Achiet-le-Grand

This British cemetery is the resting place of 42 German soldiers who died in
World War.

This cemetery is under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Graves Commission (CWGC), the British partner organization of the Volksbund.


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Achiet-le-Grand was occupied by the 7th Bedfords on March 17, 1917, lost on
25. March 1918 after a defense by the 1st/6th Manchesters and was recaptured on
23. August 1918. From April 1917 to March 1918 the village was occupied by the
occupied by the 45th and 49th Casualty Clearing Stations. Achiet station was an
allied railhead. The cemetery close to the village and the extension were
used by Commonwealth medical units from April 1917 to March 1918. The
Extension was also used by the Germans on a small scale in March and April
1918 and again by Commonwealth troops in August 1918. After the
Armistice Plot III and the greater part of Plot IV, 645 graves, mainly of
645 graves, mainly from 1916 and March and August 1918, from the battlefields around
Battlefields around Achiet and from the following small burial sites
aCHIET-LE-GRAND GERMAN CEMETERY, on the road to Bihucourt, where
a soldier from the United Kingdom was buried by the Germans, and
five of their comrades in August 1918. ACHIET-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY and
the DEUTSCHE EXTENSION in the east. The former contained the graves of three
Soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand buried by the Germans
Buried by the Germans. The latter had been started by the Germans, but was
1. Bedford and other units in August 1918 and completed after the Armistice by concentrating
Completed after the Armistice by the concentration of 360 German graves;
it contained the graves of a total of 50 soldiers from the United Kingdom
Kingdom, 39 from New Zealand and 1,147 Germans. BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, containing the graves of six soldiers from the United Kingdom
Kingdom, three from Australia and one from Canada, all buried by the Germans
and 201 German soldiers; and the GERMAN EXTENSION, which contains the graves of
of one soldier from the United Kingdom and 298 German soldiers
contains. BEHAGNIES CHURCHYARD, used by the Germans in 1916 and containing the graves of
Graves of 86 German soldiers and one from the United Kingdom.
BEHAGNIES GERMAN CEMETERY, on the main road through the village, used in 1918 and containing the graves of
with the graves of 100 German soldiers, four French and one from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom. BEUGNATRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, with 200 German graves and those of two
german graves and those of two soldiers from the United Kingdom
(one of them is now buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery)
british Cemetery). BEUGNY CHURCHYARD and GERMAN EXTENSION, containing the graves of 46
Soldiers from the United Kingdom and six from Australia (most of whom
mostly fell in 1917, and of whom 34 belonged to the R.G.A.), and 19
french and 183 German soldiers. BEUGNY GERMAN CEMETERY, called the
Heroes' Cemetery, and one of many in BEUGNY. It was located in the
Northwest quarter of the village and contained the graves of five soldiers from
Australia, four from the United Kingdom and 831 Germans. BOURSIES
COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, containing the graves of 173 German soldiers,
one R.A.F. officer and one Canadian soldier. DOIGNIES GERMAN CEMETERY,
on the south side of the village, with the graves of 15 soldiers from the
United Kingdom, one from Australia and 150 Germans. HERMIES
COMMUNAL CEMETERY, where six soldiers and airmen from the United
Kingdom and two Australian soldiers were buried by the Germans.
LOUVERVAL GERMAN CEMETERY, DOIGNIES, outside the eastern corner of the
Louverval Chateau site, containing the graves of seven unidentified
Highlanders and 138 German soldiers. QUEANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, with the graves of
Graves of 180 German soldiers and three from the United Kingdom who fell in
fallen in March 1918; and the GERMAN EXTENSION, containing ten soldiers and airmen from
And airmen from Great Britain and 140 German and four Russian soldiers were buried by the
Germans, and 420 German soldiers were buried by the British. VELU
GERMAN CEMETERY, on the east side of the village, containing the graves of 850 German
Soldiers, five from the United Kingdom, two from Newfoundland, one Australian, one
Australians, one Indian and one Frenchman. VILLERS-AU-FLOS GERMAN CEMETERY, on the north side of the village
the north side of the village; it contained the graves of three soldiers from the
United Kingdom and three from Australia who fell in 1916. VRAUCOURT
CHURCHYARD, VAULX-VRAUCOURT, it contained the graves of two Australian soldiers who fell in 1917
Soldiers who fell in 1917. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains four
Commonwealth burials from the First World War. The EXTENSION contains 1,424
Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 200 of the
Burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials for eight
eight casualties who are known or are buried among them. Other special
Memorials record the names of ten victims buried in other cemeteries whose graves are
whose graves could not be found. In the extension
also contains 42 German war graves. The extension was designed by Sir
Edwin Lutyens.

Source: CWGC