New Munich Trench British Cemetery

Written by Mike
New Munich Trench British Cemetery contains the graves of 146 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in November 1916 or January 1917.  Of these, 93 belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry.  There are 18 unknown graves in the cemetery.  27 April 2002.  (Ref 02-24-05) New Munich Trench British Cemetery contains the graves of 146 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in November 1916 or January 1917. Of these, 93 belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry. There are 18 unknown graves in the cemetery. 27 April 2002. (Ref 02-24-05)

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.

New Munich Trench British 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.

New Munich Trench British Cemetery contains the graves of 146 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in November 1916 or January 1917.  Of these, 93 belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry.  There are 18 unknown graves in the cemetery.

New Munich Trench British Cemetery covers an area of 404 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone wall.

New Munich Trench British Cemetery is located 2km south of Serre and is approached along the same path as Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery.

Mike

Mike

Mike McCormac has been a photographer since about ten years old.  He's a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and lives in a village in the hills near Paphos in Cyprus.

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