The military cemetery was begun by French troops in June 1915 and burials had practically ceased with the German retreat in February 1917.  The cemetery was used by field ambulances and fighting units.

15 graves were concentrated after the Armistice from scattered positions east of the cemetery.

There are a further 15 UK graves in the communal cemetery.

The cemetery is irregular in shape.  The earliest burials are furthest from the road.  Auchonvillers Military Cemetery is approached along a grassy path leading north west from the road from Auchonvillers to Mailly-Maillet.  Inside the cemetery gate is an unusual circular area opening onto the cemetery itself.
 
Within Auchonvillers Military Cemetery is buried Albert Rickman, Private 12923 of the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 

He died aged 27, a veteran of Gallipoli.  He survived the attack on Hawthorn Ridge but deserted soon afterwards.  He was arrested some distance behind the lines on July 20, 1916.  He was convicted of desertion and executed by firing squad on September 15, 1916.

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