ROSSIGNOL WOOD CEMETERY
Hebuterne
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Hebuterne is a village which lies about 20 kilometres south-west of Arras. Rossignol Wood Cemetery lies approximately one kilometre north-east of the village, on the road between Gommecourt and Puisieux (D6).
Hebuterne village remained in Allied hands from March 1915, to the Armistice, although during the German advances in the summer of 1918, it was practically on the front line. Rossignol Wood was taken by the Germans at the end of March 1918 and recovered in the following July. The cemetery was begun in March 1917, by the 46th Division Burial Officer, about 350 metres to the west of the wood. The German plot was added after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields immediately to the south and south-west.
Casualty Details: UK 34, New Zealand 7, Germany 70, Total Burials: 111
Burials by Regiment
| North Staffordshire Regiment | 17 | South Staffordshire Regiment | 14 |
| New Zealand Rifle Brigade | 04 | Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F | 03 |
| Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) | 01 | Unidentified | 02 |
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