Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France. In June 1916, the road out of Mailly-Maillet to Serre and Puisieux entered No Man's Land about 1,300 metres south-west of Serre. On 1 July 1916, the 31st and 4th Divisions attacked north and south of this road and although parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions attacked once more on the 13 November, but again without success. Early in 1917, the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line and on 25 February, Serre was occupied by the 22nd Manchesters. The village changed hands once more in March 1918 and remained under German occupation, until they withdrew in August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries were made, three of which are now named from the Serre Road. Serre Road Cemetery No.2 was begun in May 1917 and by the end of the war it contained approximately 475 graves (Plots I and II, except for Row E, Plot II which was added in 1922 and Row AA, Plot I which was added in 1927), but it was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the addition of further graves from the surrounding area. There are now 7,127 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, mostly dating from 1916. Of these, 4,944 are unidentified. The cemetery, which was not completed until 1934, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Died 1916
British Army S/1872 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army S/1872 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion
Born 1886
Died 1916
Australian Imperial Force 3316 Company Sergeant Major 58th Battalion
Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/3929 Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion
Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army 4054 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders
British Army 4054 Lance Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion attached to the 6th Battaliopn
British Army 19 Acting Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion attached to 6th Battalion