Mr George Thomas Macdonald Symons

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Name: Mr George Thomas Macdonald Symons
Born: Thursday 23rd February 1888
Age: 24 years
Last Residence: at 55 Fanshaw Street Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Lookout
Last Ship: Oceanic
Deck crew
First Embarked: Southampton
Rescued (boat 1)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
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Mr George Thomas Macdonald Symons, 24, was born in Weymouth on 23 February 1888.

When he signed-on to the Titanic, on 6 April 1912, he gave his address as 55 Fanshaw St., (Southampton). His last ship had been the Oceanic. As a Lookout he received monthly wages of £5.

Symons was put in command of Emergency Lifeboat 1.

Available Documents
Crew Particulars of Engagement

Inquiry Testimony
(Courtesy of the Titanic Inquiry Project)
Senate Hearings, 25 April 1912, Testimony
Senate Hearings, 25 April 1912, Additional Testimony [with Hogg and Perkis]
Board of Trade Hearings, Day 10, Testimony

References
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
United States Senate, Washington 1912. n° 806, Crew List
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912
Wreck Commissioners' Court, Proceedings before the Right Hon. Lord Mersey on a Formal Investigation Ordered by the Board of Trade into the Loss of the S.S. Titanic

Contributors
Brian Ticehurst, UK
Chris Dohany, USA

Related Articles and Documents

LOOKOUT GEORGE SYMONS : PHOTOGRAPH  
Titanic Research  (2003)  LOOKOUTS  

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