Assevillers New British Cemetery

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The Assevillers New British Cemetery 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 soldiers who die on a variety of dates in several battles near the village of Assevillers.

Rental: The Assevillers New British Cemetery is located at the entrance of Assevillers, a village approximately 10 kilometres southwest of Peronne.

Assevillers was taken by the French in late 1916. It was evacuated by the Fifth Army on 26 March 1918 during a German counterattack and retaken by the 5th Australian Division on 28 August of the same year.

History: The Assevillers cemetery was created after the Armistice agreements of 1918. A special memorial records the names of 11 British soldiers which serious were destroyed by artillery fire.

Former burial sites moved to Assevillers: Former burial sites of soldiers now bried in Assevillers New British Cemetery include:

Barleux German Cemetery was located about 365 meters north of the village of Barleux. Ten Australian soldiers were buried there in August and September...