Battlefields Tour #2 - WWI
The first cemetery we visited was St Symphorien Military Cemetery ... containing early graves from WWI, as well as a few of the last deaths on 11/11/1918
Our Guide
4 POWs who died at the beginning of the war
1st VC, and last man dead in WWI
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On all CWGC there was the option of adding a personal inscription, some of which are just family love - but some are very special and poignant, such as this one I spotted on J Wilkinson's grave from the first days of the war - 23/08/1914
Another stop was to a Museum based on "The Retreat from Mons"
Captain's uniform of the Belgian 2nd Regiment of the Light Infantry
Cross from the common grave of 7 Resistance fighters
British bugle of the 2nd King's Royal Rifles crushed at the retreat of Mons
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British drums bequeathed by the regiments who fought in Mons
German cardboard shroud
Winter shoes worn over regulation shoes to protect from the cold in the German Army on the Eastern front
More to come
Our Guide
4 POWs who died at the beginning of the war
1st VC, and last man dead in WWI
On all CWGC there was the option of adding a personal inscription, some of which are just family love - but some are very special and poignant, such as this one I spotted on J Wilkinson's grave from the first days of the war - 23/08/1914
Another stop was to a Museum based on "The Retreat from Mons"
Captain's uniform of the Belgian 2nd Regiment of the Light Infantry
Cross from the common grave of 7 Resistance fighters
British bugle of the 2nd King's Royal Rifles crushed at the retreat of Mons
British drums bequeathed by the regiments who fought in Mons
German cardboard shroud
Winter shoes worn over regulation shoes to protect from the cold in the German Army on the Eastern front
More to come