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CWGC Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz, France

The Devonshire Cemetery near Mamtez, France is the final resting place for over 170 men killed in the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. A special memorial headstone at the entrance to the cemetery records the message on a wooden cross left on this cemetery in 1916: 'The Devonshires Held This Trench, The Devonshires Hold It Still.' This small cemetery follows the trench from which the Devonshires were ordered to advance on 1st July 1916. Many died within a few feet of the trench, killed by machine gun fire from across the valley. They did not stand a chance as they had to advance down into a wide valley. The fallen Devonshires were buried in the trench from which they had advanced, hence the memorial message. Uniquely, all 170 men buried in this cemetery were from the Devonshires and all died on 1st July 1916. I did not see another cemetery with such a history in the Somme or Ieper area.