Albert Communal Cemetery was used by fighting units and Field Ambulances from August 1915 to November 1916, especially after September 1916 when Field Ambulances were concentrated at Albert. From November 1916, the 5th Casualty Clearing Station used it for two months. From March 1917 it was not used (except for four burials in March 1918) until the end of August 1918 when the 18th Division made Plot II.
The 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers, and the 29th, 73rd and 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalions erected wooden memorials in the cemetery to their dead during the Battle of the Somme.
Albert Communal Cemetery covers an area of 4,156 square yards and was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Albert Communal Cemetery is south east of Albert, at the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Méaulte.
See also the entry relating to Brigadier General Henry Frederick Hugh Clifford, DSO
Albert Communal Cemetery Fact Panel
| Country | Known Graves | Unknown Graves | Total Graves |
| United Kingdom | 626 | 19 | 645 |
| Canada | 202 | - | 202 |
| Australia | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| British West Indies | 3 | - | 3 |
| Total | 869 | 20 | 889 |
| Area | 4,156 square yards | ||
