1a. Serre Road No 2 CWGC Cemetery

20 minutes

Return to your transport. Serre No 2 is just a little further along the road on your left hand-side. If you are going to visit this stop, then it can be a good idea to tell the coach driver that you will meet him there and walk there with the group, thus eliminating the coach boarding for such a brief journey. You will pass the French Cemetery on the way. Be aware, however, that cars drive at quite astonishing speeds on this road!

Context

Largest British cemetery on the Somme.⁴

Orientation

This is partially on the site of a German stronghold, known as Quadrilateral Redoubt.

Spiel

This is Serre Road No 2 CWGC British Cemetery. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and was partially built on the site of a German stronghold position called the Quadrilateral

Redoubt. There are 7,127 British Graves, 4,944 of which are unknown. There are also thirteen German graves. It is a concentration cemetery and was kept open after the war for burials of newly found remains.