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unusual facts about Fresnes


William Hew Clark-Kennedy

On 27/28 August 1918 on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line, France, the brigade of which Lieutenant Colonel Clark-Kennedy's battalion was a central unit suffered heavy casualties.


Corinne Luchaire

After World War II, Corinne attempted suicide then escaped to Sigmaringen, Germany and Merano, Italy, but she and her father were arrested in May 1945 and imprisoned at Fresnes.

Miss 600

Within a few months the pair had been spotted playing at an open mic night at Ryans Bar in Derby by local Nottingham producers Christopher Bucknall and Robert de Fresnes.


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