Bertincourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the RD7 Bapaume to Gouzeaucourt road, 4.5 kilometres south of the RN30 Bapaume-Cambrai road.
On arrival at Bertincourt continue through the village and the cemetery is clearly signposted on the left with a short access path just before leaving the village.
Bertincourt was occupied in March, 1917, evacuated on the 24th March, 1918, and re-occupied by the 1st Canterbury (CEF) Infantry Battalion on the 3rd September, 1918.
Fine new Brigade Headquarters appeared in Neuville and Bertincourt, to which the two northern Brigades moved back from unsafe and uncomfortable headquarters further forward.
Bertincourt represented perhaps the best example of scientific work upon a ruined village.
Under the stress of this competition Bertincourt had become, when the 109th Brigade reluctantly quitted it, a model village.
Feeds |
Contact