Hancourt () is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
.
Geography
Hancourt is situated on the D15 and D194 crossroads, some northwest of
Saint-Quentin.
History
Hancourt was the French village to which the 22 survivors of the 2/4th Battalion of the
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.
The regiment was formed as a consequence of th ...
retreated in spring 1918, after the Battalion was virtually wiped out in action on the Western Front.
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Population
See also
*
Communes of the Somme department
References
World War I sites in France
Communes of Somme (department)
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