Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Location

The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne (N1), about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne.

History

For much of the First World War, Abbeville was the headquarters of the Commonwealth lines of communication and No.3 BRCS, No.5 and No.2 Stationary Hospitals were stationed there variously from October 1914 to January 1920.

The communal cemetery was used for burials from November 1914 to September 1916, the earliest being made among the French military graves. Abbeville Communal Cemetery contains 774 Commonwealth burials from the First World War and 30 from the Second.

Notable Figures

Second Lieutenant Edward Ross Nott MC (/explore/people/1691030)

Lance Corporal Leonard James Keyworth VC (www.findagrave.com)