Connaught Cemetery

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Connaught Cemetery
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Connaught Cemetery
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EstablishedAutumn 1916
Location
Thiepval, Somme, France
CountryBritish and Commonwealth
Coordinates 50°03′32″N2°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
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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]

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Location

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 Fusiliers84Duke of Wellington (West Riding Regiment)54
Lancashire Fusiliers54Royal Irish Rifles40
Notts. & Derbyshire Regiment32West Yorkshire Regiment28
Gloucestershire Regiment26Black Watch24
North Staffordshire Regiment17Royal Navy Division - infantry16
Royal West Kent Regiment16South Lancashire Regiment15
Queen's - Royal West Surrey Regiment14Bedfordshire Regiment12
Cambridgeshire Regiment11Machine Gun Corps11
Royal Sussex Regiment11East Surrey Regiment10
Royal Engineers10Cheshire Regiment9
Dorsetshire Regiment9Northumberland Fusiliers9
Hertfordshire Regiment8Middlesex Regiment8
Hampshire Regiment7Loyal North Lancs Regiment7
South Staffordshire Regiment7East Yorkshire Regiment6
King's Royal Rifle Corps6Royal Warwickshire6
Norfolk Regiment5Rifle Brigade5
Royal Fusiliers5Buffs - East Kent Regiment4
Leicestershire Regiment4Royal Field Artillery4
East Lancashire Regiment3King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment3
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry3Worcestershire Regiment3
York & Lancaster Regiment3Royal Army Service Corps2
Suffolk Regiment2Welsh Regiment2
Border Regiment1Monmouthshire Regiment1
Northamptonshire Regiment1Royal Dragoons, attached South Lancashire Regiment1
Wiltshire Regiment1

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