Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

Coordinates: 50°05′26″N 2°33′04″E / 50.0906°N 2.5511°E

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Bertrancourt Military Commission Cemetery


Details
Established	1916
Location	Bertrancourt, Somme, France
Country	British and Commonwealth
Coordinates	50°05′26″N 2°33′04″E / 50.0906°N 2.5511°E / 50.0906; 2.5511
Type	Military
No. of graves	416 total
Website	cwgc.org
Find a Grave	Bertrancourt Military Commission Cemetery

The Bertrancourt Military Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War I. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and contains mainly those who died on the front line near the village of Bertrancourt in 1916, 1917, and June–August 1918.^[1]

Location

The cemetery is located southwest of Bertrancourt near the D114 road.^[1]

Establishment of the Cemetery

The cemetery was begun by field ambulances in 1916 and was used throughout 1916 and 1917. It was reopened in June–August 1918 when German advances brought the front line within 8 kilometers of Bertrancourt. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and John Reginald Truelove.^[1]^[2]

Statistics

The cemetery contains a total of 416 Commonwealth burials from the First World War, all of which are identified. Many of the buried casualties come from the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiments.^[1]

Identified Burials by Nationality^[2]
Nationality	Number of Burials
United Kingdom	387
New Zealand	27
Canada	2
Germany	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ ^a ^b "Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme France (CWGC)". WW1 Cemeteries.com - A photographic guide to over 4000 military cemeteries and memorials. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

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