Hancourt

Hancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography
Hancourt is situated on the D15 and D194 crossroads, some 10 mi northwest of Saint-Quentin.

History
Hancourt was the French village to which the 22 survivors of the 2/4th Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry retreated in spring 1918, after the Battalion was virtually wiped out in action on the Western Front.