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Laventie (French pronunciation: [lavɑ̃ti]; West Flemish: Wentie) is a
commune in the Pas-de-Calais
department in the Hauts-de-France
region of France....
- The
Kensingtons at
Laventie is a
large oil
painting on gl**** by Eric
Kennington completed in 1915 that
depicts a
First World War
platoon of
British troops...
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British Indian soldiers digging trenches in
Laventie, France, 1915...
- The
Canton of
Laventie was one of the 14
cantons of the arrondis****t of Béthune, in the Pas-de-Calais department, in
northern France. It had 18,792 inhabitants...
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Tunnelling Company relieved the 255th
Tunnelling Company in May 1916 in the
Laventie-Fauquissart
sector in
northern France. In
early November 1916, the 3rd...
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Later his
remains were re-interred in the
Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard at
Laventie, near Armentières. In 2003, he was
posthumously inducted into the Scottish...
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acclaim that Eric
Kennington received when his
painting The
Kensingtons at
Laventie was
first exhibited in
London in
April 1916
prompted Charles Masterman...
- took
place for
which he was
awarded the VC. On 12
September 1918 near
Laventie, France, when his
company was held up by
enemy machine-gun fire at short...
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Switzerland (1959) Hall in Tirol,
Austria (1967) Auchel,
France (1975)
Laventie,
France (1975) Nyíregyháza,
Hungary (1989) Novocherk****k,
Russia (1990)...
- II Anzac, IX, X and VIII corps, held the
Western Front in
Flanders from
Laventie to Boesinghe, with
eleven divisions and up to two in reserve.
There was...
