HUNTER'S CEMETERY
Beaumont-Hamel
Somme
France
Location Information
Beaumont-Hamel is a village in the Department of the Somme.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for "Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel".
Hunter's Cemetery stands at the upper end of "Y" Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Beaumont-Hamel was attacked in vain on the 1st July, 1916, and captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13th November.
Hunter's Cemetery (the origin of the name may refer to a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch, the Rev. Hunter) is, in fact, a great shell-hole, in which soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel, were buried after the battle.
There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Casualty Details: UK 46, Total Burials: 46
Beaumont-Hamel is a village in the Department of the Somme.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for "Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel".
Hunter's Cemetery stands at the upper end of "Y" Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Beaumont-Hamel was attacked in vain on the 1st July, 1916, and captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13th November.
Hunter's Cemetery (the origin of the name may refer to a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch, the Rev. Hunter) is, in fact, a great shell-hole, in which soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel, were buried after the battle.
There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Casualty Details: UK 46, Total Burials: 46
2904 Private
Donald McCallum
6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
13th November 1916, aged 19.
Grave 19.
Son of James and Emma McCallum, of Canford, Wimborne, Dorset. Native of Comrie, Perthshire.
Donald McCallum
6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
13th November 1916, aged 19.
Grave 19.
Son of James and Emma McCallum, of Canford, Wimborne, Dorset. Native of Comrie, Perthshire.
Battle of Albert. The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. 45,000 pounds of ammonal exploded. The mine caused a crater 130 feet across by 58 feet deep. © IWM (Q 754)
Plotting reference: 57D Q 10b Key features: German Frontline West and Central Beaumont Hamel - Hawthorn Ridge, Hawthorn Redoubt, Y Ravine. © IWM (BOX 214B-511-15C-57D-1916)
Working parties of British troops in the Hawthorn Ridge Crater near Beaumont Hamel, November 1916. This mine was exploded in the German front line on 1st July, and formed a crater 150 yards long, 100 yards wide and 80 feet deep. Beaumont Hamel was not captured until 13th November. © IWM (Q 2005)
Plotting reference: 57D Q 10 11 Key feature: German and British Frontline Central, South and West of Beaumont Hamel - Y Ravine, Hawthorn Ridge and Hawthorn Redoubt. © IWM (BOX 227-7754-25I-29M-1918)
