50°08′22″N 3°0′045″E / 50.13944°N 3.01250°E Louverval is a village in the Doignies commune in the Nord department in northern France.
In 1918 it was the site of a minor battle between the Australian 11th Battalion and the Germans during World War I in which Charles Pope won a posthumous Victoria Cross. [1] It is the location of the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Military Cemetery). [2]
References
- ^ Gill, Ian (2004). Fremantle to France: 11th Battalion A.I.F. 1914–1919 (2nd ed.). Myaree, Western Australia: Advance Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-9750588-0-0.
- ^ "Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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50°08′22″N 3°0′045″E / 50.13944°N 3.01250°E Louverval is a village in the Doignies commune in the Nord department in northern France.
In 1918 it was the site of a minor battle between the Australian 11th Battalion and the Germans during World War I in which Charles Pope won a posthumous Victoria Cross. [1] It is the location of the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Military Cemetery). [2]
References
- ^ Gill, Ian (2004). Fremantle to France: 11th Battalion A.I.F. 1914–1919 (2nd ed.). Myaree, Western Australia: Advance Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-9750588-0-0.
- ^ "Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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