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    Cuinchy (French pronunciation: [kɥɛ̃ʃi] or [kwɛ̃ʃi]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. A farming village...
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  • Windy Corner was a road junction near the village of Cuinchy in the First World War. It was in the section of the line held by the British army and there...
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    deserted on 25 January and disclosed that a German attack was due against Cuinchy, French positions to the south and against Givenchy to the north. About...
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  • had been either wounded or killed.": 59  Regarding trench conditions and Cuinchy-bred rats, Graves stated, "They came up from the canal, fed on the plentiful...
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    on operations near Cuinchy and against the German position known as Brick stacks near La Bassée Canal in the vicinity of Cuinchy in summer 1915. 176th...
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    was employed under the command of the 2nd Division on operations near Cuinchy. 170th and 176th Tunnelling Company were also deployed under the 2nd Division...
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    from 5 to 14 communes: Annequin Auchy-les-Mines Billy-Berclau Cambrin Cuinchy Douvrin Festubert Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée Haisnes Lorgies Noyelles-lès-Vermelles...
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  • to assault the German lines beside Cuinchy. The citation for the medal reads: For most conspicuous bravery at Cuinchy on 27th September, 1915. His company...
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    deployed in Summer 1915 on operations under the command of 2nd Division near Cuinchy, again alongside 170th Tunnelling Company and the 173rd Tunnelling Company...
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  • Camblain-Châtelain Cambrin Cauchy-à-la-Tour Caucourt Chocques La Comté La Couture Cuinchy Diéval Divion Douvrin Essars Estrée-Cauchy Festubert Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen...
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  • reported missing on 13 September 1914. 25 January 1915 Arthur Lang 24 Cuinchy, France The English first-class cricketer and serviceman of the Grenadier...
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    barricades defended by machine gun positions near the French village of Cuinchy, in a localised operation on the Western Front during World War I. At the...
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    the two kingdoms. The de Quincy family, originating from the village of Cuinchy in Artois, had been prominent in England and Scotland from about 1130....
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    arrived in England after the Norman Conquest, and took their name from Cuinchy in the Arrondissement of Béthune; the personal name "Saer" was used by...
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    firing line and went on fighting. He was wounded again in February 1915 at Cuinchy and evacuated back to England, where he served the rest of the war, transferring...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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  • Army during the First World War when the following deed took place at Cuinchy, France, for which he was awarded the VC. The citation, published in the...
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    British and German tunneling units, area where William Hackett VC was killed Cuinchy fighting between British and German tunneling units Loos-en-Gohelle area...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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  • attached to the 11th Hussars. He was injured while reconnoitring a bridge at Cuinchy, on La Bassée Canal, but insisted on filing a full report before being...
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  • World War Ypres Alfred Alexander Burt British Army 1915 First World War Cuinchy Richard Henry Burton British Army 1944 Second World War Monte Ceco Nathaniel...
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    Alexander Burt served in the Great War and 'for most conspicuous bravery at Cuinchy, France on 27 September 1915 was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. He...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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    September 1915 whilst leading his company attacking enemy positions near Cuinchy, on the Le Bassee Canal, on the first day of the Battle of Loos. Kilby's...
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    Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette Croisilles Croix-en-Ternois Cucq Cuinchy Dainville Dannes Delettes Denier Dennebrœucq Desvres Diéval Divion Dohem...
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    was reported missing in action on the Western Front near the village of Cuinchy in northern France on 26 January 1915, presumed killed the previous day...
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    marshes of Cambrin are an area of ponds and swamps bordering the communes of Cuinchy and Annequin. They cover 22 hectares and are open to the public. This natural...
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  • (14) 1–15 JF Guarbecque (10) 22. US Beuvry (11) 6–3 AJ Artois (11) 23. FC Cuinchy (14) 0–4 AC Noyelles-Godault (10) 24. UC Divion (11) 1–1 (3–5 p) US Lestrem...
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