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Lt. M.J. Dease First VC of WWI
One of the first British officer battle casualties of WWI and the first recipient of the VC of the war. An extract of his citation reads "Though two or three times badly wounded he continued to control the fire of his machine guns at Mons on 23rd Aug., until all his men were shot. He died of...- Geoffxx
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St Symphorien war cemetery
The two men believed to be the first and last British soldiers to die in WW1 are buried together, sitting opposite each other in the Belgian countryside...- Bombardier
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