Martinpuich British Cemetery

Written by Mike
Martinpuich British Cemetery.  The cemetery covers an area of 760 square yards.  April 29, 2002.  (02-30-11) Martinpuich British Cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 760 square yards. April 29, 2002. (02-30-11)

Martinpuich British Cemetery was begun in November 1916 and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until June 1917, and again at the end of August 1918.

In 1931 the bodies of ten soldiers buried by the Germans were found in the Communal Cemetery, and concentrated into the British Cemetery.

Martinpuich British Cemetery contains the graves of 80 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 34 soldiers from Australia and one soldier from Canada.  Special memorials are erected to four men of the Royal Warwicks, killed in November 1916 who are known to be among them.

The school playground at Martinpuich was designed and presented to the village by the 47th (London) Division as a memorial to those of their dead who fell in France and in particular in the capture of High Wood.

Martinpuich British Cemetery Fact Panel

Country Known Graves Unknown Graves Total Graves
United Kingdom 71 9 80
Australia 34 - 34
Canada 1 - 1
Total 106 9 115
Area 760 square yards

Location

Martinpuich British Cemetery is on the south side of Martinpuich.

 

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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