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Originally Posted by Flip
Verdun- now there’s a very poignant place in History.
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Part of my trip over last weekend was around the Verdun area.
Over quite a few years I've been travelling along the western front on my bike.
The Belgium front, followed by the British/ Empire lines. I'm now working my way along the American and French front
On my way to Verdun, I stopped at a small but poignant ww1 cemetery called St Symphorien.
Not only is it one of the few cemeteries with both British and German soldiers are laid to rest together. It's where the first and last British casualties from the conflict are buried. They were killed on the first and last day of the war.
The cemetery has to be one of the most peaceful I have visited.