Hangard Wood British Cemetery

The cemetery was established by the burial officer of the Canadian Corps in August 1918. It initially held the bodies of soldiers who had died in the fighting in Hangard that month, but also received the remains of others killed in the area earlier in the year, during the Spring Offensive. In the post-war period, further remains of those killed elsewhere on the Somme, were interred in the cemetery.^[1]

The cemetery contains the remains of 141 soldiers of the British Commonwealth. Of the 103 identified casualties are 59 Canadians, 40 British, four Australian, and a sole South African. There are also 14 French graves in the cemetery.^[1] A notable interment is John Croak, a Canadian soldier who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Amiens.^[2]

Located in Hangard Wood, on the road between Villers-Bretonneux station and Hangard, the cemetery is laid out substantially as a square. The entrance is on the northwest corner, and directly opposite is a Cross of Sacrifice.^[1]