Vendegies-sur-Écaillon

Vendegies-sur-Écaillon is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
Commune
The church in Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
Coat of arms
Location of Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
Coordinates: 50°15′46″N 3°30′44″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonCaudry
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Pays solesmois
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Jean Faure
Area
1
6.57 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,068
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59608 /59213
Elevation44–102 m (144–335 ft)
(avg. 54 m or 177 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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',[2] he managed not only to obtain one but to retain it after the war, complete with mud from the battlefield.[3]

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
Arms of Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
 The arms of Vendegies-sur-Écaillon are blazoned :
Or, a 6-spoked wheel gules.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Barnes, A FThe Story of the 2/5th Gloucestershire Regiment, 1914-1918, Crypt House Press, Gloucester, 1930, page 88
  3. Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, page 81


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