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    Ronssoy (French pronunciation: [ʁɔ̃swa]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Ronssoy is situated 11 miles (18 km)...
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    February 1918. Farrar was killed on the Western Front at the Battle of Epehy Ronssoy, near Le Cateau in the Somme Valley south, west of Cambrai, on 18 September...
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    his unit was participating in an assault on the Hindenburg Line east of Ronssoy when it was held up by intense machine gun fire. With another man, Valente...
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    Infantry Regiment, 27th Division. During an attack on that night, near Ronssoy, he and a small group of others became separated from the rest of their...
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    Norway William Waring Welsh 1918* First World War Royal Welch Fusiliers Ronssoy, France Tasker Watkins Welsh 1944 Second World War Welch Regiment Barfour...
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    ordered forward as a reinforcement for the next day. On the VII Corps front, Ronssoy had been captured and the 39th Division was being brought forward; on the...
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    deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 18 September 1918 at Ronssoy, France, Lance-Sergeant Waring led an attack against enemy machine-guns...
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    Company A, 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 27th Division. Place and date: At Ronssoy, France; September 27, 1918. Entered service at: New York, New York. Birth:...
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    Ribeaucourt Ribemont-sur-Ancre Riencourt Rivery Rogy Roiglise Roisel Rollot Ronssoy Rosières-en-Santerre Rouvrel Rouvroy-en-Santerre Rouy-le-Grand Rouy-le-Petit...
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    Line and on 4 April the British captured Metz en Couture in a snowstorm. Ronssoy, Basse Boulogne and Lempire were captured after house-to-house fighting...
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    Mesopotamia William Waring Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1918-09-1818 September 1918* Ronssoy, France Blair Wark 03232nd Battalion, AIF 1918-09-2929 September 1918 to...
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    being in pain from his injured pelvis, Snow surveyed his positions from Ronssoy-Epehy Ridge each day and warned his superiors that a German counter-attack...
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    British Mk V tank disabled by anti-tank mine, Ronssoy October 3, 1918. Unexploded bombs are visible...
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    of machine gun nests Frank J. Gaffney Army E-02Private First Class near Ronssoy, France Sep 29, 1918 Single-handedly captured and held a German position...
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  • the south side of Ronssoy, by 07.35, taking many prisoners without much resistance. While 24th Welsh remained to consolidate Ronssoy, 25th RWF passed through...
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    Ribeaucourt Ribemont-sur-Ancre Riencourt Rivery Rogy Roiglise Roisel Rollot Ronssoy Rosières-en-Santerre Rouvrel Rouvroy-en-Santerre Rouy-le-Grand Rouy-le-Petit...
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    Map WO 153/312 V Corps (Third Army) shows dispositions from Moislains to Ronssoy Battle of Epéhy, 18-19 September 1918. Military History Encyclopedia on...
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  • the south side of Ronssoy, by 07.35, taking many prisoners without much resistance. While 24th Welsh remained to consolidate Ronssoy, 25th RWF passed through...
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    Ribeaucourt Ribemont-sur-Ancre Riencourt Rivery Rogy Roiglise Roisel Rollot Ronssoy Rosières-en-Santerre Rouvrel Rouvroy-en-Santerre Rouy-le-Grand Rouy-le-Petit...
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    awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their actions in the area of Ronssoy on 28–29 September: Private Daniel Moskowitz, Co. F, Private Morris Silverberg...
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    April 1918. The 16th Division held an exposed position since early 1918 at Ronssoy where they suffered heavy losses during the German March Spring Offensive...
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  • Hervilly Hesbécourt Heudicourt Liéramont Longavesnes Marquaix Pœuilly Roisel Ronssoy Sorel Templeux-la-Fosse Templeux-le-Guérard Tincourt-Boucly Villers-Faucon...
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    Guillemont, but were thrown back by a German counterattack. It was here, near Ronssoy, that 1LT William B. Turner earned the Medal of Honor. On 27 September...
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    S. Army, Company G, 108th Infantry, 27th Division. Place and date: At Ronssoy, France; September 29, 1918. Entered service at: Buffalo, New York. Birth:...
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    Irish card". The 16th Division held an exposed position from early 1918 at Ronssoy where they suffered more heavy losses during the German Army's Spring Offensive...
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    Ribeaucourt Ribemont-sur-Ancre Riencourt Rivery Rogy Roiglise Roisel Rollot Ronssoy Rosières-en-Santerre Rouvrel Rouvroy-en-Santerre Rouy-le-Grand Rouy-le-Petit...
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    Army Apremont, France October 1, 1918 Michael Valente Italy Private Army Ronssoy, France September 29, 1918 Ludovicus M. M. Van Iersel Netherlands Sergeant...
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    Le Catelet, France William Bradford Turner (1892–1918 †), for action at Ronssoy, France World War I memorials "American Armies and Battlefields in Europe:...
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