GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Seraucourt-le-Grand
Aisne
France
General Directions: Seraucourt-le-Grand is a village about 8 kilometres south west of St Quentin on the east side of the River Somme. From the main road, D930 St Quentin-Ham, take the left turning in the direction of Seraucourt-le-Grand at a village called Roupy. The Cemetery is signposted from the D32 road on arriving in the village itself.
II Corps passed through this neighbourhood on the Retreat from Mons in August, 1914, and it was lost in the early days of the Fifth Army retreat in March, 1918. The Cemetery was made in 1920-26 by the concentration of graves from the battlefields and from other burial grounds.
The following are the burial grounds from which British graves were taken to Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery: Alaincourt German Cemetery. Benay Military Cemetery (3 British, February and March, 1918). Chevresis-Monceau Communal Cemetery (116 German; 40 French; 3 British, March and April, 1918). Cilly German Cemetery (6 British, September, 1918). Clastres New French Military Cemetery(14 British, February and March, 1918). Cugny Military Cemeteries (Aisne, near Ham; the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles held out and were annihilated here 24th March, 1918); used by British and Germans, and containing 88 British graves of February-June, 1918.
Dury Churchyard (Aisne; 5 British, March, 1918). Essigny-le-Grand German Cemetery (200 German and 99 British, March and April, 1918, largely Ulster Division). Fontaine-Notre-Dame German Cemetery (Aisne, 900 Germans; 12 French; 2 British, March, 1918). Fontaine-Uterte Communal Cemetery German Extension (500 German; 23 British, March 1917-March, 1918). Grugies Communal Cemetery (2 British, January, 1918). Hirson Communal Cemetery French and German Extension (14 British, December 1917-October, 1918). Lesdins French Military Cemetery (4 British, September, 1918). Marcy Chateau German Cemetery (2 British, September, 1918). Marbles Communal Cemetery Extension(17 British, April-October, 1918, besides French, Italian, Russian and Germans). Mennevret Communal Cemetery German Extension (312 British, August, 1914, March, October and November, 1918).
Mezieres-sur-Oise German Cemetery (200 German, 24 French, (British). Monceau-les-Leups German Cemetery (1 British, February, 1918). Monchy-Lagache Churchyard (4 British, May, 1917 and September, 1918). Nouvion-et-Catillon Communal Cemetery German Extension (13 British, February-August, 1918). Origny-en-Thierache Communal Cemetery German Extension (200 German; 13 French; one American; one British, October, 1914). Remigny French Military Cemetery (33 French; 13 British, February and March, 1918). St. Michel Communal Cemetery German Extension (Aisne; 132 German; 23 French; 6 British, August-October, 1918). Seboncourt Military Cemetery (99 French; 1 British, October, 1918). Seraucourt-le-Grand Communal Cemetery French Extension (13 British, February and March, 1918). Vervins German Cemetery (390 German; 20 Italian; 15 French; 7 British, May-September, 1918).
Casualty Details: UK 1358, Canada 3, Total Burials: 1361
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