Cagnoncles () is a
commune in the
Nord
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department in northern
France
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. It contains 11 Commonwealth war graves from the
First World War
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History
Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls arriving in Cagnoncles around 19 October 1918 to find the population near to starvation, and records that he and his fellow soldiers shared their rations with the local people.
[Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, page 79]
Heraldry
See also
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Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Nord (French department)
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