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BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY
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Somme

​France


GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.08591, Longitude: 2.64981

Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery
Location Information

Beaumont-Hamel is a village 10 Kms north of Albert. Take the D919 road from Puisieux to Mally Maillet until you reach a crossroad signposted Auchonvillers on the left hand side. Follow this road (D174) until you see Beaumont signposted at a 'T' junction, turn left onto the D163 and Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery is located on the left about 1 Km along this road.


Historical Information

Beaumont-Hamel was attacked and reached on 1 July 1916, but it could not be held. It was attacked again, and this time taken, on 13 November 1916 and the British cemetery (originally titled as 'V Corps Cemetery No.23') was made by units taking part in that and subsequent operations until February 1917. It was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields.

The cemetery now contains 179 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 82 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two casualties known to be buried among them.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 96, Canada 2. Total 98.

The cemetery was designed by
W H Cowlishaw.
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Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery - Sunken Lane
The Sunken Lane, located to the left of the cemetery.
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Aerial vertical view showing trench lines of Beaumont Hamel, 10 October 1916. British trenches are on the bottom left. © IWM (Q 61479)
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The man on the left has been extricated from the mud into which he had sunk up to the arm pits. The soldier on the right is thought to be serving in the South Staffordshire Regiment, Beaumont Hamel, November 1916. © IWM (Q 1563)
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British troops, two corporals, near Beaumont Hamel, November 1916. © IWM (Q 1562)
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A shell bursting amongst the barbed wire entanglements on the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel, December 1916. © IWM (Q 1688)
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The cemetery in 1963/4. ©CWGC
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The cemetery in 1963/4. ©CWGC

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