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The St Symphorien Military Cemetery is a First World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Saint-Symphorien, Belgium. It contains the graves of 284 German and 229 Commonwealth soldiers, principally those killed during the Battle of Mons. The cemetery was established by the German Army on land donated by Jean Houzeau de Lehaie.
Nov 15, 2018 · The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's St. Symphorien Military Cemetery has a rather unique First World War story to tell – and not just that what are beli...
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The cemetery contained 245 German and 188 British graves at the end of the war. This number increased in the post-war period, as both British and German remains from numerous isolated burial locations were concentrated to St. Symphorien until the cemetery reached its current number of 284 German soldiers and 229 Commonwealth soldiers.
Nov 7, 2018 · The Commonwealth War Graves Commission 's St. Symphorien Military Cemetery has a rather unique First World War story to tell – and not just that what are believed to be the first and last British soldiers to be killed in action on the Western Front are buried here.
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Article contributed to the 'World War I Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings' project.The 'World War I Centenary: Continuations and Beginnings' project ran with contributions from 2012 to 2020. It was an open-access online platform offering free-to-use materials under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Sharealike Licence. The project aimed to represent future directions in ...
Jan 5, 2014 · The St Symphorien Military Cemetery was established by the German Army in 1914. ... The Commonwealth War Graves Commission looks after 268,000 graves in Belgium and France including St Symphorien.
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