Point 110 Old Military Cemetery, Fricourt (Somme)

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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 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY was begun by French troops in February, 1915, and continued by the 1st Dorsets and other British units from August, 1915, to September, 1916. Forty-nine French graves have been removed to Albert French National Cemetery; and the cemetery now contains the graves of 100 soldiers from the United Kingdom, three of whom are unidentified.

The cemetery covers an area.of 879 square metres. It is enclosed by a hedge and a low brick wall, and planted with thorns and yews.

Number of burials by Unit

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt)
25
Northamptonshire Regt
21
Royal Engineers
10
Dorsetshire Regt
8
Manchester Regt
6
Buffs (East Kent Regt)
6
Royal West Kent Regt (Queens Own)
4
Bedfordshire Regt
3
King's Liverpool Regt
3
Cheshire Regt
2
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
2
Royal Field Artillery
2
Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards)
2
Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf
1
Middlesex Regt
1
Norfolk Regt
1
Identified UK & Commonwealth burials
97
Unidentified UK burials:
3
Total burials
100

Also buried in this cemetery:-

2nd Lt. John Paynter 174th Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers. Killed in action 8th Oct.,1915 Age 30. He gave up his position as Mining Engineer in South Africa to come home and volunteer. G. 3.

Pte Stephen David Pepler 7937 11th Bn Royal Fusiliers. Died 1st Sept., 1915. Age 17. C. 15.

Spr. M., Regan 82680 174th Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of wounds (gas) 1st Nov., 1915. Age 38. G. 1