The Connaught Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains mainly those who died near the village of Thiepval from Autumn 1916 until the end of the war in November 1918 with a brief exception between March and August 1918.[1]

Connaught Cemetery
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EstablishedAutumn 1916
Location
Thiepval, Somme, France
CountryBritish and Commonwealth
Coordinates50°03′32″N 2°40′50″E / 50.05889°N 2.68047°E / 50.05889; 2.68047
TypeMilitary
Owned byCommonwealth War Graves Commission
No. of graves1268 total, 646 identified
Websitecwgc.org
Find a GraveConnaught Cemetery

Location

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The cemetery is located approximately 1 kilometer along the D73 road out of Thiepval, which is approximately 8 kilometers northeast of Albert, France. Geographically, it is located at the edge of Thiepval Wood near a formation known as Ulster Tower.[1] Nearby is the Mill Road Cemetery, also from World War I.[2]

Statistics

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Connaught Cemetery Plan

There are now 1,268 Commonwealth soldiers buried in the cemetery, of which 646 are identified.[1] All of the identified casualties are British.[3]

Burials by Unit[4]
Unit # Unit #
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 84 Duke of Wellington (West Riding Regiment) 54
Lancashire Fusiliers 54 Royal Irish Rifles 40
Notts. & Derbyshire Regiment 32 West Yorkshire Regiment 28
Gloucestershire Regiment 26 Black Watch 24
North Staffordshire Regiment 17 Royal Navy Division - infantry 16
Royal West Kent Regiment 16 South Lancashire Regiment 15
Queen's - Royal West Surrey Regiment 14 Bedfordshire Regiment 12
Cambridgeshire Regiment 11 Machine Gun Corps 11
Royal Sussex Regiment 11 East Surrey Regiment 10
Royal Engineers 10 Cheshire Regiment 9
Dorsetshire Regiment 9 Northumberland Fusiliers 9
Hertfordshire Regiment 8 Middlesex Regiment 8
Hampshire Regiment 7 Loyal North Lancs Regiment 7
South Staffordshire Regiment 7 East Yorkshire Regiment 6
King's Royal Rifle Corps 6 Royal Warwickshire 6
Norfolk Regiment 5 Rifle Brigade 5
Royal Fusiliers 5 Buffs - East Kent Regiment 4
Leicestershire Regiment 4 Royal Field Artillery 4
East Lancashire Regiment 3 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 3
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3 Worcestershire Regiment 3
York & Lancaster Regiment 3 Royal Army Service Corps 2
Suffolk Regiment 2 Welsh Regiment 2
Border Regiment 1 Monmouthshire Regiment 1
Northamptonshire Regiment 1 Royal Dragoons, attached South Lancashire Regiment 1
Wiltshire Regiment 1

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. ^ "First World War.com - The Western Front Today - Connaught Cemetery". www.firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. ^ "Connaught Cemetery, Somme, France (CWGC)". WW1 Cemeteries.com - A photographic guide to over 4000 military cemeteries and memorials. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. ^ "Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval". silentwitness.freeservers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.