Roisel, Villers-Faucon was originally Villers-Falcon and previously Villare Falconis, which means, in Latin, villa of the hawks. Villers-Faucon's original...
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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Faucon-du-Caire, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Aunou-le-Faucon, Orne Saint-Julien-le-Faucon, Calvados Villers-Faucon, Somme Bernard Faucon (born 1950)...
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Villers may refer to: Villers, Loire, in the Loire département Villers, Vosges, in the Vosges département Villers-Agron-Aiguizy, in the Aisne département...
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were left behind at Bouvincourt, Vraignes and Tincourt on 26 March and Villers Faucon, Saulcourt and Guyencourt were lost on 27 March, to attacks by British...
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Villers-Bretonneux (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ bʁətɔnø]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Villers-Bretonneux...
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wounded. Second Lieutenant Parsons died of his wounds. He was buried at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France. An extract from The London Gazette, dated...
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Third Army with 245th Siege Bty. 6th HAG HQ joined VII Corps HA at Villers-Faucon and the battery was in position by the night of 2 December; other batteries...
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1917, the day after performing the deed, and is interred at the Villiers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, (Plot No. A21). His Victoria Cross is...
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advance through northern France. After passing through Beauvais, Boves and Villers Bretonneux, the Battalion arrived at Morlancourt at 2.30pm. Here they were...
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Hélène Laetitia Marie Nautré, born on 15 March 1904 in Villers-Faucon and died on 26 October 1976 in Reims, was a French resistance fighter and politician...
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They took part in what would be the Regiment's last mounted charge at Villers-Faucon when B and D Squadrons, supported by a howitzer battery and two armoured...
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September 231st Bde took up the lead, with 24th Welsh and 10th KSLI taking Villers-Faucon after some heavy fightin, in which 24th Welsh lost 12 killed and 75...
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September 231st Bde took up the lead, with 24th Welsh and 10th KSLI taking Villers-Faucon after some heavy fighting, 25th RWF acting in support before forming...
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fainter, straight line just to its north is the road N29. It passes through Villers-Bretonneux, the village just south of Corbie. The town of Corbie grew up...
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side". Bath Chronicle. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2016. "Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery". ormerod. Retrieved 22 December 2010. "The Wesleyan...
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23rd Bde HQ at Templeux-la-Fosse, and gun positions were prepared at Villers-Faucon. Because of the semi-mobile nature of the fighting during the Hundred...
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Macandrew's squadrons where, on 27 March, it drove the Germans out of Villers-Faucon and several surrounding villages. With the retreat having come to a...
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with its Right Half at Saint-Emilie and Left Half at Villers-Faucon. 5th Brigade was firing on Villers-Guislain, an outpost of the Hindenburg Line, with...
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Roisel. On 27 March they worked with cavalry and horse artillery to take Villers-Faucon. The brigade concentrated at Tincourt, and sent forward single guns...
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