Blighty Valley Cemetery

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Blighty Valley Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located about 4 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, Somme in northern France. It contains 1,027 burials and commemorations of Commonwealth soldiers who died in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Most of the burials are of soldiers who died on 1 July 1916, which was the first day of the Battle of Albert.

Rental: The Cemetery is located in a valley between the villages of Authuille and Aveluy on the D151. The Cemetery is located about 250 meters to the east of the road, with access by way of a fat pathway.

Historical Information: Blighty Valley was the name given by the Army to the lower part of the deep valley running down south-westwards through Authuille Wood to join the river between Authuille and Aveluy; a railway was carried along it soon after July, 1916, and it was for some time an important (though not necessarily a dangerous) route. The upper part of the valley was called Neb Valley. Blighty Valley Cemetery is almost at the mouth of the valley, a little way up its northern bank. It is partly in either municipality. Blighty Valley Cemetery was begun early in July 1916, at the beginning of the Battle of the Somme...