pferguson | August 22, 2014
Snapshot of the Great War 22 August 1914 It was during the same day’s visit to Private Parr’s graveside at St. Symphorien that my friends and I visited the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards commemorative cairn located north east of Mons at Casteau. Here we pulled up in front of a fine building and crossed over […]
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Tags: 11 November 1918, 116th Battalion CEF, 22 August 1914, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, C.B. Hornby, Casteau, Ceasefire, E. Thomas, Mons
pferguson | August 21, 2014
Snapshot of the Great War 21 August 1914 John Parr is believed to be the first British soldier killed during the Great War on 21 August 1914. Parr served with the 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and is thought to have been killed while on a reconnaissance mission. However, there has been growing debate about his fate […]
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Tags: 1914, 21 August 1914, Belgium, John Parr, Middlesex Regiment, Mons, St. Symphorien Military Cemetery
