Ville-sur-Haine

Ville-sur-Haine
Village

The local school
Coordinates: 50°28′31″N 4°04′08″E / 50.475342°N 4.069012°E / 50.475342; 4.069012Coordinates: 50°28′31″N 4°04′08″E / 50.475342°N 4.069012°E / 50.475342; 4.069012
Country Belgium
Province Hainaut

Ville-sur-Haine is a village near the Belgian town of Le Rœulx in the province of Hainaut.

Ville-sur-Haine, old bascule bridge on the old Central Canal.

George Lawrence Price

Canadian private George Lawrence Price, known as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed in the First World War, was shot and killed by a German sniper[1] at Ville-sur-Haine just two minutes before the armistice went into effect. A memorial plaque marks the location.[2]

In 1991, the town erected a new footbridge across the Canal du Centre, at 50°28′25″N 4°03′58″E / 50.4737°N 4.0662°E / 50.4737; 4.0662 (George Price Footbridge). A plebiscite was held and on 11 November of that year the bridge was officially named the George Price Footbridge (French: Passerelle George Price).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bridger, Geoff (2009). The Great War Handbook. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-84415-936-9.
  2. ↑ George Price, Web matters, retrieved 13 November 2010 Contains photographs of canal, monument and plaque.
  3. ↑ Le Clercq, Jean, Le Rœulx: le village de Ville-sur-Haine (in French), Belgium, retrieved 13 November 2010. Contains photographs of bridge and monument, and record (in English) by Price's nephew George Barkhouse as guest at the naming of the bridge.


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