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
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.
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St. Symphorien Military Cemetery
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
St Symphorien Military Cemetery
…Parr and George Lawrence Price, traditionally believed to be the first and last Commonwealth soldiers killed in action during the First World War, and Maurice Dease, the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross of World War I. Notable German burials include Oskar Niemeyer, the first Iron Cross recipient of…
Maurice James Dease
Nimy railway bridge; the memorial plaque can be seen on the face of the abutment