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NEW MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY 
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Somme

​France


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Location Information

Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south-west of Arras.
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Using the D919 from Arras to Amien you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux and Serre-les-Puisieux. On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919 turn left onto the D174 following the signs for Auchonvillers. After 1.3 kilometres turn left onto the D163 in the direction of Beaumont. At the crossroads in the village of Beaumont, continue straight ahead in the direction of Miraumont. 


Historical Information

Beaumont-Hamel was attacked again and taken on the 13th November 1916, by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions.

Munich Trench was occupied by the 51st (Highland) Division on the 15th November 1916; New Munich Trench was dug on the previous night by the 2/2nd Highland Field Company and a company of the 8th Royal Scots, and lengthened by the 8th Devons in December.

The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, when their units cleared the battlefield, and it was known also as V Corps Cemetery No.25.

There are 146, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,18 are unidentified. All fell in the period November 1916, or January 1917, and the majority belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry.

The cemetery covers an area of 404 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone wall.

Casualty Details:
United Kingdom 146. Total Burials: 146.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 128. Total 128.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 18. Total 18.
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40563 Private
A. H. Carmichael
16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916.

Row B.14.

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40897 Private
​Adam Gillies Cunningham
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

18th November 1916.
Row A. 2.



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Second Lieutenant
William Duff
​13th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916.
Row A. 7.


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40843 Private
​Peter Finlayson
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916, aged 22.
Row C. 17.

Son of Peter and Catherine Mitchell Finlayson, of "Glen View," West Linton, Peebleshire.

His headstone bears the inscription; "For ever With The Lord, Amen. So Let It Be."

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15149 Private
Charles Gray
"B"Company, 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916, aged 20.
Row A. 5.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For Us"


Son of Charles and Elizabeth Simpson Gray, of 913, Yoker Rd., Yoker, Clydebank, Glasgow.

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Captain
Sidney Frederick Johnson
3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Border Regiment
10th January 1917, aged 29.
Row F. 12.

Son of George Frederick and Blanche Evelyn Johnson, of Streatham, London; husband of Helen Marguerite Robertson, of Montreal, Canada. Severely wounded at Festubert, 1915.


His headstone bears the inscription; "Although Wounded Earlier He Took The Front Line. Also Wounded Festubert 1915."​

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Captain
Leo Gerald Simon Jude
10th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
15th November 1916, aged 20.
Row B. 19.


Son of Simon and Kathleen Jude, of Liverpool.
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Pictures in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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277210 Private
Andrew Lyall
7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
15th November 1916, aged 21.

Row C. 19.

Son of Arthur William and Jenny M. Lyall, of 49, West Coats Rd., Cambuslang, Glasgow.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Fondly Remembered."



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43330 Private
Joseph McGuigan
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916.​
​Row C. 8.

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Second Lieutenant 
Alexander Roxburgh Murray
4th Bn. attd. 17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916. aged 18.
Row E. 1.

Son of James and Eliza Murray, of 3, Horselethill Rd., Kelvinside, Glasgow. Born at Chungking, West China.


His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory. Victory."

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43116 Private
George Burt Welsh
16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
18th November 1916, aged 19.
Row B. 17.

Son of Harry M. and Mary Welsh, of Castle Blair House, Dunfermline.


These photos of the cemetery were taken in the 1920's by the family of 210 Corporal Douglas Rawlings, 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, who was Killed In Action on November 16, 1916, aged 24. The photos are courtesy of Pierre Rouvillois of Houplin-Ancoisne and the the Great Nephew of Douglas, John Rawlings of Sidmouth in Devon. Douglas was the son of Mrs. E. J. Rawlings, of Neston Lodge, Sandycoombe Rd., East Twickenham, Middx., and the late Mr. W. H. F. Rawlings.
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British troops, two corporals, near Beaumont Hamel, November 1916. © IWM (Q 1562)
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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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Low level annotated oblique view of the Ancre valley south of Beaumont Hamel, taken during the Battle of the Somme. © IWM (Q 48887)
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A shell bursting amongst the barbed wire entanglements on the battlefield at Beaumont Hamel, December 1916. © IWM (Q 1688)

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

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