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Private George Lawrence Price

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Military service

Service number: 256265
Age: 25
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division: 28th Battalion
Birth: December 15, 1892 Falmouth, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: October 15, 1917 Saskatchewan
Death: November 11, 1918 Mons, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: V. C. 4.
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Son of James E. and Annie R Price of Port Williams, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Private George Lawrence Price is believed to be the last Canadian soldier to die in battle during the First World War. He died at Mons, Belgium, about 2 minutes before the signing of the Armistice. He was originally buried in Havre Old Communal Cemetery.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 487 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium

ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY is located 2 km east of Mons on the N90 a road leading to Charleroi.

On reaching St Symphorien the right hand turning from the N90 leads onto the Rue Nestor Demon. The ST. SYMPHORIEN MILITARY CEMETERY lies 200 metres along the the Rue Nestor Demon.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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