Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
|commune status = Commune
|image = Vendegies-sur-Écaillon (Nord, Fr) église.JPG
|caption = The church in Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
|image coat of arms = Vendegies-sur-Écaillon.svg
|arrondissement = Cambrai
|canton = Caudry
|INSEE = 59608
|postal code = 59213
|term = 2021–2026
|intercommunality = CC Pays Solesmois
|coordinates = {{coord|50.2628|3.5122|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 54
|elevation min m = 44
|elevation max m = 102
|area km2 = 6.57
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Vendegies-sur-Écaillon ({{IPA|fr|vɑ̃d(ə)ʒi syʁ ekajɔ̃}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59608-vendegies-sur-ecaillon INSEE commune file]
History
In his memoir of World War I, A S Bullock recalls the night of 24 October 1918 when he was among the reserves helping the Gloucestershire Regiment in a final push against the Germans at Vendegies-sur-Écaillon. He notes that although 'maps were scarce',Barnes, A F The Story of the 2/5th Gloucestershire Regiment, 1914-1918, Crypt House Press, Gloucester, 1930, page 88 he managed not only to obtain one but to retain it after the war, complete with mud from the battlefield.Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, page 81
Bullock recalls marching on from Vendegies-sur-Écaillon to Sepmeries, where on 27 October he narrowly escaped death at a spot in square Q12 of this same map.
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Vendegies-sur-Écaillon.svg
|legend1=Arms of Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
|text=The arms of Vendegies-sur-Écaillon are blazoned :
Or, a 6-spoked wheel gules.
}}
See also
References
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