Fricourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, five kilometres East of Albert.

On the 30th June, 1916, the village was just within the German front line. It was attacked on the 1st July by the 17th Division and by the end of the day it was caught between that Division on the West, the 21st on the North and the 7th on the South. It was occupied by the 17th Division on the following day. From the 25th March, 1918, to the following 26th August, it was again in enemy hands.

The Cemetery was made by the 17th Division, and the great majority of the dead buried here belonged to that Division.

Fricourt New Military Cemetery is a little West of the North end of the village, on the old German fron line. It is, in fact, four big graves (made by the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment after the capture of Fricourt in July, 1916) and a few single graves of September, 1916. It contains the graves of 208 soldiers from teh Unted Kingdom and two from New Zealand, and of the soldiers buried in the big graves 159 belonged to the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment and 38 to the &th East Yorkshire Regiment.

The Cemetery covers an area of 1,240 square-metres. It is enclosed by a brick wall. It stands on rising ground, looking South and South-West.

Number of burials by Unit

Those having awards in this cemetery

Sgt. John Watson Moody M.M., "A" Coy. 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Died 1st July 1916, aged 37. E.1


Also buried in this cemetery

Capt. Geoffrey Gaskell Blackburn, 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Died 1st July 1916, aged 27. B.A. Trinity Hall, Cambridge. C.14