Louverval

Coordinates: 50°08′22″N 3°0′045″E / 50.13944°N 3.01250°E / 50.13944; 3.01250 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. It is the location of the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing (Louverval Military Cemetery).

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