Vendegies-sur-Écaillon () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.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
See also Communes of the Nord department
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