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updated: May 28, 2003
MANCHESTER CEMETERY
Riencourt was occupied by British forces in March, 1917. It was lost on the 24th March, 1918, and recaptured by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division on the evening of the 30th August, 1918. The Cemetery was made by the same Division early in the following month. There are now over 70, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 10 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier of the 1st/5th Manchesters known to be buried among them. The graves of 21 German soldiers have been removed to another cemetery. The cemetery covers an area of 307 square metres and is enclosed by a low red brick wall on three sides.