Historical Information

The French Military Cemetery contains the remains of 834 soldiers of whom 240 are in a common grave (at the rear of the cemetery). There is a commemorative plaque to the dead of 243e Regiment d'Infanterie

Serre-Hébuterne military cemetery was created between 1919 and 1923. It contains the graves and remains of French soldiers killed in action during fighting against the German front line at Hébuterne from 10th to 13th June 1915; over a year before the main Somme Offensive of July 1916.