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updated: May 28, 2003
REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Regina Trench Cemetery
Regina Trench was a German work, captured for a time by the 5th Canadian Brigade on the 1st October, 1916; attacked again by the 1 st and 3rd Canadian Divisions on the 8th October; taken in part by the 18th and 4th Canadian Divisions on the 21 st October; and finally cleared by the 4th Canadian Division on the 11th November, 1916.
The original part of the cemetery (now Plot 11, Rows A to D) was made in the winter of 1916-1917. The cemetery was completed after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of Courcelette, Grandcourt and Miraumont. The dates of death are, for the great majority, October, 1916, to February, 1917.
There are now over 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to thirteen soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada, believed to be buried among them. There is 1 American soldier buried here. The cemetery covers an area of 6,846 square metres.
Two considerable groups of scattered graves, classed as cemeteries, were concentrated to Regina Trench Cemetery:
COURCELETTE ROAD CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, was on the West side of West Miraumont Road, between Courcelette and Miraumont; and in it were buried soldiers from Canada and from the United Kingdom, who fell in September-November, 1916.
MIRAUMONT BRITISH CEMETERY, on the East side of the same road, contained the graves of soldiers from Canada and from the United Kingdom, who fell in September-December, 1916.
Although Regina Trench Cemetery is in the commune of Grandcourt, it is not possible to gain access to the cemetery from Grandcourt. Visitors should approach the cemetery from the direction of Courcelette, which is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The cemetery lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village of Courcelette (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) and will be found 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (not suitable for cars).
Number of burials by Unit
| Canadian |
371 |
Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regt |
133 | |
| Northamptonshire Regt |
55 |
Royal Berkshire Regt |
40 | |
| Lancashire Fusiliers |
38 |
Durham Light Inf |
35 | |
| Middlesex Regt |
35 |
Kings Royal Rifle Corps |
32 | |
| Suffolk Regt |
31 |
Royal West Kent Regt- Queens Own |
25 | |
| Yorkshire Regt |
25 |
Cheshire Regt |
21 | |
| Norfolk Regt |
21 |
Buffs - East Kent Regt |
20 | |
| West Yorkshire Regt |
20 |
Australian |
18 | |
| Loyal North Lancs Regt |
17 |
Machine Gun Corps (Inf) |
17 | |
| Northumberland Fusiliers |
17 |
Essex Regt |
16 | |
| Queens - Royal West Surrey Regt |
15 |
East Surrey Regt |
14 | |
| York and Lancaster Regt |
14 |
Bedfordshire Regt |
13 | |
| Kings Own Yorkshire Light Inf |
13 |
Manchester Regt |
13 | |
| South Lancashire Regt |
12 |
Duke of Wellingtons |
11 | |
| North Staffordshire Regt |
11 |
Dorsetshire Regt |
10 | |
| East Yorkshire Regt |
10 |
Sherwood Foresters - Notts & Derbys Regt |
9 | |
| Wiltshire Regt |
8 |
Border Regt |
7 | |
| Royal Engineers |
6 |
Worcestershire Regt |
6 | |
| East Lancashire Regt |
5 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
5 | |
| Gloucestershire Regt |
4 |
Royal Sussex Regt |
4 | |
| Royal Warwickshire Regt |
3 |
South Staffordshire Regt |
3 | |
| Royal Air Force |
2 |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
2 | |
| Royal Irish Rifles |
2 |
South Wales Borderers |
2 | |
| Welsh Regt |
2 |
10th Bn London Regt |
1 | |
| American |
1 |
Duke of Cornwalls Light Inf |
1 | |
| Highland Light Inf |
1 |
Leicestershire Regt |
1 | |
| Ox and Bucks Light Inf |
1 |
Royal Field Artillery |
1 | |
| Royal Garrison Artillery |
1 |
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| Identified burials |
1201 |
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| Unidentified UK burials: |
868 |
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| Unidentified Australian burials: |
17 |
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| Unidentified Canadian burials: |
192 |
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| Total Unidentified burials |
1077 |
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| Total burials |
2278 |