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RANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
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​Somme

​France


GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 49.99815, Longitude: 2.90985

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Location Information

Rancourt is a small village on the main N17 road between Bapaume and Peronne. 

The Military Cemetery is on the outskirts of the south side of the village. It lies in the fields to the right of the main road facing a large French military cemetery. 


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.


Historical Information

Rancourt was captured by the French on 24 September 1916, and remained in Allied hands until 24 March 1918 and the German advance. It was recaptured by the 47th (London) Division on 1 September 1918.

The cemetery was begun by units of the Guards Division in the winter of 1916-17, and used again by the burial officers of the 12th and 18th Divisions in September 1918. After the Armistice, six graves from the surrounding battlefields were brought into Row E.

Rancourt Military Cemetery contains 93 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 20 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them. There are also three Second World War burials in the cemetery.

Casualty Details: UK 90, Total Burials: 90.

The cemetery was designed by
N A Rew.
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50035 Rifleman
​Reginald Jessie Baker
Royal Irish Rifles posted to London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
31st August 1918.
Row A. 8.


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548055 Private
William Otway Barrington Burrowes

15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Formerly London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
1st September 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 10.

Son of Barrington E. and Elise Burrowes, of 30, Warner Rd., Hornsey, London.

​His headstone bears the inscription; 
"In Loving, Sweet Memory Of Our Dearly Beloved Son Barrington."




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45644 Rifleman
George J. Grist

Royal Irish Rifles posted to London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
31st August 1918.
Row B. 5.






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535423 Private
Herbert Charles Hyde
15th Bn. London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
1st September 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 3.

Son of Henry Herbert and Ellen Florence Hyde, of 62, Orts Rd., Reading.

His headstone bears the inscription; "One Who Never Turned His Back But Marched Breast Forward."


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Fixed team of oxen and horses hauling a field artillery gun across muddy ground at Rancourt, February 1918. © IWM (Q 29914)
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Site of the ruined village of Rancourt, 24 July 1917. © IWM (Q 58334)
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German gunners on horseback towing a 77 mm field gun near Rancourt, February 1918. © IWM (Q 29884)

Nearby Cemeteries

Combles Communal Cemetery Extension
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery
Guards Cemetery, Combles


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