MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Meaulte
Somme
France
General Directions: Meaulte is a village in the Department of the Somme, immediately south of Albert. The Military Cemetery is south of the village on the west side of the road to Etinehem.
Meaulte was held by Commonwealth forces (and inhabited by three quarters of its civilian population) from 1915 to 26 March 1918, when it was evacuated after a rearguard fight by the 9th (Scottish) Division. It was recaptured by the 12th (Eastern) Division and tanks on 22 August 1918. The military cemetery was begun in December 1915, and used until February 1917. A few further burials were made after the recapture of the village and after the Armistice, graves (mainly of 1918) were brought in from other burial grounds and from the neighbouring battlefields.
Casualty Details: UK 303, Canada 2, Australia 1, India 6, Total Burials: 312
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