Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Mesnil was close to the Allied front line until September 1916, and again from March to August 1918. The communal cemetery extension was begun in July 1916, and used again as a front-line cemetery in 1918. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields of 1916 and 1918 north-east of Mesnil,

The extension now contains 333 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 93 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to ten casualties buried in Mesnil Station Cemetery whose graves could not be found on concentration.

The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Served with

• Canadian (5)
• New Zealand (2)
• United Kingdom (233)

Served in

• Air Force (1)
• Army (203)
• Navy (36)