Carnoy Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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The Carnoy Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery is a war cemetery located on the Somme battlefield in France. The cemetery contains the remains of 826 casualties from the First World War. Its name is derived from the nearby town of Carnoy. ()

Coordinates: 49°58'56"N, 2°45'16"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Carnoy Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thiepval Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Authuile Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Communal Cemetery Extension.

5.6 miNW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval
144 min walk • The Thiepval Memorial, towering above the rolling countryside of the Somme in Authuille, France, stands as a poignant tribute to the missing of the Somme, commemorating more than 72,000 soldiers of the British and South African forces who died during the First World...
3.4 miNE
Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
88 min walk • Caterpillar Valley Cemetery is a World War I Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Longueval, France. The cemetery is named after Caterpillar Valley which was the name given by the British army to the long valley which rises eastwards to the high ground at Guillemont.
5.6 miNW
Cemetery
Authuile Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Authuille
144 min walk • The Authuile Military Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the First World War. The cemetery contains soldiers who died on a variety of dates in several battles near the French village of Authuile.
4.6 miW
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert
117 min walk • The Albert Communal Cemetery Extension is a war cemetery with dead from both World War I and World War II located in the French Commune of Albert in the Somme Region.
4 miNW
Memorial
Pozières Memorial, Pozières
102 min walk • The Pozières Memorial is a World War I memorial, located near the commune of Pozières, in the Somme department of France, and unveiled in August 1930.
3.9 miNE
Military museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
100 min walk • The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department of France.
2.3 miNW
Cemetery
Fricourt German war cemetery
60 min walk • Fricourt German war cemetery is near the village of Fricourt, near Albert, in the French département of the Somme. Most of the fallen were members of the Imperial German 2nd Army.
4.1 miN
Cemetery
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval
104 min walk • The London Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at High Wood near Longueval, France. It is the third largest of the Somme battlefield cemeteries, containing 3,872 World War I burials.
5 miN
Battlefield, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Courcelette Memorial, Martinpuich
128 min walk • The Courcelette Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the final two and a half months of the infamous four-and-a-half-month-long Somme Offensive of the First World War.
3.9 miNE
Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
99 min walk • Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval, France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area.
3 miN
Memorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
77 min walk • McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial is a World War I memorial cairn located in the village of Contalmaison, France. Designed by the historian, Jack Alexander, it was unveiled in 2004 after being first proposed by survivors of the battalion in 1919. As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War memorials to be built.