The Auchonvillers Military Cemetery is located on the edge of the village from which it is named.
The cemetery commenced in June 1915 and it was used until February 1917 when the Germans withdrew to the Hindenberg Line. Additional casualties were reinterned there after the Armistice.
Auchonvillers Military Cemetery | CWGC
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| Auchonvillers Military Cemetery |
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| Auchonvillers Military Cemetery |
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| Auchonvillers Military Cemetery Unknown Soldiers of the Great War |
The village of Auchonvillers lay behind the British Front line on 1st July 1916 and the cemetery contains casualties from opening day of the Battles of the Somme.
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| Auchonvillers 1st July 1916 |
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| June 1916 and 1st July 1916 multiple graves |
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| 1st July 1916 multiple graves |
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| Royal Dublin Fusiliers1st July 1916 multiple graves |
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| Corporal Joe Sharples 148 Battery Royal Field Artillery 25th August 1916 |
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| Clifford Valances served as Private J Brown Hertfordshire Regiment 26th September 1916 |
Beaumont Hamel, an objective on the opening of the Battles of the Somme on 1st July 1916, was eventually secured in November 1916 by the 51st Highland Division. Casualties from the Scottish Regiments engaged in the fighting can be found in the cemetery.
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| 51st Highland Division Casualties November 1916 |
The cemetery was used until until February 1917 when the Germans withdrew to the Hindenberg Line. The cemetery was again used after the Armistice of 11th November 1918 when casualties buried in scattered graves to the east of Auchonvillers were concentrated.
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| New Zealand Casualties April 1918 |
