LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Louvencourt
Somme
France
General Directions:: Louvencourt is a village 13 kilometres south-east of Doullens on the road to Albert (D938). The Cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village.
From July 1915 to August 1916, field ambulances were established at Louvencourt, which was nearly 10 kilometres behind the front line on 1 July 1916. Following the 1916 Somme offensive, these medical units moved further east and the cemetery was little used until the German advances of April 1918 pushed the Allied line back to its old position. The graves of 1918, in rows D and E, relate to the climax of that fighting. This cemetery was one of the first three Commission cemeteries to be built after the First World War.
Shot at Dawn: Two soldiers executed for desertion are buried here, in Plot 1. D. 17 lies Private H. MacDonald of the 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, he was executed on 4/11/1916.
In Plot 1. D. 20 is buried Rifleman F. M. Barratt of the 7th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, he was executed on 10/7/1917.
Casualty Details: UK 133, Canada 1, New Zealand 17, France 76, Total Burials: 227
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