George Price School Ville-sur-Haine

In 2015 the municipal school of Ville-sur-Haine was named George Price School.

On 11 November 1918 at 10.58h, just two minutes before the Armistice, Private George Lawrence Price of the 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion was killed by a German sniper at Ville-sur-Haine.
A Nova Scotia native from Canada’s Atlantic coast, George Price was 26 years old. He was the last soldier of the Commonwealth to be killed during the First World War.
He is buried in St. Symphorien Military Cemetery.

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Source

• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Luc Van Waeyenberge