London Cemetery and Extension
- London Cemetery and Extension
Infobox Military Memorial
name=London Cemetery and Extension
body=Commonwealth War Graves Commission
caption=The entrance to the London Cemetery
commemorates=World War 1 and World War II deceased
use_dates=
coordinates=
nearest_town=Longueval, Somme, France
designer=Sir Herbert Baker
inscription=
established=1916
unveiled=
total=4037
unknowns=3113
commemorated=
by_country=
by_war=World War I - 3872 World War II - 165
source=CWGC
The London Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at High Wood near Longueval, France. It is the third largest of the Somme battlefield cemeteries, containing 3,872 First World War burials.
The cemetery stands directly opposite High Wood as it exists today. This area was the centre of fierce fighting in 1916 and the first interments at what would become the London Cemetery were 47 soldiers of the 47th (London) Division killed in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the 15th September. These soldiers, barely a handful of those who had lost their lives in the attack, were buried in a large shell hole in the days following the battle.[http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00o003003003003 High Wood, The Somme Revisted, Imperial War Museum] By the time of the Armistice, further burials had taken place, bringing the number of graves to 101.]The Extension of the cemetery came in the years following the First World War when graves from the surrounding battlefields were transferred to the land around the London Cemetery, greatly increasing its size. Like a number of other cemeteries and memorials in the area, the London Cemetery and Extension was designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker.[http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2090400&mode=1 London Cemetery & Extension CWGC details] The original battlefield cemetery was left intact within The London Cemetery and Extension following its redesign.]Although the cemetery primarily contains World War 1 graves, 165 soldiers were reburied there after World War II. These graves are together in one section at the far end of the cemetery.
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