Serre-lès-Puisieux is a village in the commune of Puisieux in the Pas-de-Calais department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Serre-lès-Puisieux is...
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France Serre, Campania, a town and comune in Salerno, Campania, Italy Serre-lès-Puisieux, a village in Pas-de-Calais department, northern France Serre Chevalier...
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Battle of Hébuterne (section Hébuterne and Serre)
village and Serre-lès-Puisieux (Serre) to the east, a village on the D 919 road, north of Beaumont-Hamel. About halfway from Hébuterne to Serre was Ferme...
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was fatally wounded by a shell blast whilst leading his men near Serre-lès-Puisieux. He died of wounds the next day in a field hospital. His death was...
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descends from Colincamps and Grandcourt Spur, with the village of Serre-lès-Puisieux (Serre) on its summit to the north, point south-west down to the river...
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the village of Serre-lès-Puisieux and form a defensive flank for the rest of the British advance. The 31st Division's attack on Serre was a complete failure...
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On 22 October 1916, Baker was killed by German artillery fire near Serre-lès-Puisieux during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated at Sucrerie Military...
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Commons has media related to Puisieux (Pas-de-Calais). Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 3 Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 2 Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 1 The...
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either killed or injured during the ill-fated attack on the village of Serre-lès-Puisieux. Other Bradford Battalions of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire...
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killed during a failed attack on Serre-lès-Puisieux on 13 November 1916, during the Battle of the Ancre. He was buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2. "Casualty...
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Campbell had fallen sick and so Rees commanded the unit in its attack on Serre-lès-Puisieux on 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme. The brigade suffered heavy...
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the British front line trenches and assault the German defences at Serre-lès-Puisieux, some 500 yards away. Before they reached the last British trench...
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Mailly-Maillet in reserve. The division later took over the line west of Serre-lès-Puisieux, and 1/4th relieved 1/6th Bn in the front line on the evening of 8/9...
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Hébuterne. He was killed on the first day of the Somme in an area between Serre-lès-Puisieux and Beaumont-Hamel and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. As...
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Pals advanced into No Man's Land to attack the German front line at Serre-lès-Puisieux. Well over a thousand of them were killed or injured in the fruitless...
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12th Service Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, is located in Serre-lès-Puisieux in the French Pas-de-Calais, between Albert, in the Somme, and Arras...
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Nouvion-le-Comte Pargny-les-Bois Pierrepont Pouilly-sur-Serre Puisieux-et-Clanlieu Remies Rogny Rougeries Sains-Richaumont Saint-Gobert Saint-Pierre-lès-Franqueville...
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France. He rose to the rank of Company Serjeant Major, and was killed at Serre, Pas-de-Calais, on 13 November 1916 near the end of the Battle of the Somme...
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infantry division that was deployed to the front. There, in 1916, near Serre-lès-Puisieux, he was involved in the Battle of the Somme and lost part of his hearing...
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fire and in shelling the German front lines and villages, including Serre-lès-Puisieux, for the small-scale attacks being attempted. On 22 January the Germans...
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Vilpion and Chertemps, which drain towards the Serre. It is surrounded by the communes of Fontaine-lès-Vervins, La Bouteille, Landouzy-la-Cour, Thenailles...
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(02779) Vervins (02789) Vigneux-Hocquet (02801) La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Dizy (02802) Villers-lès-Guise (02814) Vincy-Reuil-et-Magny (02819) Voharies (02823) Voulpaix...
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to the Germans as Heidenkopf). north of Beaumont Hamel in front of Serre-lès-Puisieux. The attacks of the 11th Brigade and the wider 4th Infantry Division...
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Chantilly strategy of 1915 would be upheld. The capture of Beaumont Hamel and Serre would go some way to redeem the failure of 1 July and obtain ground on which...
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Puisieux-et-Clanlieu (French pronunciation: [pɥizjø e klɑ̃ljø]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of...
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Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique (French pronunciation: [kusi l(ə) ʃɑto ofʁik]; Picard: Couchi-Catieu-Aufrike) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France...
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Cuiry-lès-Chaudardes (French pronunciation: [kɥiʁi lɛ ʃodaʁd], literally Cuiry near Chaudardes) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France...
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Fresnoy-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [fʁɛnwa lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The cookware manufacturer...
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Bruyères-et-Montbérault, Vorges, Presles-et-Thierny, Chivy-lès-Étouvelles, Clacy-et-Thierret, Molinchart, Cerny-lès-Bucy, and Besny-et-Loizy. It is 55 km (34 mi) from...
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Chéry-lès-Pouilly is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Communes of the Aisne department "Répertoire national des...
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