Recent History Abancourt, Oise
abancourt military prison 1917
abancourt military prison 1917
abancourt appears abancourt on 1750 cassini map , same on 1790 version.
the village renamed abancourt-la-montagne after french revolution. between 1791 , 1823, commune reattached romescamps. in 1823 abancourt newly created commune blargies hennicourt added it.
in 1867 railway came abancourt construction of abancourt station on rouen amiens line. connected directly le tréport , paris in 1873-1875.
in first world war main british supply ports of le havre , inland port of rouen had restricted hinterlands. necessary find location daily supplies, maintain 1.3 million troops, marshalled , distributed. abancourt, junction of several key railway lines coast , somme, chosen. supply trains le havre , rouen disgorged content vast warehouses in abancourt complex along 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) of track. warehouses contained enough non-perishable stores last @ least 1 month , dispatched twenty-two supply trains day next distribution station. today there no obvious trace of vast complex of warehouses , sidings.
in first world war, british army had prison @ abancourt. in august 1916 serious mutiny broke out in prison, 7 ring-leaders prosecuted , @ least 2 put death on 29 october 1916: british gunner lewis, aged 30, shot @ rouen, , new zealand private john (jack) braithwaite, 35 years old, shot @ prison.
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