Hunter's Cemetery

Hunter's Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel.

Hunter's Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased 1914–1918
Established	1917
Location	50°4′41″N 2°38′59″E near  Beaumont-Hamel, France
Total burials	46
Burials by nation
Allied Powers United Kingdom: 46
Burials by war
World War I: 46
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Designated	2023 (45th session)
Reference no.	1321-SE01
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

History and layout

During the Battle of the Somme, German forces near Beaumont-Hamel were attacked in vain on 1 July 1916. The area was finally captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13 November. Hunter's Cemetery, possibly named after Reverend Hunter, a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch Regiment, is in fact a great shell-hole. Soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel were buried in the shell-hole after the battle. There are now over 40 war casualties commemorated in this site. Hunter's Cemetery stands at the upper end of "Y" Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park.

External links

• Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
• Hunter's Cemetery at Find a Grave