 1939 to 1944, he served as Chaplain-General to the Forces.
An Honorary Chaplain to the KingThe Army Honorary Chaplain to the King The Times Saturday, 23 Sep 1939; p. 8; Issue 48418; col E and a Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem,[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35203/pages/3674/page.pdf London Gazette 27 June 1941] he died on 15 October 1949. The Rev. C. D. Symons The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1949; p. 7; Issue 51516; col E
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