Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension in Franvillers, Picardie

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Coordinates: 49.96468, 2.51119
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Franvillers is a village and district in the Department of the Somme, and stands on high ground above the River Ancre. It is on the D929 road, 19 kilometers to Amiens and 10 kilometers to Albert. The Communal Cemetery and Extension are south-east of the village on the C201 road.

The Communal Cemetery at Franvillers was used at intervals from May 1916 to May 1918. It contains eight Common- wealth burials of the First World War. The adjoining Extension was used from April to August 1918 by units and field ambulances engaged in the defense of Amiens. It contains 248 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and five German graves. The extension was designed by W. C. Von Berg.