With yesterday seeing a visit to Eban Emael, the 'impregnable' fortress which fell on the first day of the German invasion of the Low Countries in WW2, and led to the outflanking the French Maginot Line, the military theme of this tour continues with a trip to Mons, the scene of first and last actions of World War I for the British Army. More precisely, we visited the Saint Symphorien military cemetery located just outside of Mons.
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. It contains 227 British soldiers who were killed in 1914 and 2 Canadians who were killed in 1918 - one of whom was the last Commonwealth soldier to die in World War I. The Germans have 284 of their soldiers here.
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