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    Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle is situated 22 kilometres...
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    of La Boisselle lies Ovillers; by 1916, the village was called Ovillers by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to avoid confusion with La Boisselle, south...
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    village of Ovillers-la-Boisselle (commonly shortened to "Ovillers") lies to the north of the road. The constituent village of La Boisselle, which had...
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    The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during...
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    L'îlot de La Boisselle (French: ilôt meaning "small island") is a small, 3.12-hectare (7.7-acre) historic site in the commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle in the...
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    the Lochnagar Mine—each containing 24 tons of explosives, were blown near La Boiselle, throwing earth 4,000 feet (1,200 m) into the air.[citation needed]...
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    Somme. The village of Ovillers-la-Boisselle (commonly shortened to Ovillers) forms part of the small commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle, about 22 mi (35 km)...
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    Populations légales 2019: 80 Somme, INSEE "Historique de la Somme". Le SPLAF. "Évolution et structure de la population en 2016". INSEE. l'Intérieur, Ministère...
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  • war, they were moved to the Ypres Salient and took part in the Battle of La Bassée in October 1914. In March 1915, the 7th (Meerut) Division was chosen...
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    model of the Y Sap, Glory Hole and Lochnagar craters La Boisselle Study Group Ovillers-La-Boisselle photo essay Royal Engineers Museum and Library Corps...
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    that Livens needed for his large projector. On 25 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle during the Battle of the Somme, Z Company used eighty projectors...
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  • he was wounded in the neck, arm and spine during the attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the first day of the Somme in 1916. He could not be evacuated...
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    would be driven to locations such as Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel or Ovillers-la-Boisselle to sketch Allied troops or German prisoners and record the devastation...
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    him to carry the machine gun barrel. Cross by Lochnagar Crater at Ovillers-la-Boisselle. List of World War I Memorials and Cemeteries in Alsace List of...
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    suburbs of La Bouvaque and Thuison are located to the north of the city. The municipal park of La Bouvaque, bordered by the Boulevard de la République...
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    Withdrawal to Escaut, St Omer-La Bassée, Wormhoudt, Cassel, Dunkirk 1940, Normandy Landing, Mont Pincon, St. Pierre La Vielle, Gheel, Nederrijn, Aam,...
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    Offignies Offoy Oisemont Oissy Oneux Oresmaux Oust-Marest Outrebois Ovillers-la-Boisselle Pargny Parvillers-le-Quesnoy Pendé Pernois Péronnesubpr Picquigny...
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    Rifle Brigade and reached the rank of major. He died of wounds at Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France. He was buried at Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert...
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    Avenue de la paix Parc de la Hotoie [fr] Marais des trois vaches Parc du Château blanc, on the Route de Rouen Bois Bonvallet [fr] Square de la rose des...
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    Offignies Offoy Oisemont Oissy Oneux Oresmaux Oust-Marest Outrebois Ovillers-la-Boisselle Pargny Parvillers-le-Quesnoy Pendé Pernois Péronnesubpr Picquigny...
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    initial attack. On 15 July 1916, the battalion was in the area of Ovillers-la-Boisselle and attack German position that afternoon, which marked the beginning...
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  • Division. During the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, the battalion captured Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the night of 15/16 July. The prospects for the attack were unpromising:...
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    Ancre Heights facing Petit Miraumont. 17th RF was in reserve at Ovillers-la-Boisselle. There was little hostile activity, but much effort was expended...
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    INSEE Ham, its castle and its prisoners, Charles Gomart, 1864, réédition "La Vague Verte" en 2000. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ham. Ham, Official...
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  • site at Ovillers-la-Boisselle in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France. The area (known in the First World War as Îlot de La Boisselle to the...
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    Somme, at the confluence with the Ancre. The town is bisected by the Canal de la Somme. This satellite photograph shows it in its context. The town is to the...
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  • during this battle that he was killed in action on 7 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial...
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  • the battalion was ordered to attack the German-held village of Ovillers-la-Boisselle. The attack was unsuccessful and cost the battalion many lives,...
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    native of Villers-Bretonneux, published a memoir on the "la pomme de terre" in Les Affiches de la Picardie. In 1838, records show that Villers-Bretonneux...
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    Ovillers-la-Boisselle, many others are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. There are memorials to 34th Division at La Boiselle...
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