known as the British Memorial Association, Fromelles, has been set up to establish a memorial in Fromelles, dedicated to the thousands of British men...
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The Attack at Fromelles (French pronunciation: [fʁɔmɛl] (Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or Schlacht von Fromelles) 19–20 July 1916, was a military...
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19 July 2010 to mark the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles. The Battle of Fromelles took place on the night of 19–20 July 1916, during the Somme...
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Fromelles Military Cemetery can mean: V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, 2 kilometres northwest of the village of Fromelles Fromelles (Pheasant...
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V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial (redirect from Fromelles Memorial)
in the commune of Fromelles, in the Nord departement of France, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Fromelles on the D22C road (rue Delval)...
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communication failures, casualties and disorganisation. The Battle of Fromelles was a subsidiary attack to support the Fourth Army on the Somme 80 km...
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5th Division (Australia) (section Fromelles, 1916)
France, would be the first to see major action, doing so in the Battle of Fromelles, a week after going into the trenches. As the Germans had been reinforcing...
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divisions of the AIF were sent to the Western Front. In July 1916, at Fromelles, the AIF suffered 5,533 casualties in 24 hours, the most costly single...
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in 1951. Fromelles Aubers Illies Marquillies (sugar mill) Fournes-en-Weppes Sainghin-en-Weppes Don-Sainghin Ligne de Don-Saingin a Fromelles: horaires...
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sides heavy casualties. The Germans occupied a small salient in front of Fromelles called the Sugarloaf due to its distinctive shape. Being small, it provided...
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which were often lost or obliterated e.g. the forgotten mass grave at Fromelles. As a result, the remains of missing combatants might not be found for...
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City of Bristol Rifles (section Fromelles)
posthumous Victoria Cross. The division was then thrown into the Attack at Fromelles on 19 July, a diversionary attack to relieve pressure on the Somme front...
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In fact, that operation was not finished until 27 April. The town of Fromelles holds an annual service at Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery where a few...
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Faches-Thumesnil Forest-sur-Marque Fournes-en-Weppes Frelinghien Fretin Fromelles Gruson Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Halluin Hantay Haubourdin Hem Herlies...
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Fournes-en-Weppes Frasnoy Frelinghien Fresnes-sur-Escaut Fressain Fressies Fretin Fromelles Genech Ghissignies Ghyvelde Glageon Godewaersvelde Gœulzin Gognies-Chaussée...
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with violence from the war. Blake tells Harold that Sid Bartel survived Fromelles, the worst WWI battle that Australians had seen, but didn't go bad. Harold...
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Faches-Thumesnil Forest-sur-Marque Fournes-en-Weppes Frelinghien Fretin Fromelles Gruson Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Halluin Hantay Haubourdin Hem Herlies...
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This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was an offensive fought on the Western Front during World War I from 1...
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Richard Haking (section Western Front: Fromelles)
suggested a First Army attack towards Fromelles, not towards Lille as originally planned. Bourne writes: "that (Fromelles) took place at all owed most to the...
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World War I memorial, located near Fromelles, France, commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles. The memorial park is located approximately...
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F: La Voix du Nord, S.A.: 4. ISSN 1277-1422. Bois-Grenier, Le Maisnil, Fromelles, Aubers et Radinghem-en-Weppes. Soit 6000 habitants supplémentaires pour...
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captain in the 2nd battalion, Rifle Brigade, was posted as missing at Fromelles, France during the northern attack of the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9...
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Battle of Hulluch Battle of Mont Sorrel Battle of the Somme Battle of Fromelles Battle of Pozières Battle of Ginchy 1917 Operations on the Ancre, January–March...
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with the Battle of the Somme, and more specifically with the Attack at Fromelles. Soon after, the 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions became tied down in actions...
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established on Aubers Ridge on 17 October and French cavalry captured Fromelles. On 18 October, the German XIII Corps arrived, reinforced the VII Corps...
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New Zealand companies, initially operating around Armentieres and at Fromelles. The following year they operated in the Ypres section. In November 1916...
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Worcestershire Rifles (section Attack on Fromelles)
by this point the division had move east and attacked the area around Fromelles. In July 1916, the Fourth Army was attacking on the Somme, while First...
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8th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers (section Fromelles)
was thrown straight into supporting a disastrous diversionary attack at Fromelles made by II ANZAC Corps with raw troops (the Official History emphasises...
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(1917), and the Battle of Passchendaele (1917). During the Battle of Fromelles on 19–20 July 1916 the Australians, mounting their first attack in France...
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divisions of the French Cavalry Corps (General Louis Conneau) deployed from Fromelles to Le Maisnil. The British III Corps had the 6th Division from Radinghem...
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