St Symphorien military cemetery

Name: St Symphorien military cemetery
Address: Rue Nestor Dehon 32, 7030 Mons, Belgium, Mons, Belgium

5/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact St Symphorien military cemetery

Address :	Rue Nestor Dehon 32, 7030 Mons, Belgium
Phone :	📞 +8
Website :	https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/st-symphorien-military-cemetery.html
Categories :	Military cemetery ,
City :	Mons

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K	Keith Barlow on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very quiet and peaceful place all together in one place RIP
B	Brenda Platt on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Even on a rainy afternoon, this is worth a visit. Fallen combatants from both sides of the conflict, in sympathetic setting. Calm, peaceful and respectful.
C	Colin Miller on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having just completed a tour of the area this cemetery is by far the nicest settings for such a sad place, a few seats would be useful for a time of contemplation especially for the less able.
R	Romain Gautiez on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ WWI cemetery with both allied and german sldiers buried there. The first and last soldier who died are buried in this place. Nice place to remember horror of wars
R	Redman Ardgeeza on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We visited September 12th 2017. Great-grandfather lay one grave but one next to Private Mason where a lovely personal memorial had been left by his family quite recently. They appear to be from Edmonton, I'm in Crouch End, London. My wife's great-grandfather was found on the Somme. 2 days in a car trudging over infamous battlefields. George Jarvis, however, left a manuscript which we are editing as I write. If anybody is interested or has old letters from that time (George was a medic and saw action from the very beginning, transported on the Empress Queen before she was sunk and served at Mons too) we would be most appreciate a line of contact. My family name is Simmons/Simmonds.
J	Jason Elward on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very peaceful place. Stirring messages on the gravestones that help us to remember.
C	Christopher Nation on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have been to this cemetary numerous times in my role as a battlefield guide. It never fails to impress visitors, particularly because the grave of Private John Parr, Mddx Regt, the first British soldier killed in the war on 21st Aug 1914 lies a yard or two, across the path, from the grave of George Ellison of the Royal Irish Lancers, believed to be the last British combat fatality, killed on 11 November 1918. The cemetary was in German hands throughout the war. They buried men of The Cheshire Regiment here who were killed in the defence of Mons. The Cheshires had so impressed the Germans with their bravery that the memorial stone they erected acknowledges 'The Royal Cheshire Regiment'. In fact the Cheshire were not a 'Royal' regiment and maintained proudly that they 'didn't have to be Royal to be loyal'. I attach a photo of a Gunner of 'E' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, laying a wreath at the grave of Private Parr on the day after the battery had commemorated the centenary of having fired the first artillery rounds by the British Army. This action took place on Aug 22nd 1914 on N27, Avenue Leopold III some 300m from the junction with N90.
K	Krunoslava Gerbl on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the nicest military cemetery I have ever seen (and there is lot of them in Belgium, believe me). It is interesting fact that here lay both Commonwealth and German soldiers from the Battle of Mons. Such a peaceful and dignify place for final rest.