St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme

During part of August 1914, Amiens was the British Advanced Base. It was captured by the Germans on 31 August, and retaken by the French on the following 13 September. The German offensive which began in March 1918 had Amiens for at least one of its objectives but the Battle of Amiens (8 - 11 August 1918) is the Allied name for the action by which the counter offensive, the Advance to Victory, was begun. St. Pierre Cemetery contains 676 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 82 from the Second World War.