Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension

Cemetery Details

Location Albert, Departement de la Somme, France - Picardie, France
Co‑ordinates N50.0029, E2.58196
Description

MILLENCOURT is a small village just to the NNW of Albert located on the D91 road.

The communal cemetery was used by units and field ambulances from August 1915 to May 1916, at which time burials of local units, field ambulances, and the III Corps Main Dressing Station took place.  In March - April  1918 it was used by the 4th Australian Division and other units as a result of fighting in Huberterne and Dernancourt. Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 340 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and five German burials. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

HARPER, Henry Cecil

Service number 2909A
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

LOCKWOOD, Richard Jack Lockwood Strong

Service number 3415
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892

NANKIVELL, Albert Edward

Service number 4893
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892

FOWLER, Sydney Fred

Service number 2115
Corporal
11th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 16 Feb 1897

ROBERTS, Edgar James

Service number 10087
Sapper
12th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1
Born 20 Oct 1899

MITCHELL, Harold Flinders

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
45th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 11 Aug 1885

DIBBS, Owen Burton

Service number OFFICER
Captain
45th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 22 Dec 1888

FEEHAN, John

Service number 4488
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

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