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Auchonvillers is a village which lies about 10
kilometres north of Albert and about 16 kilometres west of Bapaume.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the
villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux 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
Auchonvillers. At the crossroads in Auchonvillers carry straight on
in the direction of Mailly Maillet and the cemetery will be found
about 200 metres further along on the right hand side.
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| Auchonvillers is about six miles
North of Albert and ten miles West of Bapaume. The Military Cemetery
was begun by the French troops in June 1915, and burials in it
practically ceased with the German retreat in February 1917. It was
used by Field Ambulances and fighting units. Fifteen of the graves
(Plot II, row M, graves 4-18) were concentrated after the Armistice
from scattered positions East of the Cemetery. Auchonvillers
Military Cemetery contains 534 graves, of which 496 are those of
soldiers from the United Kingdom, 24 of New Zealand soldiers, 8 of
the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, and 6 of French soldiers (now
removed). It is irregular in shape, widening from the entrance, and
the earliest burials are farthest from the road. |
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The cemetery reflects very well the units that passed
through Auchonvillers between 1915 and 1917, and then again in 1918.
The earliest graves are regulars from the 4th Division and New Army
men from the 36th (Ulster) Division. There are also many Tunnellers
buried here (see right). |
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commemorated here are: |
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Communal grave
of men of the 252nd Tunneling Company Royal Engineers who
worked on the Hawthorn Mine. |
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