Aveluy Wood Cemetery
The Aveluy Wood 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.Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Authuille Church and Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918.
Authuille Church
Church
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Authuille Church is situated 650 metres southeast of Aveluy Wood Cemetery.
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918
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The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918 is situated 2 km east of Aveluy Wood Cemetery.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Mesnil-Martinsart
Church
Photo: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Mesnil-Martinsart is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Aveluy Wood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaumont-Hamel and Albert.
Beaumont-Hamel
Village
Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was close to the front line, near many attacks, especially during the Battle of the Somme, one of the largest allied offensives of the war. Beaumont-Hamel is situated 4½ km north of Aveluy Wood Cemetery.
Albert
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albert is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is located about halfway between Amiens and Bapaume.
Martinpuich
Village
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Martinpuich is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 18 miles south of Arras. Martinpuich is situated 7 km east of Aveluy Wood Cemetery.
Aveluy Wood Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Somme, in France
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Authuille, Arrondissement of Péronne, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.04508° or 50° 2′ 42″ northLongitude
2.66062° or 2° 39′ 38″ eastOpen location code
9F242MW6+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 117440816OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q1972866
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Aveluy Wood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump)”
- Dutch: “Aveluy Wood Cemetery”
- French: “Aveluy Wood Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière d’Aveluy Wood”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mairie d’Authuille and Authuile Military Cemetery.
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