Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

The Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery is a military cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British, Commonwealth, and French soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains mainly those who died between October 1914 and February 1917 and in 1918 near Bronfay Farm and the nearby village of Bray.

Location The cemetery is located a short distance southeast of Bronfay Farm, which is 3 kilometers northeast of the village of Bray-sur-Somme. Bray-sur-Somme is approximately 8 kilometers southeast of Albert, France.

Establishment of the cemetery

The cemetery was established by French troops in October 1914. It was used by Commonwealth troops, in particular the British XIV Corps Main Dressing Station from August 1915 to February 1917. Burials were also added between March and September 1918, during the German spring offensive. After the end of the war, Bronfay Farm and Bray casualties from the latter period were reburied in the cemetery. The modern day cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith.

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Statistics There are a total of 537 burials in the cemetery, of which 525 are identified and 12 are unidentified. There is a special memorial dedicated to two soldiers believed to be buried among the unknown. +Identified Casualties by NationalityNationalityNumber of BurialsUnited Kingdom508Australia14India2South Africa1 +Number of Burials by UnitRoyal Fusiliers – City of London Regiment54Royal Field Artillery49Manchester Regiment33Royal Army Medical Corps23Grenadier Guards19Royal Garrison Artillery18Welsh Guards18Australian units14Royal Engineers13King's Royal Rifle Corps122nd Bn. London Regiment – Royal Fusiliers12Cheshire Regiment103rd Bn. London Regiment – Royal Fusiliers10Royal Army Service Corps10Suffolk Regiment9South Staffordshire Regiment9Middlesex Regiment9Machine Gun Corps – Infantry9Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force8Coldstream Guards7Rifle Brigade7Bedfordshire Regiment6East Surrey Regiment6Durham Light Infantry64th Bn. London Regiment – Royal Fusiliers66th Bn. London Regiment – City of London Rifles612th Bn. London Regiment – Rangers6Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry5King's Liverpool Regiment5Northumberland Fusiliers5Scots Guards5Black Watch – Royal Highlanders4Devonshire Regiment4King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry4Leicestershire Regiment41st Bn. London Regiment – Royal Fusiliers49th Bn. London Regiment – Queen Victoria's Rifles4Royal Scots – Lothian Regiment4Royal Sussex Regiment4Seaforth Highlanders4West Yorkshire Regiment4Duke of Wellington – West Riding Regiment3Lancashire Fusiliers3Norfolk Regiment3Royal Horse Artillery3Royal Warwickshire Regiment3Royal West Kent Regiment – Queen's Own3Essex Regiment2Gloucestershire Regiment2Gordon Highlanders2Hampshire Regiment2Hertfordshire Regiment2Highland Light Infantry2Honourable Artillery Company2King's Own Scottish Borderers2King's Shropshire Light Infantry2Leinster Regiment2North Staffordshire Regiment2Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers2Royal Scots Fusiliers2Sherwood Foresters – Notts & Derbys Regiment2Somerset Light Infantry2Army Gymnastic Staff1Buffs – East Kent Regiment12nd Dragoon Guards1Green Howards – Yorkshire Regiment1Guards – Machine Gun Regiment1Irish Guards1King George's Central India Horse1King George's Own Lancers1King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment19th Lancers112th Lancers15th Bn. London Regiment – London Rifle Brigade113th Bn. London Regiment – Kensington114th Bn. London Regiment – London Scottish115th Bn. London Regiment – PWO Civil Service Rifles12nd/4th Bn. London Regiment – Royal Fusiliers12nd/10th Bn. London Regiment1Northamptonshire Regiment1Royal Dublin Fusiliers1Royal Irish Regiment1Royal Marine Artillery1Royal Munster Fusiliers1Royal Welsh Fusiliers1Shropshire Yeomany1South African Regiment1South Lancashire Regiment1York & Lancaster Regiment1

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