Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.1, Auchonvillers (Somme)

Auchonvillers is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 10 kilometres North of Albert.

Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No. 1 is 230 metres South of Beaumont-Hamel - Auchonvillers road, on the North slope of the ridge, and about on the old front line of July, 1916. It was made by V Corps, who cleared teh Ancre battlefields in the spring of 1917, as V Corps Cemetery No.9. It contains the graves of 152 United Kingdom soldiers (including 71 unidentified) and one from Newfoundland; the majority belonged to the 29th Division, and 42 of these to the 16th (Public Schools) Bn., Middlesex Regiment. Almost all fell on the 1st July or the 13th November, 1916; a few in June and July, 1918.

The Cemetery covers an area of 472 square metres and it is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.

Number of burials by Unit

Middlesex Regt.
42
 Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regt.
21
Seaforth Highlanders
5
 Monmouthshire Regt.
2
East Yorkshire Regt.
2
 Dorsetshire Regt.
2
Border Regt.
2
 Royal Newfoundland Regt.
1
Royal Irish Regt.
1
 Royal Horse Artillery
1
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1
 East Lancashire Regt.
1
Black Watch - Royal Highlanders
1
Identified burials
82
      
Unidentified UK burials:
71
      
Total burials
153
      

Those with awards in this cemetery

Lt. Henry James Heath M.C., 16th Bn. Middlesex Regt. Killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 39. A.84