Mailly Wood

Mailly Wood Cemetery is a military cemetery with casualties from the First World War, located in the French village of Mailly-Maillet. It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery located in Somme, in France
Also known as: “Mailly Wood Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Mailly-Maillet and Chapelle Madame.

Église Saint-Pierre de Mailly-Maillet

Church

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Église Saint-Pierre de Mailly-Maillet is a church, which is situated 460 metres northeast of Mailly Wood.

Chapelle Madame

Church

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Chapelle Madame is a church, which is situated 590 metres east of Mailly Wood.

Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension

Cemetery

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Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension is a military cemetery with casualties from the First World War, located in the French village of Mailly-Maillet. Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension is situated 1¼ km north of Mailly Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaumont-Hamel and Acheux-en-Amiénois.

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 4 km east of Mailly Wood.