Wancourt (French pronunciation: [wɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Wancourt is situated some...

Wales's Own), British Army during the First World War. On 23 April 1917 near Wancourt, France, he performed a deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross...

Vaast–Bailleul-aux-Cornailles road. About 3 mi (4.8 km) behind were the Wancourt–Feuchy and to the north the Point du Jour lines, running from the Scarpe...

with a final objective of the Monchyriegel (Monchy switch line) between Wancourt and Feuchy. The Third Army attack on the German defences either side of...

advanced over 5 kilometres and captured the towns of Monchy-le-Preux and Wancourt. Lieutenant Charles Smith Rutherford VC MC MM from the 5th Canadian Mounted...

Rebellion Fung Wha David Philip Hirsch British Army 1917 First World War Wancourt Frederick Hitch British Army 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift John Hogan...

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Delville Wood, France David Hirsch Green Howards 1917-04-2323 April 1917* Wancourt, France Frederick Hobson 00120th Battalion, CEF 1917-08-1818 August 1917*...

then the column kept going to Agny and Beaurains, before a party reached Wancourt on the Cojeul. Infantry garrisoned Agny and Beaurains and the 4th RTR repulsed...

Beginning in April, the Scots Greys were engaged in action around the town of Wancourt. In three days of fighting, in an action that would become known as the...