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    Rossignol Wood (French Bois de Rossignol, or "Nightingale Wood") is a forest northeast of Hébuterne, France. It is the site of a small World War I cemetery...
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  • Felix Wedgwood (category Burials at Rossignol Wood Cemetery)
    Wedgwood died on active service in March 1917 and was buried at Rossignol Wood Cemetery in Hébuterne, Pas-de-Calais, alongside other men mostly from the...
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    cavalry north of Rossignol and soon found themselves facing a strong defensive German position. After several bayonet charges through dense woods failed to make...
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    deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 28 March 1918 at Rossignol Wood, north of Hebuterne, France, a counter-attack had been made against...
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    technique was in 1919 during the design of decor for the Le chant du rossignol, an opera composed by Igor Stravinsky. Albert C. Barnes arranged for cardboard...
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    Richard Travis (category Burials at Couin New British Cemetery)
    Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, was committed to operations around Rossignol Wood, to the north of Hébuterne, where a salient had developed in the German...
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  • Rossignol failed to fully carry out his part of the plan. Suddenly on 7 October, Canclaux and du Bayet were summarily removed from command. Rossignol...
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    occupied the purple line and a battalion of the 124th Brigade attacked Rossignol Wood. As night fell, the 4th Australian Brigade of the 4th Australian Division...
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  • Snowmec; the Holmenkollbakken and Holmenkollen Ski Museum near Oslo; Skis Rossignol; Tento, Bratlie, Østbye and Grafitt-Voks ski wax; Norwegian chemist Leif...
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    brothers never reconciled and although they are now buried in the same cemetery, they are spaced as far apart as possible. In 1948, the first football...
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    but the enemy attack was forestalled by 63rd Bde's attempt to recover Rossignol Wood with tank and artillery support. There was some confusion on 111th Bde's...
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    corvette Rossignol. Duquesne, formerly second officer on Rossignol, was promoted to first officer on Hermione (Orléans, the first officer of Rossignol, was...
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    of World War I buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. He was awarded the VC posthumously in 1921. This gesture reciprocated...
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    but the enemy attack was forestalled by 63rd Bde's attempt to recover Rossignol Wood with tank and artillery support. There was some confusion on 111th Bde's...
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    was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) posthumously for his actions at Rossignol Wood on 27 March 1918, and Sergeant Laurence Calvert of the same battalion...
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    1918. Together the 42nd and 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division held the Rossignol Wood–Bucquoy sector under heavy shelling against six attacks by the German...
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  • Unit who served as executioner between 1936 and 1964. The nearby prison cemetery, where unclaimed remains of executed inmates are buried by the state, is...
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    Indre-et-Loire 1940-1944 (in French). S. Paisot-Béal. p. 70. ISBN 2-90255-908-9. Rossignol, Christian (February 5, 1980). "Graphoplex, ou comment vivre malgré les...
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    codenamed Mess, Mere, Meed and Meet running along the top of the ridge into Rossignol Wood. The bombardment programme was planned to spread over five days, U,...
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    Mourners". The painting was in the entrance hall of the Oosterbegraafplaats, a cemetery in Amsterdam which was commissioned by the municipality of Amsterdam. He...
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  • Mohrenstraße wird umbenannt". t-online.de. August 20, 2020. Biesemans, Bart; Rossignol, Clément (September 8, 2020). "Belgium seeks new name for road tunnel...
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    early July, and settled into a sector east of Hébuterne that included Rossignol Wood. As with the division's previous stint on the Somme, trench raids were...
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    Gommecourt Cemetery and the eastern edge of The Maze, the trenches codenamed Mess, Mere, Meed and Meet running along the top of the ridge into Rossignol Wood, and...
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    first crude fortification was constructed here by The Gauls, probably from wood – which was inevitably taken by the Romans when they arrived in the 50s BC...
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    had a dream that he should return to his homeland, and walk in the local woods until he received a sign. He rested in a cave next to a spring, looking...
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