Becordel-Becourt is a commune in the Department of the Somme, on the East side of Albert. It contains the village of Becordel-Becourt and the hamlet of Becourt, which are separated by Becourt Wood. Dartmoor Cemetery is immediately North of the village on the road to Becourt, opposite the communal cemetery.

Dartmoor Cemetery was begun (as Becordel-Becourt Military Cemetery) in August, 1915, and was used by the Battalions holding that part of the line. In May, 1916 its name was changed at the request of the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. In September, 1916, the XV Corps Main Dressing Station was established in the neighbourhood. In 1917 the cemetery was scarcely used. It passed into enemy hands on the 26th March, 1918, but on the 24th August it was retaken by the 12th Division. There are five burials of August, 1918, in Plot II, Row E.

In adjoining graves in Plot I, Row A, are buried a father and son, who served in the same battery, and were killed in action on the same day (see below)

The Cemetery covers an are of 5,078 square yards. It contains he graves of 632 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 71 from Australia, 59 from New Zealand, four from Canada, one from India, and one from whose unit in our forces could not be identified. The New Zealand Division erected in it a memorial to their officers and men who fell near Flers in September and October, 1916, and the 100th Machine Gun Company another to record the losses in July, 1916.

Number of burials by Unit

Those having awards in this cemetery

Gnr. Ferdinand Albertz M.M., 21st Brig. Australian Field Artillery. Died of wounds 14th Nov. 1916 aged 22. 2.F.11

2nd Lt. Gavin Douglas Alexander D.C.M., N.Z. Engineers. Died of wounds 15th Sept. 1916. 1.A.47

Lt. John Haddin Barr, Mentioned in Despatches, 2nd Bn. Otago Regt. N.Z.E.F. Died of wounds 15/16th Sept. 1916 aged 24.
2.A.42.

Pte. S. Bater M.M., 8th Bn. Devonshire Regt. Died 6th Sept. 1916. 1.A.25

Sgt. E. Breeze D.C.M., 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt. Died 4th June 1916. 1.C.37

Capt. W. Campbell M.C., Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. Royal Field Artillery. Died 5th Sept. 1916 aged 24. 1.A.37

Pte, G. W. Cooper M.M., 37th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 4th Oct. 1916 aged 18. Native of
Shepherd's Bush, London. 2.B.2

Capt. Frederic Wilkinson Crofts M.C., 17th Bn. London Regt.(Poplar & Stepney Rifles). Died of wounds 15th Sept. 1916 aged 32.
Native of Nottingham. 2.A.31

R.S.M. F. Duckworth M.C., 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regt. Died 7th July 1916. 1.C.40

Capt. Frederick Fanning, Three times mentioned in Despatches. 56th Bn. Australian Infantry. Died of wounds 1st Nov. 1916
aged 25. Native of Coomeragee, Casino, New South Wales. 2.E.38

Pte. Alfred Phynia Hammill M.M., 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regt. N.Z.E.F. Died of wounds 22nd Sept. 1916 aged 30. 2.C.46

Pte. Arthur Walter Hill M.M., 6TH Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 15th Sept. 1916 aged 25. Native of
Hampstead Road, London. 2.A.6

Sgt. William Morgan Howard M.M., "A" Bty. 51st Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 25th Oct. 1916 aged 27. Native of
Sunderland. 2.E.22

Pte. Thomas Little M.M., 7th Bn. Royal West Kent Regt. Died of wounds 28th Aug. 1916 aged 21. Native of Chelmsford. 2.E.61

Lt. Alan Scrivener Lloyd M.C., "C" Bty. 78th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died 4th Aug. 1916 aged 27. Native of Edgbaston Grove
Birmingham. 1.C.67

Pte, Harry Stanley McLean M.M., 6th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds 7th Nov. 1916 aged 22.
Native of Sydney, N.S.W. 2.E.46

C.S.M. George Masson D.C.M., 1/6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders. Died 29th July 1916 aged 38. Native of Grantown-on-Spey. 1.E.64

Pte J. Miller VC, 12639 7th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt.; Died 30th July 1916 aged 26. An extract from the London Gazette No. 29740 dated 8th Sept, 1916 records the follwing :- "For most conspicuous bravery. His battalion was consolidating a position after its capture bu assault. Private Miller was ordered to take an important message under heavy shell and rifle fire and to bring back a reply at all costs. He was compelled to cross the open, and on leaving the trench was shot almost immediately in the back, the bullet coming out through his abdomen. In spite of this, with heroic courage and self-sacrifice, he compressed with his hand the gaping wound in his abdomen, delivered his message, staggered back with the answer and fell at the feet of the officer to whom he delivered it. He gave his life with supreme devotion to duty." I.C. 64.

Sgt. Robert Prevett D.C.M., "B" Coy. 7th Bn. Royal Sussex Regt. Died 6th Oct 1916 aged 26. Native of Horncombe, Ardingly,
Sussex. 2.D.29

Pte. H. Price M.M., 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 20th July 1916 aged 30. 1.D.51

Pte. John James Sidders M.M., 37th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Killed in action 4th Oct. 1916 aged 23.
Native of Dover. 2.B.3

Pte. Abraham Townsend M.M., 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regt. Killed in action 31st July 1916 aged 22. Native of King's
Norton, Birmingham. 1.C.63

Pte. Maurice Vyse M.M., "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died 20th July 1916 aged 27. Native of London. 1.D.56

Others bured in this cemetery

Cpl Robert Frederick Lee, 71939. "A" Bty 156th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 5th Sept., 1916. Age 19. Son of Sgt. and Grances Lee, of 16, Talfourd Rd., Pecham Rd., London. I. A. 36	Sgt. George Lee, 6029. "A" Bty 156th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 5th Sept., 1916. Age 44. Husband of Frances Lee, of 16, Talfourd Rd., Pecham Rd., London. I. A. 35.

Lt. Henry Webber, Mentioned in Despatches. 7th Bn South Lancashire Regt. Died of wounds received at Mametz Wood 21st July 1916 aged 68. Son of William Webber M.D. and Eliza Webber (nee Preston); husband of Emily Webber (nee Morris). Native of Horley, Surrey. For over 40 years, a member of the London Stock Exchange. 1.E.54