Courcelette (French pronunciation: [kuʁsəlɛt]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Courcelette is situated on the...
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The Battle of Flers–Courcelette ([flɛʁ kuʁsəlɛt], 15 to 22 September 1916) was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army...
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Courcelette Peak is located East of the Fording River, just NE of Elkford in British Columbia, Canada. The peak was named in 1916 by the Interprovincial...
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The Courcelette Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the final two and a half months of the infamous...
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Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (redirect from Courcelette, Quebec)
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ɡabʁijɛl də valkaʁtje]) is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located...
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Toronto District School Board (redirect from Courcelette Public School)
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 12 prior to 1999, is the English-language...
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casualties on the German defenders during the month. The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was the third and final general offensive mounted by the British Army...
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September, when the British captured the wood during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (15–22 September). The German defenders had great difficulty finding...
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10th (Service) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (Battersea) (section Flers–Courcelette)
Western Front from May 1916, taking part in the first tank action at Flers-Courcelette, then serving at Messines and Ypres. It was then sent to the Italian...
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The 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army that saw active service during World War I and World War II as part of the...
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starting 24 hours afterwards. The battle was fought on a front from Courcelette in the east near the Albert–Bapaume road, to Thiepval and the Schwaben...
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Expeditionary Force and was killed in action during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916. Mewburn was later the Chair of the 1920 Canadian Battlefields...
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1...
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Front, and was awarded the VC for his actions during the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916. As he was killed several days later during the Battle...
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death of Asquith's son Raymond, on 15 September at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette. Asquith's relationship with his eldest son had not been easy. Raymond...
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action on the morning of 15 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme Offensive. With the exception of the few interim Mark...
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starting 24 hours afterwards. The battle was fought on a front from Courcelette in the east, near the Albert–Bapaume road, to Thiepval and the Schwaben...
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December 22, 1969 (age 55) Loretteville, Quebec Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) Weight 54 kg (119 lb) Sport Sport Biathlon Club Courcelette Quebec Medal record...
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combined arms operation, tanks had been used since the Battle of Flers–Courcelette on the Somme in September 1916. Hammond rebutted claims that Harper's...
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of Flers-Courcelette was scheduled for September 15, 1916. Its objective was to occupy a chain of trenches between Martinpuich and Courcelette. On 1 September...
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was designated D1, a British Mark I Male, during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (part of the wider Somme offensive) on 15 September 1916. Bert Chaney...
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awarded battle honours for the Great War. Mount Sorrel Somme, 1916 Flers-Courcelette Ancre Heights Arras, 1917, '18 Vimy, 1917 Hill 70 Ypres, 1917 Passchendaele...
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seeing this would haunt and remind her for years after of a grave a Courcelette, referring to his death in the Great War. Around the same time, while...
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displayed on the King's Colours: Festubert, 1915 Loos Somme 1916, '18 Flers-Courcelette Le Transloy Bullecourt Messines, 1917 Ypres, 1917 Menin Road Passchendaele...
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down in the 1920s but the Lennox designed groundskeeper's home at 12 Courcelette Road remains) to his son and moved to the Hunting Lodge. The stables...
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fighting vehicles (tanks) was by the British at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916 and were followed by the French. By June 1917, the...
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battalion fought in a number of battles, including the Battle of Flers–Courcelette, where about a quarter of its strength became casualties. It also fought...
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Memorial Canada Bourlon Wood Memorial Canadian National Vimy Memorial Courcelette Memorial Dury Memorial Le Quesnel Memorial France / French & German Douaumont...
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front lines in France. Leading an advance platoon in the Battle of Flers–Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme) in September 1916, he was severely...
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Albert 1916, 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, 18, Bapaume 1917, 18...
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