Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension

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The Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who thought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I. The cemetery contains mostly those who die from 14 July 1916 to December 1916 near Bazentin-le-Petit and those who die on battlefields near the villages of Bazentin and Contalmaison.

Rental: The cemetery is located on the east side of the village of Bazentin-le-Petit, a subvillage of Bazentin, which is located approximately 8 kilometres north of the town of Albert and 3 kilometres south of the village of Pozieres.

Bazentin was helped by the Germans until 14 July 1916, when the British 3rd and 7th Divisions captured it and the British 21st Division captured Bazentin-le-Petit Wood. The village was temporarily lost in the German spring offensive of 1918, but was recaptured by the 38th Welsh Division on 25 August of the same year.

History: The cemetery extension was begun immediately after the capture of the village of Bazentin-le-Petit in July 1916 and was used until December 1916 by units operating...