Louverval

{{Short description|Village in Doignies, Nord, France}}

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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.{{cite book|last=Gill |first=Ian |title=Fremantle to France: 11th Battalion A.I.F. 1914–1919 |year=2004 |edition=2nd |publisher=Advance Press |location=Myaree, Western Australia |isbn=0-9750588-0-0 |pages=47–48}} It is the location of the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Military Cemetery).{{cite web |url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/26606/LOUVERVAL%20MILITARY%20CEMETERY,%20DOIGNIES |title=Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies |work=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |year=2015 |accessdate=3 October 2015}}

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