The Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery is a military cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War I. The cemetery contains mainly those who died capturing the village of Bouzincourt between June and August 1918 and those who died on the front line near Bouzincourt.
Location The cemetery is located to the east of the village of Bouzincourt, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Albert, France on the D938 road.
Establishment of the Cemetery The cemetery was started in the first week of September 1918 by the British V Corps, mainly for soldiers from the 12th and 18th Divisions who had died during the capturing Bouzincourt the two months prior (June - August 1918). After the end of the war, more plots were added to house approximately 500 more soldiers who were moved in from the surrounding area. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Arthur James Scott Hutton.
Statistics The cemetery covers an area of 2480 square meters, and contains a total of 709 burials, of which 396 are identified and 313 are unidentified. There exists a special memorial for an officer of the British 38th Division who is believed to be buried among the unknown. +Identified Burials by NationalityNationalityNumber of BurialsUnited Kingdom370Australia24Canada2Total396
+Number of Burials by UnitUnit#Unit#Royal Welsh Fusiliers115East Yorkshire Regiment34Royal Sussex Regiment30Queen's - Royal West Surrey Regiment29Australian burials24Royal West Kent Regiment22Royal Berkshire Regiment15Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment Regiment14Northamptonshire Regiment13Buffs - East Kent Regiment12Bedfordshire Regiment10Royal Engineers8East Surrey Regiment6Suffolk Regiment6London Regiment - 23rd Battalion5Machine Gun Corps5West Yorkshire Regiment5London Regiment - 18th Bn. London Irish Rifles4Notts. & Derbys Regiment4Durham Light Infantry3Loyal North Lancashire Regiment3Rifle Brigade3Canadian burials2Lancashire Fusiliers2Norfolk Regiment2Royal Navy Division2South Wales Borderers2Cameronians - Scottish Rifles1Cheshire Regiment1Dorsetshire Regiment1Essex Regiment1King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment1King's Royal Rifle Corps1London Regiment - 5th Bn. London Rifle Brigade1London Regiment - 7th Bn.1London Regiment - 11th Bn. Finsury Rifles1London Regiment - 19th Bn. St. Pancras1London Regiment - 20th Bn. Blackheath & Woolwich1Northumberland Fusiliers1Royal Army Medical Corps1Royal Field Artillery1Royal Irish Fusiliers1Royal Warwickshire Regiment1
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