VILLE-SUR-ANCRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Ville-sur-Ancre

Somme

France

General Directions: Ville-sur-Ancre is a village in the Department of the Somme, 7 kilometres south-west of Albert and 2 kilometres north of Morlancourt. The Communal Cemetery is on the road to Treux and the Extension adjoins the south end of it.

In 1916 the village of Ville-sur-Ancre was used occasionally by field ambulances. It was captured by the Germans at the end of April 1918, and retaken by the 2nd Australian Division on 19 May. The communal cemetery was used for burials during 1916. The extension was begun in August 1918 by the 12th Division Burial Officer, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the battlefields of the Somme and the Ancre.

Casualty Details: UK 106, Total Burials: 106

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