Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 1 is a World War I cemetery and battlefield in Beaumont-Hamel, Hauts-de-France, France. Built in the spring of 1917 by V Corps during the cleanup of the Ancre Battlefields, a stone rubble wall surrounds the graves of over 150 war dead, nearly half are unidentified. Almost all fell on July 1st or November 13th 1916. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1914/10/00 | Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt is built by German Imperial Armed Forces after the end of the Battle of Albert. | |||||
| 1916/07/01 | British soldiers detonate a mine beneath the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt, a German front-line fortification, west of the village of Beaumont Hamel. The explosion is filmed by Geoffrey Malins for "The Battle of the Somme". | Battle of the Somme | ||||
| 1916/07/04 | The British reopen the tunnel beneath the Hawthorn Ridge crater and reloaded the mine with explosives. | Battle of the Somme | ||||
| 1916/11/13 | The British detonate the mine beneath Hawthorn Ridge Crater during an attack on Beaumont-Hamel by the 51st (Highland) Division of V Corps. | Battle of the Somme | ||||
| 1917/04/00 | In the spring of 1917, V Corps clears the Ancre battlefields and establishes the Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 1. Of the over 150 1914-1918 war casualties, nearly half are unidentified. Almost all fell on July 1st or November 13th 1916. |
| Particulars for Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 1: | |
|---|---|
| Historic Use | Battle site |
| Historic Use | Cemetery |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Motif | War |
| Historic Event | World War I |
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