Hunter's Cemetery

Hunter's Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel.

During the Battle of the Somme, German forces near Beaumont-Hamel were attacked in vain on 1 July 1916.

The area was finally captured by the 51st (Highland) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions on the following 13 November.

Soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont-Hamel were buried in the shell-hole after the battle.

Hunter's Cemetery stands at the upper end of "Y" Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park.