Assevillers New British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery | |
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![]() Arch at Assevillers New British Cemetery | |
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Established | 1918 |
Location | Somme, France |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 49°53′48″N 2°50′33″E / 49.89675°N 2.84261°E |
Type | Military |
Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) |
Size | 2,655 sq meters |
No. of graves | 815 total, 320+ unidentified |
Website |
Official website
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Footnotes | Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & William Harrison Cowlishaw |
The Assevillers New British Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains soldiers who died on a variety of dates in several battles near the village of Assevillers. [1]
The Assevillers New British Cemetery is located at the entrance of Assevillers, a village approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Peronne. [1]
Assevillers was taken by the French in late 1916. It was evacuated by the Fifth Army on 26 March 1918 during a German counterattack and retaken by the 5th Australian Division on 28 August of the same year. [1]
The Assevillers cemetery was created after the Armistice agreements of 1918. A special memorial records the names of 11 British soldiers whose graves were destroyed by artillery fire. [1]
Former burial sites of soldiers now buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery include: [2]
The cemetery covers an area of 2655 square meters and is surrounded by a stone rubble wall. [2]
Nationality | Number of Graves |
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British | 684 |
Australian | 111 |
South African | 16 |
Canadian | 3 |
French | 1 |
Total | 815 |
Assevillers New British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery | |
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![]() Arch at Assevillers New British Cemetery | |
| |
Details | |
Established | 1918 |
Location | Somme, France |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 49°53′48″N 2°50′33″E / 49.89675°N 2.84261°E |
Type | Military |
Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) |
Size | 2,655 sq meters |
No. of graves | 815 total, 320+ unidentified |
Website |
Official website
![]() |
Footnotes | Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & William Harrison Cowlishaw |
The Assevillers New British Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains soldiers who died on a variety of dates in several battles near the village of Assevillers. [1]
The Assevillers New British Cemetery is located at the entrance of Assevillers, a village approximately 10 kilometers southwest of Peronne. [1]
Assevillers was taken by the French in late 1916. It was evacuated by the Fifth Army on 26 March 1918 during a German counterattack and retaken by the 5th Australian Division on 28 August of the same year. [1]
The Assevillers cemetery was created after the Armistice agreements of 1918. A special memorial records the names of 11 British soldiers whose graves were destroyed by artillery fire. [1]
Former burial sites of soldiers now buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery include: [2]
The cemetery covers an area of 2655 square meters and is surrounded by a stone rubble wall. [2]
Nationality | Number of Graves |
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British | 684 |
Australian | 111 |
South African | 16 |
Canadian | 3 |
French | 1 |
Total | 815 |