Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Peronne was taken by the German on 24 September 1914. On 18 March 1917, the 40th and 48th Divisions captured the town, but it was recovered by the Germans on the 23rd March 1918. It changed hands for the last time on 1 September 1918, when it was taken by the 2nd Australian Division The cemetery extension was begun by the 48th (South Midland) Division in March 1917, used by the Germans in 1918, and resumed by Australian units in September 1918. At the Armistice it contained 177 graves, now in Plots I and II. It was then enlarged when graves were brought in from the battlefields north and east of Peronne and from small cemeteries in the area.

In the communal cemetery, on the left-hand side of the centre path, opposite the 1870 Memorial, is the grave of an airman from the UK who fell in August, 1914.

Corporal F J P GEARD - 47 - 5th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps - Died 18 August 1914 Age 22

And there is also a large French plot with graves from 1874-1900 and 1914-1918.