Foncquevillers is a village on the D6, northwest of Gommecourt, held by the Germans for much of the First World War and the scene of intensive fighting on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, and Bapaume.

At the same time, 74 graves of British personnel killed in the area to the east of Foncquevillers in the fighting of 1916 and 1918 were consolidated to the cemetery.

[3] The main entrance is along the north wall of the cemetery and immediately inwards of this, a Cross of Sacrifice is located.

[3] The cemetery contains the remains of 657 military personnel and one French civilian who died in the postwar period.

[3] A notable burial at Foncquevillers is Captain John Leslie Green, a Victoria Cross recipient who was killed in action on 1 July 1916.