Grave of Lieutenant Maurice J Dease VC, one of the first VC winners of WWI, St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Belgium.
Lieutenant Maurice J Dease VC died on 23rd August 1914 alongside Private Sidney Godley VC at Nimy Bridge. See CMCTAA, CMCTA5, CMCTAB, CMCTAR and CMCTA7 for images at the location of the action where Lt Dease won his medal (with Private Sidney Godley VC). "The cemetery at St. Symphorien was established by the German Army in August 1914 as the final resting place for British and German soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Mons. Among those buried here is Private John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment who was fatally wounded during an encounter with a German patrol two days before the battle, thus becoming the first British soldier to be killed in action on the Western Front. The cemetery remained in German hands until the end of the war and also contains the graves of Commonwealth and German soldiers who were killed in the final days of the conflict, including George Ellison of the Royal Irish Lancers and George Price of the Canadian Infantry. Ellison and Price were killed on November 11, 1918 and are believed to be the last Commonwealth casualties of the First World War. "
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Location: St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, Rue Nestor Deho, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
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