Hunter's Cemetery CWGC British Military Cemetery

Tiny, but beautiful, CWGC Cemetery situated inside the Newfoundland Memorial Park at Beaumont Hamel.The cemetery is actually the location of a large shell-hole in which casualties from the 51st (Highland) Division were buried after the village of Beaumont Hamel was captured by the 51st and 63rd Divisions in November 1916. The name of the cemetery is believed to originate from a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch, the Rev. Hunter, who presumably oversaw the burials.Only 46 men are buried here, 5 of them unidentified. Most of those identified, died on 13th November 1916 and belonged to one of the Highland Regiments: The Black Watch, The Gordon Highlanders, Royal Scots...)Interestingly, and possibly uniquely, the headstones are placed in a circle around the Cross of Sacrifice.

Nécropole de forme circulaire qui contient 46 corps de soldats écossais. Cette forme particulière est liée aux conditions dans lesquelles les hommes ont dû être inhumés : le 13 novembre 1916, jour de la reprise du village de Beaumont-Hamel, 46 soldats furent tués près de ce lieu. Ils furent enterrés par leurs camarades dans un vaste cratère d'obus.