Laventie (French pronunciation: [lavɑ̃ti]; West Flemish: Wentie) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France....

opposite. The attack took place 9.9 mi (16 km) from Lille, between the Fauquissart–Trivelet road and Cordonnerie Farm, an area overlooked from Aubers Ridge...

Indian infantry digging trenches, Fauquissart, France, 9 August 1915....

old Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, in the line at Fauquissart, about 3 km north of Neuve Chapelle, about 2 km west of Aubers to luncheon...

the responsibility of all the Portuguese sectors, rearranged as the Fauquissart, the Neuve Chapelle and the Ferme du Bois sectors (11 km of front), now...

of the 2nd Battalion performed with distinction near the village of Fauquissart, becoming the first Gurkha recipient of the award. The Battle of Loos...

through Estrée-Blanche Indian infantry with gas masks in trenches near Fauquissart Indian soldiers evacuate wounded officer on stretcher near Ginchy General...

Dogras (along with Highlanders) in a trench with dugouts; Fauquissart, France....

Nepalese 1915 First World War BB0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles Fauquissart, France Lalbahadur Thapa Nepalese 1943 Second World War BB0032nd King...

took place for which he was awarded the VC: On 25 September 1915 near Fauquissart, France Lieutenant Maling worked for over 24 hours with untiring energy...

of Crete Crete George Allen Maling British Army 1915 First World War Fauquissart Joseph Malone British Army 1854 Crimean War Balaclava Edward Mannock...

0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 1915-09-2525 September 1915 Fauquissart, France Alexander Lafone 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke...

sequence of tours of duty in the trenches between the La Bassée Canal and Fauquissart, at Festubert in February and March, or at Givenchy in April, alternating...

Thapa 0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 1915 First World War Fauquissart, France Lalbahadur Thapa 0022nd Gurkha Rifles 1943 Second World War Rass-es-Zouai...

for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On 25 September 1915 in Fauquissart, France Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, having been wounded himself, found a wounded...

bombardment, a Stosstruppen battalion assaulted the Neuve-Chapelle and Fauquissart sectors. In the defence against this attack, 2nd Lieutenant Hernâni Cidade...

0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 1915 First World War FranceFauquissart, France George Wheeler 0099th Gurkha Rifles 1917 First World War MesopotamiaShumran...

afterwards, was awarded a bar to his MC for leading a platoon in an attack at Fauquissart. In September 1916, he transferred to the 4th Battalion of the Grenadier...

Candia George Maling Rifle Brigade 25 September 1915 First World War Fauquissart William Manley Royal Artillery 29 April 1864 New Zealand Wars Tauranga...

greatest. The line ran from east of Givenchy, east of Neuve-Chapelle to Fauquissart on ground easier to defend but had little barbed wire and the ground...

Lamp-Neuve-Chapelle sector. 255th Tunnelling Company next saw action in the Laventie-Fauquissart sector in northern France, where 173rd Tunnelling Company had earlier...

Company served under Second Army in the Ypres Salient. It moved into the Fauquissart area near Laventie in northern France. Mining and counter-mining had...

Company relieved the 255th Tunnelling Company in May 1916 in the Laventie-Fauquissart sector in northern France. In early November 1916, the 3rd Australian...

the Gazette said: For conspicuous gallantry on 22nd August 1915, near Fauquissart. A standing patrol 120 yards in front of our line was bombed by the enemy...

German strong-point known as the Sugar Loaf, near Le Trou, and south of Fauquissart. The 184th Brigade on the left, while the 183rd Brigade was in the centre...

were employed by the British in the Wytschaete, Fromelles, Laventie, Fauquissart, Lens, Loos, Arras, Givenchy, Vermelles and Le Tilleloy sectors. Hillman...