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.
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. Nearby is the Mill Road Cemetery, also from World War I.
Statistics
There are now 1,268 Commonwealth soldiers buried in the cemetery, of which 646 are identified. All of the identified casualties are British. +Burials by UnitUnit#Unit#Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers84Duke of Wellington (West Riding Regiment)54Lancashire Fusiliers54Royal Irish Rifles40Notts. & Derbyshire Regiment32West Yorkshire Regiment28Gloucestershire Regiment26Black Watch24North Staffordshire Regiment17Royal Navy Division - infantry16Royal West Kent Regiment16South Lancashire Regiment15Queen's - Royal West Surrey Regiment14Bedfordshire Regiment12Cambridgeshire Regiment11Machine Gun Corps11Royal Sussex Regiment11East Surrey Regiment10Royal Engineers10Cheshire Regiment9Dorsetshire Regiment9Northumberland Fusiliers9Hertfordshire Regiment8Middlesex Regiment8Hampshire Regiment7Loyal North Lancs Regiment7South Staffordshire Regiment7East Yorkshire Regiment6King's Royal Rifle Corps6Royal Warwickshire6Norfolk Regiment5Rifle Brigade5Royal Fusiliers5Buffs - East Kent Regiment4Leicestershire Regiment4Royal Field Artillery4East Lancashire Regiment3King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment3King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry3Worcestershire Regiment3York & Lancaster Regiment3Royal Army Service Corps2Suffolk Regiment2Welsh Regiment2Border Regiment1Monmouthshire Regiment1Northamptonshire Regiment1Royal Dragoons, attached South Lancashire Regiment1Wiltshire Regiment1
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