Bellavesnes
Pas-de-Calais, France
Mentioned: 1918
Vimy / Artois Sector A small locality reached by narrow-gauge rail ("the Metre-Guage") from Aubigny on May 21, 1918, for a picnic tea with a party from 57 C.C.S. Very likely the same destination as a February 10 outing recorded simply as "Havesnes": walked to rather than taken by rail, but from the same general Aubigny-area billets, with no competing candidate for either name. Coordinates are approximated from Lattre-Saint-Quentin, the commune it belongs to, since the exact locality isn't separately mapped.
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1918
- 10 February 1918… ouchers for £6-3-3 for being D.R.O. during the elections. – It all helps towards leave. – Gus & I walked over to Havesnes & had tea with Clover & Co. Sneath of the 12th came in to dinner on his way back from the …
- 21 May 1918… sisters from 57 C.C.S. chaperoned by Padre Phillips – Ran an engine & one car out on the “Metre-Guage” as far as Bellavesnes where we found a nice little Grove, had tea and came back about 6. – The day was only mar …