A copy of a photograph showing Canadian troops massed in front of buildings on the west side of the town square, Le Grand Place, at Mons, Belgium, in the last days of the First World War

Date:
Jun 1923
Location:
Grande Place, Grand Place, Mons
Reference:
BL26630
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Canadian troops marched to liberate Mons during the final hundred days of the war, culminating in a vicious battle in and around the town for two days prior to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918, with around 46,000 troops lost from the Canadian Corps alone during this period. This copy photograph was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Edwards: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Square, First World War