Grevillers is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, two miles West of Bapaume; and the British Cemetery is on the north side of the road to Bapaume.

The village was occupied by British troops on the 14th March, 1917, and in April and May the 3rd, 29th and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations were posted near it. They began the British Cemetery, and continued to use it until March 1918; but on the 25th March, Grevillers was captured by the enemy. A German Cemetery was then made on the East side of the British, continuing the existing layout. On the following 24th August, the New Zealand Division recaptured Grevillers, and in September the 34th, 49th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations came to the village and resumed the use of the British Cemetery. After the Armistice, 200 graves were brought from the battlefields to the South of the village, and 40 from the German Cemetery; and 927 Germans graves were removed to another cemetery.

The Cemetery now contains the graves of 1,497 sailors, soldiers, Marines and airmen from the United Kingdom; 413 soldiers and airmen from Australia; 153 soldiers from New Zealand, 14 from Canada, two from India, one from South Africa, one from the British West Indies Regiment and four whose unit is not known; one man of the British Red Cross Society; and 18 French civilians. The unnamed graves number 189, and special memorials are erected to 15 soldiers from Australia and three from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of two soldiers from the United Kingdom buried in Avesnes-Les-Bapaume German Cemetery whose graves could not be found.

Certain graves in the cemetery, identified as groups but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words ; "Buried near this spot."

The New Zealand Memorial in this cemetery will form the subject of a separate register.

Cemeteries concentrated into Grevillers Military Cemetery

Avesnes-Les-Bapaume German Cemetery, "near the British huts", contained the graves of two soldiers from the United Kingdom who died in April, 1918.

Bayonet Trench Cemetery, Gueudecourt, contained the graves of 19 soldiers of the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion who fell on the 5th November, 1916, and who are now buried in Grevillers Military Cemetery.

Number of burials by Unit

Those having awards in this cemetery

Gnr. Joseph Bell M.M., "A" Bty. 124th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 29 Sept. 1918 aged 21. 14.E.15

Rfn. G. A. A. Berrows M.M., 12th Bn. The Rifle Brigade. Died 29th May 1917 aged 36. 5.D.17

Lt. Col. George Bissett D.S.O., M.C. and Bar. 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died 10th Oct. 1918 aged 28. 17.C.1

Lt. William Boyd M.C., Royal Field Artillery, attd. 252nd Coy. Royal Engineers. Died 25th March 1918 aged 21. 18.B.19

Cpl. James Samuel Brighton M.M. and Bar. 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt. Died of wounds 27th Sept. 1918 aged 23. 13.A.16

Sgt. Andrew John Cosbrook M.M. Mentioned in Despatches, Croix de Guerre (France). Killed in action 3rd Sept. 1918 9.AA.6

Lt. Eric Balfour Costin M.M., 4th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 8th May 1917 aged 26. Native of Strathfield, New South Wales. 4.D.11

Capt. Sydney B. N. Coupar, Mentioned in Despatches. 7th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Died 30th Dec. 1918 aged 21. 18.B.18

Cpl. W. T. Curme M.M., 1/4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt. Died 16th June 1917 aged 22. 6.A.2

L/Cpl. G. Dickinson M.M., 8th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. Died 29th July 1917., 6.C.10

2nd Lt. H. D. Etheridge M.C., M.M., 17th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died 2nd Oct. 1918. 15.C.2

2nd Lt. Alan Farquhar M.C., 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regt. N.Z.E.F. Killed in action 24th Aug. 1918 aged 24. Also served at Gallipoli. 12.A.22

Pte. E. Fenwick M.M., 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. Died 12th Sept. 1918. 13.B.16

Col. Charles Christie Fleming D.S.O., A.D.M.S., 51st Div. Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 24th Dec. 1917 aged 53. Son of Surgeon-General A. Fleming, I.M.S. 8.E.12

L/Cpl. W. Foulds M.M., 8th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. Died of wounds 28th Sept. 1918 aged 25. 15.A.6

Capt. C. V. Gardner D.F.C., 19th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Died of wounds 30th Sept. 1918 aged 29. 15.A.19

Pte, C, E, Greener M.M., 23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died 9th Oct. 1918. 16.A.20

Capt. Harold Maurice Griffiths M.C., 5th Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 8th May 1917 aged 22. 4.E.1

Lt. Humphrey Halgrim Grundtvig M.C., 11th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. Died 22nd March 1918 of wounds received between Lagnicourt and Morchies the previous day, aged 21. Entered Inns of Court O.T.C. Sept. 1914, transferred to Leicestershire Regt. 1916. Native of Epsom. 11.A.15

Capt. Archibald Gordon Henderson D.C.M., Mentioned in Despatches. 2nd N.Z. Entrenching Bn., formerly Otago Regt. N.Z.E.F. Accidentally killed 8th 1918 aged 25. 7.AA.23

2nd Lt. William Henning M.C., 1st Bn. 3rd N.Z. (Rifle) Brigade. Died of wounds 13th Sept. 1918 aged 33. 13.B.13

L/Cpl. William Hill M.M., 2nd Royal Scots. Died of wounds 28th Sept. 1918 aged 26. Native of Mountalban, Coldingham. 14.A.7

Sgt. H. J. Hirschfield D.C.M., 1st Bn. Royal West Kent Regt. Died 30th Sept. 1918. 14.D.9

Capt. G. A. Hoyland M.C., 36th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 3rd Oct. 1918. 16.E.8

Pte. John Sanderson Hurdman M.M., 2nd Bn. Durham Light Inf. Died of wounds 22nd Mar. 1918 aged 29. 11.E.8

Pte. William Hurst M.M., 24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 5th Oct. 1918 aged 26. 15.D.5

Pte. J. Johnston M.M., 1/6th Bn. Manchester Regt. Died 22nd Sept. 1918. 13.D.17

L/Cpl. Roy Jones M.M., 3rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf.). Died 28th Sept. 1918 aged 20. 14.A.4

Cpl. George William Jukes M.M., 42th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf.). Died 27th Sept. 1918 aged 22. 14.A.14

Spr. J. Kerr M.M., 251st Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers. Died 25th March 1918. 18.B.20

2nd Lt. J. Lever M.C., 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 1st Oct. 1918. 15.B.13

C.S.M. C. Lowth D.C.M., Croix de Guerre (France), 11th Bn. Cheshire Regt. Died 25th Dec. 1917. 10.A.15

L/Cpl. Samuel Morton McConnell M.M., 14th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles. Died 21st Nov. 1917 aged 20. 7.D.17

Capt. Robert Gerald McElney M.C., Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 77th Field Amb. Killed in action 21st March 1918. 11.E.1

Sgt. W. H. Martin M.S.M., 41st Bty., 42nd Brig., Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 2nd Oct. 1918 aged 30. 15.C.15

C.S.M. E. R. Matthews M.M., 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt. Died 2nd Oct. 1918. 15.E.11

Sgt. G. T. Merrett M.M., "D" Bty. 315th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 2nd Dec. 1918. 18.B.8

Lt. Robert Stevens Miles M.C., 8th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 22nd April 1917 aged 24. 1.E.1

L/Cpl. R. Mitchell M.M., 2/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. Died 27th Sept. 1918. 12.C.6

2nd Lt. Joseph Geale Molloy M.C., 1st Bn. Norfolk Regt. Killed in action 2nd Sept. 1918 aged 24. Volunteered Aug. 1914. 9.AA.14

Pte. S. Moores D.C.M., 1/6th Bn. Manchester Regt. Died 28th Sept. 1918 aged 21. 12.C.18

Pte. Walter Newberry M.M., 1/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 30th Sept. 1918 aged 30. Native of Wellington. 15.A.21

2nd Lt. Charles Stuart O'Brien M.C., 1st Bn. Irish Guards. Died of wounds 27th Sept. 1918 aged 30. 12.C.10

Sgt. H. B. Parkin D.C.M., 2/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Died 18th Sept. 1917. 7.A.13

2nd Lt. Hugh Lindsay Patton M.M., 1st Bn. Auckland Regt., N.Z.E.F. Killed in action 27th Aug. 1918 aged 26. Also served with the Samoan Advance Party. 7.AA.20

Cpl. E. Payne M.M., 1st Bn. Norfolk Regt. Died 29th Sept. 1918. 14.D.18

Cpl. Harry Perkins M.M., 16th T.M. Bty. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 27th Sept. 1918 aged 23. Native of Northamnpton. 14.A.3

Sgt. A. G. Pledger M.M., 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds 4th Oct. 1918 aged 30. 15.D.13

Sgt. Peter Prendergast M.M. and Bar. 1st Bn. Auckland Regt. N.Z.E.F. Died of wounds 2nd Oct. 1918 aged 26. 16.B.9

Sgt. J. Ranson M.M., 17th Bn. Middlesex Regt. Died 9th Dec. 1917 aged 26. 9.E.10

Gnr. B. J. Read M.M., 23rd Bty., 40th Brig., Royal Field Artillery. Died 2nd Oct. 1918. 16.B.20

Sgt. Thomas Rielly D.C.M., 1st Bn. Otago Regt. N.Z.E.F., attd. Light Trench Mortar Bty. Killed in action 24th Aug. 1918 aged 35. 9.AA.3

L/Cpl. T. J. Seale M.M., 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Died 12th Sept. 1918 aged 22. 13.B.2

Dvr. George William Skinner M.M., 111th Bty. 24th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 22nd March 1918 aged 25. 12.B.7

2nd Lt. Charles Morrison Smith M.M., 23rd Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 7th May 1917. Native of South Melbourne. 4.C.5

2nd Lt. Sydney Hubert Sparrow M.M., 5th Australian Light T.M. Battery. Died of wounds 9th May 1917 aged 30. Native of Parkes. 1.A.18

Capt. Charles Brian Stead M.C., 8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Died 28th Sept. 1918 aged 21. 14.C.15

Pte. R. Taylor M.M., 16th Bn. Australian Inf. Died 16th April 1917. 1.C.20

Lt. B. S. B. Thomas M.C., 11th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Died 4th Oct. 1918 aged 24. 16.E.14

Lt. William Vincent Turner M.M., 2nd Australian Pioneers. Died of wounds 5th May 1917 aged 25. Native of Camperdown, Victoria. 3.D.20

2nd Lt. A. B. Walton M.M., King's Royal Rifle Corps, attd. 13th Bn. Died 16th Sept. 1918. 13.C.9

Pte. H. Warburton M.M., 1/6th Bn. Manchester Regt. Died 2nd Oct. 1918. 15.E.18

Dvr. E. A. Webb M.M., 123rd Brig., Royal Field Artillery. Died 12th Sept. 1918. 13.B.8

Sgt. George Edward Wells M.M., 1st Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 5th Nov. 1916 aged 27. Native of Upper Waiwera, New Zealand. Special Memorial A.1

Pte. J. Welsh M.M., 1/9th Bn. Royal Scots. Died 23rd Dec. 1917. 10.A.7

Capt. Philip Ernest Williams M.C., 19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 24th Nov. 1917 aged 28. Native of Trefirestm Glam. 8.E.5

Capt. Charles Henry Wilson, Mentioned in Despatches. 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. Died 30th Sept. 1918 aged 24. B.A. (London). 15.A.20

L/Cpl. S. Wilson D.C.M., M.M. and Bar. 1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.) Died 22nd March 1918 aged 27. 12.B.6

Maj. Philip Sydney Soane Woodforde, Mentioned in Despatches. 1st Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 6th May 1917 aged 23. Native of Dubbo. 3.D.6

Capt. Lionel Mostyn Woodhouse M.C., D.F.C. 59th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Died 27th Sept. 1918 aged 21. 12.C.1

Lt. John Carmichael Yule M.C., 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders. Died 25th Dec. 1917 aged 27. Native of Springburn. 8.E.13


Also buried in this cemetery

Lt. Thomas Elliot Thorburn Brown, 3rd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died of wounds 20th Sept. 1918 after having been wounded twice previously. 11.E.18