The village of Bazentin-Le-Petite was captured on 14th July 1916. The burial ground adjacent to the villages cemetery was commenced immediately after the capture and used as a front line cemetery until December 1916. After the Armistice, 50 graves were concentrated there from the battlefields around Bazentin and Contalmaison.
The cemetery contains 185 casualties of which 53 are unidentified. There are 59 special memorials (mainly of the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment) dedicated to graves that were lost by shell fire.
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension |
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Cross of Sacrifice |
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Unknown Soldiers |
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Special Memorials |
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Special Memorials |
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division were engaged to the north of Bazentin-Le-Petite on the 15th September 1916 in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. Some of who fell that day are buried in the cemetery.
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Unknown DLI Soldier |
2nd Lieut. John Ivor Grey
7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension 2.Lieut. JI Grey Northumberland Fusiliers |
2nd Lieut. HC Annett
6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension 2.Lieut. HC Annett Durham Light Infantry |
Private T Fletcher
5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Private T Fletcher Durham Light Infantry |
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| Bazentin-Le-Petite Communal Cemetery Extension Serjeant H Sharpe 1/3 (Northumbrian) Brigade 253 Brigade RFA |
