Hunter's Cemetery
Hunter's Cemetery | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1914–1918 | |
Established | 1917 |
Location | 50°4′41″N 2°38′59″E / 50.07806°N 2.64972°E near |
Total burials | 46 |
Burials by nation | |
Burials by war | |
World War I: 46 | |
Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, ii, vi |
Designated | 2023 (45th session) |
Reference no. | 1321-SE01 |
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
Hunter's Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel.
History and layout
During the Battle of the Somme, German forces near Beaumont-Hamel were attacked in vain on 1 July 1916. The area was finally captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13 November. Hunter's Cemetery, possibly named after Reverend Hunter, a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch Regiment, is in fact a great shell-hole. Soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel were buried in the shell-hole after the battle. There are now over 40 war casualties commemorated in this site. Hunter's Cemetery stands at the upper end of "Y" Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park.
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- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France
- 1917 establishments in France
- World War I cemeteries in France
- Battle of the Somme
- Cemeteries in Somme (department)
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)