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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.
St. Symphorien Military Cemetery is located 2 Kms east of Mons on the N90 a road leading to Charleroi. On reaching St. Symphorien the right hand turning from the N90 leads onto the Rue Nestor Dehon. The cemetery lies 200 metres along the Rue Nestor Dehon. GPS Co-ordinates: Longitude 04°00'38", Latitude 50°25'57".
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.
Aug 19, 2024 · St. Symphorien Military Cemetery. Image: St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, Belgium. About a mile and a half outside of Mons, along the N90 road to Charleroi, sits St. Symphorien Military Cemetery. Here, German and British casualties of the Battle of Mons lie side by side in a small space of peaceful reflection. St. Symphorien Military Cemetery ...
St Symphorien Military Cemetery was made by the Germans in August 1914, after the Battle of Mons. It remained in their hands until November 1918, and has the distinction of containing the graves of some of the first and last casualties of the First World War. The site for the cemetery, an existing but artificial mound, was the gift of local ...
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The St. Symphorien Military Cemetery at Mons in Belgium is the alpha and omega of British cemeteries on the Western Front, as this place of 513 burials contains the graves of both the first and the last casualties of the British and Imperial forces in the First World War. Private John Parr, 4th battalion Middlesex Regiment, was killed on 21 ...
