Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery is named from a German trench about 1.6 kilometres north-east of Beaumont-Hamel, which remained in enemy hands until the German retreat early in 1917.
Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery was made by the V Corps after that retreat, when their units cleared the Ancre battlefield, and it was known also as V Corps Cemetery No.11.
Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery contains the graves of 161 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in November 1916 or January 1917. There are 34 unknown graves in the cemetery.
Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery covers an area of 427 square metres and enclosed by a concrete curb.
Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery is located 1.75km south of Serre and is approached by a long path leading north from the road between Beaumont-Hamel and Beaucourt.
