This British burial ground is the resting place of 42 German casualties of World War I. This cemetery is under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), British partner organization of the Volksbund. Visitor information Wheelchair access is available via the main entrance. For further information on wheelchair access please contact our Enquiries Department on 01628 507200. Achiet-le-Grand was occupied by the 7th Bedfords on March 17, 1917, lost on March 25, 1918 after a defense by the 1st/6th Manchesters and was recaptured on August 23, 1918. From April 1917 to March 1918 the village was occupied by the 45th and 49th Casualty Clearing Stations. Achiet station was an allied railhead. The cemetery near 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 Armistice Plot III and most of Plot IV, 645 graves, mainly from 1916 and March and August 1918, were brought from the 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 GERMAN EXTENSION in the east. The former contained the graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand who were buried by the Germans. The latter was begun by the Germans, continued by the 1st Bedfords and other units in August 1918 and completed after the Armistice by the concentration of 360 German graves; it contained in total the graves of 50 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 39 from New Zealand and 1,147 German. BEAUMETZ-LES-CAMBRAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY, containing the graves of six soldiers from the United Kingdom, three from Australia and one from Canada, all buried by the Germans, and 201 German soldiers; and the GERMAN EXTENSION, containing the graves of one soldier from the United Kingdom and 298 German soldiers. BEHAGNIES CHURCHYARD, used by the Germans in 1916 and containing the 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 100 German soldiers, four French and one from the United Kingdom. BEUGNATRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, with 200 German graves and those of two soldiers from the United Kingdom (one of whom is now buried in Bancourt British Cemetery). BEUGNY CHURCHYARD and GERMAN EXTENSION, with the graves of 46 soldiers from the United Kingdom and six from Australia (most of whom 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, containing the graves of 180 German soldiers and three from the UK who fell in March 1918; and the GERMAN EXTENSION, where ten soldiers and airmen from the UK and 140 German and four Russian soldiers were buried by the Germans, and 420 German soldiers by the British. VELU GERMAN CEMETERY, on the east side of the village, with the graves of 850 German soldiers, five from the United Kingdom, two from Newfoundland, one Australian, one Indian and one Frenchman. VILLERS-AU-FLOS GERMAN CEMETERY, on 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, containing the graves of two Australian 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 to eight casualties who are known or buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of ten victims buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found. There are also 42 German war graves in the extension. The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens Source: CWGC