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Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension is on the West side of the Communal Cemetery. It was used by the British medical units from April. 1917, to March 1918, by the Germans to a small extent in March and April, 1918, and by British troops in August, 1918. After the Armistice Plot III and most of Plot IV were made by concentration of 645 graves, mainly of 1916 and March and August, 1918, from battlefields round Achiet and from other burial grounds.

The Extension now contains the graves of 1,244 sailors, soldiers, Marines and airmen from the United Kingdom; 94 soldiers from New Zealand, 61 from Australia and four from South Africa; two soldiers and one airman from Canada; one Newfoundlander soldier; and 40 German soldiers. The unnamed British graves number 200 and special memorials are erected to eight sailors and soldiers from the United Kingdom, know or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of eight soldiers from the United Kingdom, one from Canada and one from New Zealand, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves could not be found.

The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were removed to the Extension.

Achiet-Le-Grand German Cemetery, on the road to Bihucourt, in which one soldier from the United Kingdom was buried by the Germans, and five by their comrades in August, 1918.

Achiet-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery and the German Extension on the east of it. The former contained the graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand, buried by the Germans. The latter was begun by the Germans, carried on by the 1st Bedford's and other units in August 1918, and completed after the Armistice by the concentration to it of 360 German Graves; it contained, in all, 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, containing 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, containing the graves of 46 soldiers from United Kingdom and six from Australia (who fell, for the most part, in 1917, and of whom 34 belonged to the R.G.A.), and 19 French and 183 German soldiers.

Beugny German Cemetery, called the Heldenfriedhof, and one of many in Beugny. It was in the North-West quarter of the village, and it 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. offficer, and one Canadian soldier.

Doignies German Cemetery, on the South side of the village, containing the graves of 15 soldiers from the United Kingdom, one from Australia, and one 150 German.

Hermies Communal Cemetery, in which six soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom and two Australian soldiers were buried by the Germans.

Louverval German Cemetery, Doignies, outside the Eastern angle of Louverval Château grounds, containing the graves of seven unidentified Highlanders and 138 German soldiers.

Number of Burials by Unit

Those with Awards in this cemetery

Pte. W. I. Baldwin MM., "A" Coy. 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 3rd Aug. 1917 aged 36. P. 7

L/Cpl. A. Bandy MM., 18th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 23rd Aug. 1918. L.13

Lt. J. D. Boyd M.C., 119th Bty. Royal Field Artillery. Died 25th Aug. 1918. U.7

Lt. William Henry Brassington M.M., 7th Bn. Tank Corps. Killed in action 25th Aug. 1918 aged 26. F. 23

Cpl. H. Brook M.M., "C" Coy. 37th Bn. Machine Gun Corps Infantry. Died 24th Aug. 1918 aged 25. K. 28

Pte. F. Brown M.M., 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 4th May 1917. E 16

L/Cpl. G. H. Bulmer M.M., 149th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Infantry. Died 30th July 1917. P. 4

L/Cpl. John Herbert Calbreath M.M., 13th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly 8th Bn. Killed in action 25th Aug. 1918. Son of Ann and William Calbreath of Owen Street, Birmingham. Brother of Sgt. William Henry Calbreath. Born Birmingham 1888. A. 23

Pte. J. B. Carl M.M., 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders. Died of wounds 19th July 1917 aged 20. O. 10

Pte. W. H. Clarkson M.M., 14th Bn. York & Lancaster Regiment. Died 4th July 1916. Q. 6

C.S.M. Ernest Richard Cook M.M., 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 29th July 1917 aged 21. P. 3

Sgt. B. Cope M.M., 8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry. Died 25th Aug. 1918. C. 5

Gnr. A. H. Cotier M.M., "A" Bty. 126th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 25th Aug. 1918. G. 24Dvr. Henry Criddle M.M., 16th Bty. 41st Brig. Royal Field Artilllery. Died 28th Aug. 1918 aged 38. K. 1

L/Cpl. Christopher Currie M.M., 10th Bn. Tank Corps. Died 21st Aug. 1918 aged 28. A. 24

Cpl. S. J. Darby M.M., 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 23rd Aug. 1917 aged 21. The youngest of nine brothers, all of whom served. P. 12

Lt. Leonard Dolman, Croix-de-Guerre (Belgium), 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 31st Dec. 1917 aged 28. C. 5

Maj. Hugh John Duff D.S.O., M.C., 10th (Lovat's Scouts) Bn. Cameron Highlanders. Died 6th Sept. 1918 aged 35. N. 11

Pte. H. Duffell D.C.M., M.M., 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action 21st Aug. 1918. J. 5

2nd Lt. John Dunn M.M., 3rd Bn. Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 1st Feb. 1918 aged 31. C. 10

Sgt. B. P. Edwards D.C.M., 12th Royal Lancers. Died 28th Nov. 1917. Q. 16

Maj. Robert Egerton M.C., Royal Irish Fusiliers and 59th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action (crashed) while flying 23rd Dec. 1917 aged 25. Son of Sir Reginald Egerton and Lady Egerton, London.

Sgt. Arthur Thomas Farr M.M., 15th Bn. Australian Infantry. Killed in action 1st Feb. 1917. M. 3

Capt. Edward Victor Freed M.C., 1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Died of wounds 25th Aug. 1918 aged 34. P. 5

Sgt. George Leonard Godsiff M.M., 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Killed in action 24th Aug. 1918. G. 19

Lt. Roderick Hubert Gray M.C., "I" Bty. 7th Brig. Royal Horse Artillery. Died 2nd Dec. 1917 aged 20. K. 16

Lt. Col. A. R. Haig-Brown D.S.O., 23rd Bn. Middlesex Regiment. Died 25th Mar. 1918. D. 3

Pte. Walter Charles Hardy M.M., 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 17th July 1917 aged 25. O. 11

Lt. Gordon Lindsay Harvest M.C., London Rifle Brigade. Died 21st June 1917 aged 21. K. 4

Capt. E. J. Henderson M.C., 70th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps. Died 25th March 1917 aged 19. Son of R. H. Henderson C.M.G., M.I.A., of Johannesburg.

Lt. Col. G. B. Hinton C.M.G., 26th Army Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 21st Mar. 1918. J. 3

Lt. Col. Philip Vaughan Holberton, Five times Mentioned in Despatches, Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), Bt. Maj. And Bt. Col. 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment. Died 26th Mar. 1918 aged 38. F. 8

Sgt. W. Hook M.M. and Bar, 29th Bty. 42nd Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 27th Aug. 1918. L. 8

Pte. Albert Victor Hunt M.M., 77th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 21st Mar. 1918 aged 32. G. 1

Pte. William Jefferson M.M., 1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment. Died 21st Aug. 1918 aged 37. A. 18

Maj. Frederick Noel Johns M.C., No. 3 Field Amb. N.Z. Medical Corps. Killed in action 25th Aug. 1918 aged 30. V. 6

Sgt. E. A. Johnson M.M., 129th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 1st Sept. 1918 aged 29. G. 1

Sgt. W. H. Jupp Medaille Militaire (France), 6th Bn. London Regiment (Rifles) Died of wounds 20th May 1917 aged 29. H. 18

L/Cpl. William Woodroff McCarty M.M., 46th Bn. Australian Infantry. Died of wounds 14th April 1917 aged 31. B. 28

Lt. Leslie Ivan Manning M.C., Mentioned in Despatches, 2nd Bn. 3rd N.Z. (Rifle) Brig. Killed in action 26th Aug. 1918. F. 25

Cpl. Guy Stanislaus Martin M.M., 5th Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers. Killed in action 25th Aug. 1918 aged 23. Born at Singapore, educated at Bedford Modern School. C. 19

C.Q.M.S. A. J. Mead M.M., 17th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died 6th Dec. 1917 aged 23. A. 28

Gnr. James Mitchinson M.M., "D" Bty. 76th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 25th Aug. 1918 aged 22. B. 23

Maj. E. Moreton M.C., 119th Bty. 27th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 25th Aug. 1918. U. 6

Sgt. Bernard Mulraney M.M., "C" Coy. 7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 15 Mar. 1917 aged 28. J. 20

L/Bmdr. J. G. Murray M.M., 52nd Bty. 15th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 2nd Sept. 1918 aged 25. K. 7

Lt. Cecil Ernest Philcox M.C., Mentioned in Despatches, 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment. Died 24th May 1917 aged 21. A. 13

C.S.M. Valentine Read D.C.M., Croix de Guerre (Belgium), 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn. Hampshire Regiment. Died 25th March 1918 aged 29. G. 26

Capt. Charles Frederick Sandoe M.C., 1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 30th Aug. 1918 aged 20. R. 1

Bmdr. H. J. Sandys M.M., 24th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action 13th April 1917 aged 32. D. 9

Lt. John Moir Sim, Mentioned in Despatches, 6th Gordon Highlanders and 70th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action 25th March 1917 aged 23. A. 6

Dvr. G. Smart M.M., "D" Bty. 310th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 19th May 1917. H. 13

Cpl. C. H. Stevens M.M., Croix de Guerre, (Belgium), Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment. Died 21st March 1918. G. 17

L/Cpl. Thomas Edward Sutton M.M., 9th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 6th June 1917 aged 20. J. 8

2nd Lt. Robert Turnbull M.C., 13th Bn. The Rifle Brigade. Died 25th Aug. 1918 aged 29. J. 6

Pte. G. F. W. Veall M.M., 3rd (Light) Bn. Tank Corps. Died 21st Aug 1918 aged 25. G. 17

Maj. A. S. West M.C., 93rd Army Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 23rd March 1918. C. 27

L/Cpl. A. Wilkinson M.M., 56th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 4th June 1917. J. 1

Others buried in this Cemetery

2nd Lt. Geoffrey Hardy. "D" Bty. 312th Bde. Royal Field Artillery (RFA), died of wounds 27th May 1917, age 27 yrs. I. A. 14.

A.B. Albert Simon Ormond, Clyde Z/5842. R.N.V.R. 223rd Machine Gun Btn, R.N. Div. Died of wounds (gas) 18th March, 1918 aged 19. His father and three brothers also served. II. F. 21.

Bmdr. E. Watmough, 750728. "A" Bty. 315th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 31st Aug., 1918 aged 27. One of three brothers, all of whom fell.
The others are :-
2nd Lt John Cyril Watmough, 2nd Btn Northumberland Fusiliers, died 10th July 1915, aged 26. Buried at Ridge Wood Cemetery, Voormezeele, Belgium. II. A. 8.
Pte Victor Watmough, 41740, 15th Btn Royal Scots. Died 22nd Oct, 1917, aged 19. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery (Pas de Calais)

Total of 3 burials they are :-

Rfn. J. Atha, 2nd/8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment Died 4th April 1917. No. 2

Flt. Cmdr. Colin Roy Mackenzie D.S.O. Croix de Guerre (France), Royal Naval Air Service. Died 24th Jan 1917 aged 24. No. 3

Gnr. A. Wyness, "B" Bty. 317th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 26th Aug. 1918. No. 1