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    Vieux-Berquin (French pronunciation: [vjø bɛʁkɛ̃]; Dutch: Oud-Berkijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department...
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  • Berquin may refer to: places Neuf-Berquin, a French commune in Nord departement Vieux-Berquin, a French commune in Nord departement people Arnaud Berquin...
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    1853 – March 7, 1928), French priest and social reformer, was born at Vieux-Berquin (Nord). He was educated at the college of St Francis of Assisi, Hazebrouck...
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    Neuf-Berquin (French pronunciation: [nœf bɛʁkɛ̃]; from Dutch: Nieuw-Berkijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. French composer and...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    [citation needed] most notably in the modern quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes and Vieux Lille. The original inhabitants of the region were the Gauls, such as the...
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    reinstituting the death penalty in France. Abel Pollet was born in Vieux-Berquin on October 9, 1873. He became a smuggler who put his native gift for...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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  • awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 11/12 April 1918 near Vieux-Berquin, France: Four times Lieutenant Colonel Forbes-Robertson saved the line...
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    April 1529 for refusing to recant his beliefs. Berquin was born of noble family around 1490 in Vieux-Berquin. Coming into contact with Christian humanists...
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  • advancing. XV Corps, including 31st Division, captured the village of Vieux-Berquin on 13 August and pushed on towards the Outtersteene Ridge. This was...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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  • Bde and its neighbour 86th Bde of 29th Division launched an attack on Vieux-Berquin. Each brigade used a single battalion (12th Norfolks from 94th, 2nd...
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    of the Messines attack; now 41st Siege Bty left and went for rest at Vieux-Berquin. Between 2 and 4 July the sections broke camp and moved to join 23rd...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    6th Division on the right to move in three columns, on a line towards Vieux Berquin and Merris to the east of Hazebrouck and the 4th Division in two columns...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village (59588) Thiennes (59590) Uxem (59605) Vieux-Berquin (59615) Volckerinckhove (59628) Wallon-Cappel (59634) Warhem (59641)...
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    France James Forbes-Robertson Border Regiment 1918-04-1111–12 April 1918 Vieux-Berquin, France William Forshaw Manchester Regiment 1915-08-077–9 August 1915...
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    front on 10 April to hold the line at the village of Le Paradis, near Vieux-Berquin. As commander of a company, he was tasked with the capture and subsequent...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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  • Harry Prendergast – 1857; Mundisore, India Thomas Tannatt Pryce – 1918; Vieux Berquin, France Henry James Raby – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea John Neil Randle...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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  • Hohenzollern Redoubt James Forbes-Robertson British Army 1918 First World War Vieux Berquin William Thomas Forshaw British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli George...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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    collection (obtained between 1989 and 2002) - The Hill 60 collection - The Vieux-Berquin collection - The Fierens collection - The personal collection On 27...
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    Vendeville Verchain-Maugré Verlinghem Vertain Vicq Viesly Vieux-Berquin Vieux-Condé Vieux-Mesnil Vieux-Reng Villeneuve-d'Ascq Villereau Villers-au-Tertre Villers-en-Cauchies...
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  • 44th (HC) Division in GHQ reserve. On 24 May the battalion was sent to Vieux-Berquin, and next day to Strazeele where it encountered German tanks and took...
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