JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Jeancourt
Aisne
France
General Directions: Jeancourt is a small village situated approximately halfway between Peronne and St Quentin. From Peronne take the D44 towards St Quentin. At Estrees-en-Chaussee turn towards St Quentin. On reaching Vermand turn left in the village taking the D33 through Vadencourt. At the next crossroads turn left towards Le Verguier. Go through Le Verguier onto Jeancourt. In Jeancourt follow the green Commission signs to Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension which is situated on the opposite side of the village next to the communal cemetery.
Jeancourt was a German hospital centre and the extension to the communal cemetery was used alternately by Commonwealth and German troops; a substantial German plot remains in the north-western part. The Commonwealth burials, made by the 59th (North Midland) Division and other fighting troops, began in April 1917, continued until February 1918, and were resumed in September 1918. Further burials were added after the Armistice when graves, almost all of March and September 1918, were brought in from the surrounding battlefields.
Casualty Details: UK 372, Canada 6, Australia 114, Germany 168, Total Burials: 660
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