The Bapaume Post Military Cemetery (French: Cimetière militaire de Bapaume Post, Albert) is a cemetery located in the Somme region of France commemorating British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
[1] The cemetery honors mainly those who were killed in the 1 July 1916 attack on the village of La Boiselle, those who died defending the line in the areas east and west of the cemetery, and those who died retaking the village and the surrounding area in August 1918.
[1] The cemetery is located on the southeastern side of the D929 road between the town of Albert and the village of La Boiselle.
On 1 July 1916, the British 34th Tyneside Division, supported by various other units, mounted an unsuccessful attack on La Boiselle by marching up the upward sloped D929.
[1][3] The Bapaume Post Cemetery is rectangular in shape and is split into Plots I, II, and III.