Grandcourt Road Cemetery CWGC

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The Grandcourt Road British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery holds the graves of 391 men of the British Empire (390 British & 1 Canadoan) killed in the surrounding countryside during the Great War. The cemetery appears to be in the shape of an artillery shell or bullet, a common shape used by its designer, Sir Herbert Baker.

The Cemetery is 1 kilometre south of the village of Grandcourt in the direction of Thiepval off of the D151 road. Access from the D151 is by a single lane road. The Cemetery, 500 metres on the southern side of the road, is in the middle of a field.

Grandcourt was reached on 1 July 1916, by men of the 36th (Ulster) Division, but it was not taken until the night of 5/6 February 1917 when patrols of the Royal Naval Division found it deserted. It was in German hands again from April to August 1918. Grandcourt Road Cemetery was made in the spring of 1917 when the Ancre battlefield was cleared. The cemetery now contains 391 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 108 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them.
No. of Identified Casualties: 283

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