ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Acheux

Somme

France

General Directions: Acheux lies on the D938, the main road from Albert to Doullens, approximately 10 kilometres out of Albert. As you arrive in Acheux the church will be seen on your right and you will come to a crossroads. Turn left on to the D114 in the direction of Lealvillers and the cemetery will be found 800 metres further along on the right hand side of the road. 

The VIII Corps Collection Station was placed at Acheux in readiness for the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the graves of July, August and September 1916, in Row A and part of Row B, are the earliest in the cemetery. A few graves in Row B mark the period of eighteen months during which the field ambulances had moved eastwards and the cemetery was little used. The remaining graves cover the period April to August 1918, when the German offensives brought the Allied front line within 8 kilometres of Acheux.

Shot at Dawn: Private W. B. Nelson of the 14th Durham Light Infantry, executed for desertion on 11/08/1916 is buried in plot 1.B.18.

Casualty Details: UK 179, Canada 1, Total Burials: 180

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