Acheux British Cemetery contains 180 commonwealth burials from World War One, 179 from the United Kingdom and 1 Canadian.
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Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension contains 613 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 26 of the burials are unidentified and three graves, the exact locations of which could not be found, are represented by special memorials.
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery now contains 711 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 313 of the burials are are unidentified and there is a special memorial to an officer of the 38th Division known to be buried in one of them.
Peake Wood was the name given by the army to a copse on the south-east side of the road to Contalmaison. Peake Wood Cemetery contains 103 burials and commemorations of the First World War.
There are 244, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in Contalmaison Château Cemetery. Of these, 44 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one soldier from Australia known to be buried among them.
Fricourt British Cemetery (Bray Road) was made by the 7th East Yorkshire Regiment between 5 and 11 July 1916. It was used until the end of October, and again (for four burials) in 1918. Total Burials 133 and 1 Special Memorial.
Fricourt New Military Cemetery is in fact four big graves, made by the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment after the capture of Fricourt in July 1916, and a few single graves of September 1916. Total Burials 210.
Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension was used from 1 April to 24 August 1918. The extension contains 106 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Crouy British Cemetery was used between April and August 1918 for burials from the 5th and 47th Casualty Clearing Stations, which had come to the village because of the German advance.
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery now contains 2,053 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 518 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 17 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 71 casualties buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
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