VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS BURIED IN BELGIUM
Data per holder
Name Holder :
Maurice James
DEASE
Rank :
Lieutenant
Cemetery :
St Symphorien Military Cemetery, St Symphorien
GPS :
GPS :
Rue Nestor Dehon, 7030 Saint-Symphorien
N : 50,43263° E : 4,01116°
Location Grave :
5 B 2
Date Pictures :
April 1st, 2012.
Comments :
Magnificent environment and next to the Bedford cemetery the most beautiful I have visited up to now (1st April 2012).
Mixed cemetery : German-CWGC.
You will find here the graves of what are believed the first and last casualty of WW1. This is probably why reporter Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear) filmed here for a documentary about the madness of World War 1. More specifically about the fact that the last couple of hours of WW1, although the commanding officers knew that the war would end, both sides still sacrificed needlessly their soldiers the morning of the 11/11/1918. See also pictures bottom of this page.
Hereby picture of explanatory note that I found in the register :
Gazette :
Cemetery :
Headstone :
Other special graves :
Grave 1 A 10 of J. Parr : first British casualty of WW1.
Opposite Parr’s grave you will see Grave 1 B 23 of George Edwin Ellison : last British casualty WW1. Note the date : November 11th, 1918 = Armistice Day.
Grave 1 B 23 George Lawrence Price = last Canadian casualty of WW1 , 11th November 1918 Armistice Day.
