Dartmoor Cemetery

About

Dartmoor Cemetery is a British military cemetery with deaths from the First World War, located in the commune of Bécordel-Bécourt, in the department of the Somme, in the Hauts-de-France region. The cemetery was designed by Edwin Lutyens, it is located on Rue de Bécourt more than 300 m northeast of the village centre (Saint Vaast Church). It has an elongated and irregular floor plan and is surrounded by a red brick wall, capped with white concrete plates.

In the southern corner is the Cross of Sacrifice, the Stone of Remembrance is in an arched extension (abside) of the wall, in the western corner of the cemetery. The free access side street is marked by six white poles, connected by chains. 768 deaths were buried, of which 6 were unidentified.

The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.