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Louverval

Coordinates: 50°08′22″N 3°0′045″E / 50.13944°N 3.01250°E / 50.13944; 3.01250
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50°08′22″N 3°0′045″E / 50.13944°N 3.01250°E / 50.13944; 3.01250 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.