Courcelette, Somme, France
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Courcelette, Somme, France is a small village in northern France best known as a major First World War Western Front battlefield site.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | commune ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battleDate | September 1916 ⓘ |
| battleInvolved | use of tanks at Battle of Flers–Courcelette ⓘ |
| category |
Communes of Somme department
ⓘ
World War I site in France ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 50.06°N 2.73°E ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | about 10 km north-east of Albert ⓘ |
| frontLinePeriod | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontSector | British sector of the Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
agricultural land ⓘ war memorials ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Courcelette Canadian Memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newfoundland Memorial near Courcelette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWarCemetery | Courcelette British Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | First World War remembrance tourism site ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | capture by Canadian Corps on 15 September 1916 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Flers–Courcelette
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian Corps operations in 1916 ⓘ First World War Western Front battlefield ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hauts-de-France
ⓘ
surface form:
Hauts-de-France region
Somme department NERFINISHED ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Somme battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyRoad | D929 road (Albert–Bapaume) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Martinpuich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miraumont NERFINISHED ⓘ Pozières NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiepval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onWatercourse | river Ancre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
arrondissement of Péronne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
canton of Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ historical Somme offensive area ⓘ |
| regionType | rural area ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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