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Battle of Mons

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1914Date range

5Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1914

Philip Walhouse Chetwode23 August 1914

Mons · Warfare / World War, 1st

Commands the 5th Cavalry Brigade against the Germans at Mons

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st23 August 1914

Mons · Warfare / World War, 1st

French deploys the BEF near Mons before retreating toward the Marne.

Sydney Godley23 August 1914

Mons · Warfare / World War, 1st

Awarded the Victoria Cross

Charles Jarvis23 August 1914

Mons · Warfare / World War, 1st

Awarded the Victoria Cross

Theodore Wright23 August 1914

Mons · Warfare / World War, 1st

Awarded the Victoria Cross

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st27 August 1914

Le Cateau · Warfare / World War, 1st

Driven back from Le Cateau

Names involved

Charles JarvisJohn Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1stPhilip Walhouse ChetwodeSydney GodleyTheodore Wright

Provenance

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