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FRICOURT is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 5 kilometres East of Albert. The village was captured by the 17th Division on the 2nd July, 1916; but the Southern part of the commune, in which this cemetery is situated, was already in British hands.

Point 110 (so called from the contour on the map) is about 2 kilometres South of Fricourt, on a track running between the roads from Fricourt and Mametz to Bray. In September, 1916, it was called King George's Hill, The two cemeteries are both on or near the side of the track, the Old being 227 metres North of the New.

POINT 110 NEW MILITARY CEMETERY was begun by the 403rd French Infantry Regiment in May-July, 1915, and continued by British units in February-July, 1916. The 26 French and two German graves have been removed, and the cemetery now contains the graves of 64 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 27 of whom belonged to the loth, 21st, and 24th Manchesters.

The New Cemetery covers an area of 729 square metres. It is approached by a footpath 24 metres long.

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Awards buried in this cemetery:-

Capt. Mervyn Stronge Richardson 1st Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action 19th March., 1916 Age 21. D. 4.