Mill Road Cemetery

Mill Road Cemetery
Mill Road Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1914-1918
Established Spring 1917
Location 50°3′39.00″N 2°41′02″E / 50.06083°N 2.68389°E / 50.06083; 2.68389 near Thiepval, Somme, France
Total burials 1304
Unknown
burials
815
Total commemorated 489
Burials by nation
Allied Powers
Burials by war
World War I: 1304
Statistics source: Cemetery register: DetailsReportsPlansPhotographs. CWGC.

Mill Road Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated near the French town of Thiepval.

The cemetery was established as a battlefield cemetery for troops killed in the Battle of the Somme. Battlefield clearances of the surrounding area in 1919 significantly increased the size of the cemetery. The cemetery was extended after the Armistice with graves brought in from the battlefields of Beaumont-Hamel and Thiepval and from the smaller Division Road Cemeteries No1 & No3 and St Pierre-Divion Cemetery No. 2

The cemetery now contains the graves of 1304 Commonwealth soldiers, 815 of which are unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

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