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Bagneux British Cemetery is a
Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...
cemetery in the
département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
of the Somme, in
Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...
in northern France. It lies to the south of the village of Gezaincourt, near the town of
Doullens Doullens (; pcd, Dourlin; former nl, Dorland) is a commune in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. Its inhabitants are called ''Doullennais'' and ''Doullennaises''. Geography Doullens is situated on the N25 road, in the northern ...
. It was established in April 1918 following the end of the German offensive in Picardy, and was formally laid out by
Sir Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memoria ...
. There are 1,374 Commonwealth service personnel of
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
buried here, comprising: * 1,145 British * 181 New Zealanders * 46 Canadians * 1 Australian * 1 British Indian The dead were principally from two British and a Canadian field hospital. Several graves in Plot III, Row A, were of casualties from a German air raid on Doullens on 30 May 1918. Bagneux British Cemetery
at nzwargraves.org.nz.


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* {{coord, 50.1341, 2.3136, type:landmark_region:FR, display=title Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France Cemeteries in Somme (department) World War I cemeteries in France Works of Edwin Lutyens in France