NEUVILLE-BOURJONVAL BRITISH CEMETERY
Neuville-Bourjonval
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Neuville-Bourjonval is a village 14 kilometres east of Bapaume and 4 kilometres south-east of Belincourt. The Cemetery is near the east side of the village and 173 metres from the east side of the by-road to Hermies.
Neuville-Bourjonval village was taken on the 28th-29th March, 1917, by the 12th King's Liverpool Regiment, lost on the 22nd March, 1918, and retaken on the following 4th and 5th September by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. The British Cemetery was begun by the 11th Rifle Brigade in April, 1917 and used by the 42nd and other Divisions until March, 1918; further burials were made in Rows B and C in September, 1918.
Shot at Dawn: Private G. Hanna, 1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, executed for desertion 06/11/1916, row E. 16.
Casualty Details: UK 209, New Zealand 5, Total Burials: 214
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