Maurice Dease
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Maurice James Dease VC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth force
Maurice James Dease
Nimy railway bridge; the memorial plaque can be seen on the face of the abutment
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 soldie
Maurice Dease
…with bullets, so that they were no longer of any use. Godley himself was badly wounded and later fell into the hands of the Germans. Dease is buried at St Symphorien Military Cemetery, 2 kilometres east of Mons, in Belgium. He is remembered with a plaque under the Nimy Railway Bridge, Mons and in Westminster Cathedral. His name is…
Military Cemetery (British Commonwealth and German) and British memorial of Saint-Symphorien
The forestry and German burial groupings with different headstones are remnants of the original cemetery design.
St. Symphorien Military Cemetery 45
St. Symphorien Military Cemetery