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updated: Jan 29, 2003
GRANDCOURT ROAD WWI BRITISH CEMETERY
The village was reached on the 1st July, 1916, by men of the 36th (Ulster) Division; but it was not taken until the night of the 5th/6th February, 1917, when patrols of the Royal Naval Division found it deserted. It was in German hands again from April to August, 1918.
Grandcourt Road Cemetery is about 1.6km South of the village, on "Stump Road" ("Grandcourt Road" was further East, leading to Courcelette). It was made in spring of 1917, when the Ancre battlefield was cleared. It contains the graves of 390 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada. The unnamed graves number 108, and a special memorial is erected to one soldier from the United Kingdom, known to be buried among them.
Number of Burials by Unit
North Staffordshire Regiment 70
South Lancashire Regiment 39
Royal Sussex Regiment 36
Cheshire Regiment 15
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 14 E
ast Lancashire Regiment 13
Gloucestershire Regiment 12
Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11
Queen's - Royal West Surrey Regiment 10
Green Howards - Yorkshire Regiment 10
Worcestershire Regiment 8
Machine Gun Corps 5
Royal Irish Rifles 5
West Yorkshire Regiment 5
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 4
Royal Berkshire Regiment 4
Manchester Regiment 3
Northumberland Fusiliers 3
Wiltshire Regiment 3
Border Regiment 2
Hampshire Regiment 2
Lincolnshire Regiment 2
Royal West Kent 2
Black Watch 1
Canandian burials 1
Middlesex Regiment 1
Suffolk Regiment 1
Welsh Regiment 1
Identified burials 283
Unidentified burials 108
Total burials 391
Awards
2nd Lt. Stanhope Francis London, D.C.M., 8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment, K.I.A. 18th Nov 1916 aged 37. Grave . 26