Mons - St. Symphorien Military Cemetery

 The cemetery at St. Symphorien was established by the German Army in August 1914 as the final resting place for British and German soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Mons. Among those buried here is Private John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment who was fatally wounded during an encounter with a German patrol two days before the battle, thus becoming the first British soldier to be killed in action on the Western Front. The cemetery remained in German hands until the end of the war and also contains the graves of Commonwealth and German soldiers who were killed in the final days of the conflict, including George Ellison of the Royal Irish Lancers and George Price of the Canadian Infantry. Ellison and Price were killed on November 11, 1918 and are believed to be the last Commonwealth casualties of the First World War. In total, there are 284 German and 230 Commonwealth casualties buried in this site.

Source:   CWGC St Symphorien Military Cemetery

St. Symphorien  entrance

St. Symphorien  British Cross of Sacrifice & German Monument

St. Symphorien - British path entrance



St. Symphorien - British Cross of Sacrifice

St. Symphorien - Royal Fusiliers plot



St. Symphorien - Royal Fusiliers Memorial

St. Symphorien - 4th Middlesex circle

 

St. Symphorien - 4th Middlesex Memorial

 

 

St. Symphorien - PoW Commemoration

St. Symphorien - British and German graves

Buried in St Symphorien is Lt Maurice Dease who won the Victoria Cross at Nimy where he was mortally wounded.

Lt Maurice Dease VC

CWGC Information - Lt MJ Dease VC



St. Symphorien - British and German graves

St. Symphorien - German path entrance 

St. Symphorien - German Monument

St. Symphorien - German graves