Plot II (occupying less than one sixth of the site) is an original plot of 1916–18, containing 272 burials. The rest of the cemetery contains graves moved here from surrounding areas following the Armistice, the majority being those of soldiers killed during the Battle of Pozières and the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. A few belong to men killed in August 1918 during the Advance to Victory. Approximately half the graves are those of unidentified bodies: of those identified, the majority belong to Australian soldiers. 57 Germans were buried here in 1918, but most of their remains were moved after the war, leaving just a single German grave. Notable commemorations Brigade commander The most senior officer commemorated on the Memorial is Brigadier-General G. N. B. Forster of the 14th (Light) Division, killed on 4 April 1918 when his brigade was in action near Villers-Bretonneux. Victoria Crosses One Victoria Cross recipient is buried in the cemetery: he is Sergeant Claud Castleton of the Australian Machine Gun Corps, killed on 29 July 1916. Three Victoria Cross recipients are commemorated on the Memorial, under their respective units: Private Herbert Columbine, Machine Gun Corps (killed on 22 March 1918) Second Lieutenant Edmund De Wind, Royal Irish Rifles (killed on 21 March 1918) Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith Elstob, Manchester Regiment (killed on 21 March 1918) Distinguished Conduct Medal Sergeant Percy W Pickles DCM. 4th Queens Own Hussars (killed on 31 March 1918) is commemorated on the Memorial Lance Corporal Francis George Preece DCM 28667 13th Bth Gloucestershire Regiment. Awarded DCM for actions in Feb 1918, in which he discharged a Bangalore into an enemy shelter. Died of shrapnel wounds during Germany’s Spring Offensive, 22 March 1918. (Quote: considerable loss by his battalion, the corporal of his section and of course his loving wife Ada). Lies in mass grave and is commemorated on the Memorial Wall. References External links Pozieres Memorial at Commonwealth War Graves Commission website Picture of the entrance to the cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France World War I memorials in France Buildings and structures completed in 1930 Monuments and memorials in Somme (department)