Centenary of the outbreak of World War I
The centenary of the outbreak of World War I was commemorated in late July and early August 2014. Governments in Europe held a series of official commemorative events to mark the occasion.
Balloon release at the Reims War Memorial in the Place de la République.
Spectra display in London at the Victoria Tower Gardens
St Symphorien Military Cemetery
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. It was initially designed as a woodland cemetery before being redesigned by William Harrison Cowlishaw after the Imperial War Graves Commission took over maintenance of the cemetery after the war.
Military Cemetery (English and German) and British memorial of Saint-Symphorien
The forestry and German burial groupings with different headstones are remnants of the original cemetery design.
Image: St. Symphorien Military Cemetery 45 (Gravestone of John Parr)
Image: St. Symphorien Military Cemetery
