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    Ranville (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃vil] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Ranville was the first...
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  • Errol Ranville is a Canadian singer and guitarist. He is a founder of the Manito Ahbee (Ah-beh) Festival held in Winnipeg, Manitoba held annually. He was...
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    Château de Guernon-Ranville (Castle of Guernon-Ranville) is located in the hamlet of Le Bas de Ranville in the commune of Ranville, in the Calvados department...
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    memorial and is the centrepiece of the Memorial Pegasus museum at nearby Ranville. It was replaced in 1994 by a modern design which, like the old one, is...
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    Count Martial Côme Annibal Perpétue Magloire de Guernon-Ranville (2 May 1787 – 30 November 1866) was a French magistrate and politician. He was Minister...
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  • Christopher Ranville Cramer (3 January 1948 – 16 January 2021) was a British news journalist and executive. During his career, he was head of news gathering...
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  • Michael W. (“Mike”) Ranville (born December 3, 1943) is an American political lobbyist and author. Ranville is a native of Flint, Michigan and attended...
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    Ranville War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Ranville, 10 km (6.2 mi) north east of Caen, Normandy...
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    Memorial Pegasus at Ranville in Lower Normandy is a museum and memorial to the 6th Airborne Division in the Normandy landings and particular the capture...
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    (scheduled to begin arriving at 00:50 to clear the landing zone north of Ranville) were blown off course and had to set up the navigation aids too far east...
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    Ranville-Breuillaud (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃vil bʁœjo]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Communes of the Charente department...
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    the village of Le Bas de Ranville, which it did so by 04:00. The 13th Parachute Battalion was to capture the town of Ranville, which it achieved around...
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    Horsa Bridge, also known as Ranville Bridge, over the Orne river, was, along with Pegasus Bridge, captured during Operation Tonga by gliderborne troops...
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    Millin's bagpipes are exhibited at the Memorial Museum of Pegasus Bridge in Ranville, France. Another set of his bagpipes are now displayed at Dawlish Museum...
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    Brigade arrived overhead heading for their drop zone (DZ) to the north of Ranville. The brigade were to reinforce the defenders at the bridges, the 7th Parachute...
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    a small church dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Petworth is twinned with Ranville in Normandy, France and San Quirico d'Orcia in Tuscany, Italy. Beckingham...
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    Hämeenlinna Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy − Musee du Debarquement. Ranville, Normandy − Memorial Pegasus. Falaise − Memorial des civils dans la guerre...
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    315–320. Bibcode:1995MarCh..49..315F. doi:10.1016/0304-4203(95)00021-I. Ranville, Mara A.; Flegal, A. Russell (2005). "Silver in the North Pacific Ocean"...
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    The transoms, side-panels and stringers of a Bailey bridge section at the Memorial Pegasus museum in Ranville, Calvados, France, can all be clearly seen...
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    development of its port thanks to the extraction and export of Caen and Ranville stone. There are still some typical fishermen's houses in this town. In...
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  • Den Brotheridge (category Burials at Ranville war cemetery)
    of him. Lt. Herbert Denham Brotheridge is buried in the War Cemetery in Ranville Churchyard, near Caen, in France. He received a mention in despatches "in...
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    Jean de Chantelauze, the Count de Peyronnet and the Martial de Guernon-Ranville). Strikes and demonstrations were permanent. In order to stabilize the...
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    Royal Hussars in action against German troops using crashed Airspeed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, Operation Overlord, Normandy, 10 June 1944...
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    which liberated the village in 1944. Sallenelles is on the D514 between Ranville and Merville-Franceville-Plage. There is also a road to Amfreville. The...
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    Préaux-Bocage Le Pré-d'Auge Prêtreville Putot-en-Auge Quetteville Ranchy Ranville Rapilly Repentigny Reux Reviers La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur La Roque-Baignard...
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    Lou Walsh Preceded by Harry Jensen Mayor of Randwick 1955 Succeeded by Ranville Ashmore Popplewell Parliament of Australia Preceded by Daniel Curtin Member...
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    Préaux-Bocage Le Pré-d'Auge Prêtreville Putot-en-Auge Quetteville Ranchy Ranville Rapilly Repentigny Reux Reviers La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur La Roque-Baignard...
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    Parachute Battalion. He went on to establish defensive positions around Ranville, east of the River Orne. The bridges were relieved later in the day by...
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    author Wayne Terwilliger, Major League Baseball player and coach Micheal Ranville, writer of To Strike at a King This climatic region is typified by large...
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    immense : the world of Joe McCarthy(1985), a major scholarly biography. online Ranville, Michael (1996). To Strike at a King: The Turning Point in the McCarthy...
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