Louverval Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Gill, Ian . Fremantle to France: 11th Battalion A.I.F. 1914–1919 . 2004 . 2nd . Advance Press . Myaree, Western Australia . 0-9750588-0-0 . 47–48.
2. Web site: Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . 2015 . 3 October 2015.