Hébuterne Military Cemetery is located on the western edge of Hébuterne, north of the road from Hébuterne to Sailly-au-Bois.

Hébuterne gave its name to a severe action fought by the French on the 10th-13th June 1915, in the "Second Battle of Artois".

Hébuterne was taken over by British troops from the French in the same summer, and it remained subject to shell fire during the Battles of the Somme.

Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2 is situated 1km south east of Gommecourt, on the north side of the minor road between Hébuterne and Bucquoy.

Many of those from the 56th (London) Division killed at Gommecourt are buried in Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2. 

The village in the foreground is Hébuterne.  The wood in the centre-upper part of the picture is Gommecourt Wood, with the village of Gommecourt itself just beyond the wood.  The village in the top left of the picture is Foncquevillers. 

The German front line ran along the nearest edge of Gommecourt Wood, the tip of the wood to the left being the site of the ‘Kaiser’s Oak’.