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 Mons
Tour
A one day from Ypres exploring the battlefields of Mons
associated with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1914.
Frequency: According to demand
Depart: 8.30am
Return: 5.00pm
Meet: OTT Bookshop –(next to the Menin Gate)
The first action of the First World War saw the BEF engage the
German army at Mons on 22nd August 1914. Thereafter they
entrenched themselves along the Mons-Conde canal until their
retreat on 24th August 1914.
We visit the sites where the first and last shots of the war
were fired. Nimy bridge where the first two VC’s were awarded,
Lt Dease and Pte Godley. Obourg station where the Middlesex held
the Germans at bay for a while.
St Symphorien Cemetery with the graves of Lt Dease VC, John
Parr, George Price and German private Neimeier.
Cost: 80 euros pp- min four persons (or 90 euros pp 2-3
persons). Travel: 8 seater air-conditioned minibus.
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Lt Dease VC at the site of Nimy Bridge. |
Nimy Bridge
Mons. |
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One of the
last casualties of the Great War, George Lawrence Price -
11th November 1918. |
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Email:
tours@overthetoptours.be
Web:
www.overthetoptours.be
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