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Dernancourt
is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, a mile and
a half South of Albert. The Communal Cemetery is a little West of the
village, across the railway line; and the Extension is on the North-West
side of the Communal Cemetery.
The
Communal Cemetery was used for British burials from September, 1915,
to August, 1916, and again in the Retreat of March, 1918. It contains
the graves of 124 soldiers from the United Kingdom and three from Australia,
who were buried from Field Ambulances at Dernancourt.
Number of burials by Unit
| Seaforth Highlanders |
9
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Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders |
9
|
| Royal Field Artillery
|
9
|
|
Queen's - Royal West
Surrey Regt. |
8
|
| Gordon Highlanders
|
6
|
|
East Surrey Regt.
|
5
|
| Black Watch - Royal
Highlanders |
5
|
|
Bedfordshire Regt.
|
5
|
| Royal
Fusiliers - City of London Regt. |
4
|
|
Royal
Engineers |
4
|
| Highland Light Infantry |
4
|
|
Royal Munster Fusiliers
|
3
|
| Australian burials
|
3
|
|
Royal Warwickshire
Regt. |
3
|
| King's Liverpool Regt. |
3
|
|
Ox. & Bucks. Light
Infantry |
3
|
| Royal Army Medical
Corps |
3
|
|
Northumberland Fusiliers |
2
|
| Gloucestershire Regt.
|
2
|
|
Suffolk Regt. |
2
|
| Cheshire Regt. |
2
|
|
Buffs - East Kent
Regt. |
2
|
| Machine Gun Corps
- Infantry |
2
|
|
Royal Scots - Lothian
Regt. |
2
|
| King's Own Scottish
Borderers |
2
|
|
Royal Sussex Regt.
|
2
|
| 9th Lancers |
1
|
|
Cameron Highlanders
|
1
|
| Cameronians - Scottish
Rifles |
1
|
|
Devonshire Regt. |
1
|
| Army Cyclist
Corps |
1
|
|
5th Dragoon
Guards |
1
|
| Bedfordshire Yeomanry
|
1
|
|
Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry |
1
|
| Duke of Wellington's
- West Riding Regt. |
1
|
|
King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regt. |
1
|
| 11th Hussars - Prince
Albert's Own |
1
|
|
Lancashire Fusiliers |
1
|
| Worcestershire Regt. |
1
|
|
Leicestershire Regt.
|
1
|
| Middlesex Regt. |
1
|
|
Rifle Brigade |
1
|
| Royal Berkshire Regt. |
1
|
|
Royal Garrison Artillery
|
1
|
| Royal West Kent Regt.
- Queen's Own |
1
|
|
South Staffordshire
Regt. |
1
|
| West Yorkshire
Regt. |
1
|
|
King's
Royal Rifle Corps |
1
|
| Identified burials
|
126
|
|
|
|
| Unidentified UK
burials: |
1
|
|
|
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| Total burials |
127
|
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Those with awards in this cemetery
Sgt. Arthur Edward Henry Bailey M.M., 45th Australian Inf. Killed
in action 2nd April 1918. A.7
2nd Lt. Ronald d'Albertanson M.C., 3rd Bn. East Surrey Regt.
attd. 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regt. Killed in action at Longueval, 8th Aug.
1916, aged 22. Son of the Rev. Canon d'Albertanson of Rua da Cerca,Oporto,
Portugal.
Lt. Col. B. G. R. Gordon D.S.O., 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
Died 20th July 1916. K.4
Sgt. Henry O'Grady M.M., 5th Bn. Ox. & Bucks. Light Inf.
Died 25th Aug. 1916, aged 27. J.89
Others buried in this cemetery
Capt. Charles Edward Anderson. 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders. Killed
in action 20th July 1916, aged 25. Educated at Bedford School and R.M.C.
Sandhurst. K.5
2nd Lt. David Newbold Gaussen. 9th, attd. 1st Bn. Bedfordshire
Regt. Died 31st July 1916 of wounds received at Delville Wood the previous
day. Aged 23. Son of the Rev. Charles E Gaussen, Crowborough, Sussex.
J.40
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