New Munich Trench British Cemetery in Beaumont-Hamel, Picardie

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Coordinates: 50.08215, 2.65881
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New Munich Trench was a British position near the village of Beaumont-Hamel during the Battle of the Somme, July-November 1916. The site of a disastrous attack by the Newfoundland Regiment on July 1, Beaumont-Hamel was attacked again and taken on November 13 by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions. Munich Trench was occupied by the 51st (Highland) Division on the November 15; New Munich Trench was dug on the previous night by the 2/2nd Highland Field Company and a company of the 8th Royal Scots and lengthened by the 8th Devons in December. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when their units cleared the battlefield, and it was known also as V Corps Cemetery No. 25. There are now nearly 150 1914-18 war casualties commemorated at this site. Of these, almost 20 are unidentified. All fell in the period November, 1916, or January 1917, and the majority belonged to the 10/11th, 16th or 17th Highland Light Infantry. The cemetery covers an area of 404 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone wall.