A number of cemeteries were made by the French troops at Assevillers, and in one ("E"), at the west end of the village, 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by Field Ambulances in February and March 1917; they are now reburied in Fouquescourt British Cemetery.

Assevillers New British Cemetery is east of the village, in the fork of the roads to Flaucourt and Peronne. It was after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of the Somme and from other burial grounds. It contains the graves of 647 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, 111 Australians & 16 South African Soldiers, 2 soldiers and one airman from Canada all of whom fell from 1915 - 18, and one French soldiers who fell in September 1914. The unnamed graves number 332, or more than 2 5th's of the whole; and special memorials are erected to 25 soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 9 soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shellfire.

Certain graves in Plots VIII, IX, X and XII, identified as a whole but not individually, are marked by headstones super scribed with the words : "Buried near this Spot."

The cemetery covers an area of 3,176 square yards. It is enclosed by a stone rubble wall and planted with mountain ash. It stands among farmlands, with considerable views in all directions.

The registers records particulars of 788 war graves, existing or commemorated in this cemetery.

The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves brought to Assevillers New British Cemetery :-

Barleux German Cemetery, about 400 yards north-east of Barleux, in which 10 Australian soldiers were buried by their comrades in August and September 1918.

Bouchavesnes (or Peronne Road German Cemetery), between Marieres Wood and Bouchavesnes, in which 7 South African soldiers and 3 from the United Kingdom were buried by the Germans in March 1918. It was at Marieres Wood that the South African Brigade was annihilated on the 24th March 1918.

Estrees-Deniscourt German Cemetery, between Estrees and Fay, where 2 Australian soldiers were buried by the Germans.

Foucaucourt French Military Cemetery, at the South west corner of the village where 4 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1915 and 1917.

Highway Cemetery, Cappy, a French military cemetery midway between Cappy and Herbicourt where 6 men of the Royal Horse Artillery and 1 Australian soldiers were brueid in August and September 1918.

Hyencourt-Le-Grand German Cemetery, made by the 61st Infantry Regt on the Chaulnes-Marchelepot Road, were two R.A.F officers were buried in May 1918.

Kiboko Wood Cemetery, Viaches, by small copse between Viaches and Flaucourt, where 30 United Kingdom soldiers were buried by the 40th Division in February and March, 1917. All but one belonged to the Royal Warwicks, and 20 of these to the 1/6th Bn.

Misery Chateau German Cemetery, where 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by a German Field Hospital in March 1918.

P. C. Hedevaux French Military Cemetery, 600 yards south of Belloy-en-Santerre, where 10 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by their comrades in February and March 1917. (P. C. means Poste De Commandement.)

Plantation Cemetery, a French military cemetery in the large orchard 1,000 yards east of Cappy, were 1 United Kingdom soldier was buried in February 1917, and 4 Australian in August & September, 1918.

Vauvillers Communal Cemetery, in which 4 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in March 1918 were buried.

Vermandovillers French Military Cemetery, at the west end of the village, where 2 United Kingdom soldiers were buried in March, 1917 by their comrades.

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