Gommecourt WWI war cemetery

This is not a wartime cemetery; it was constructed after the Armistice by the recovery of bodies from the battlefields, plus the concentration of graves from several smaller cemeteries. These included at least several small original war time "Gommecourt Wood" Cemeteries, plus a number of others from nearby Gommecourt wood area, South West of Gommecourt village, which was where the British front line cut across the Fonquevillers-Gommecourt road. It was attacked by the 46th (North Midland) Division, and the Southern part of the village by the 56th (London) Division. The attack met with some temporary success but losses were high and the area could not be sustained. Gommecourt remained a salient in the German line until the 27th February, 1917, when it was evacuated by Germans

There are now nearly 750, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these only 284 are identified and nearly two-thirds are unidentified. There are special memorials to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them.