The London Cemetery, and its extension in Longueval, is located opposite High Wood (Fourcaux Wood).
It contains 4,040 bodies: 3,501 British, 165 Canadians, 300 Australians, 35 New Zealanders, 33 South Africans, 2 Indians, and 4 Germans.
Originally, 47 men of the 47th London Division were buried in September 1916 in a shell hole located behind the British front line. This led to the construction of London Cemetery, in which a few more bodies were subsequently buried.
After the Armistice, it was decided to bury all bodies found on the surrounding battlefield in this cemetery. However, it was important to preserve the original London Cemetery, hence the extension. So, today, the 101 graves located in the first entrance, delimited by the hedge that surrounds the building, are those of the London Cemetery. On the other side, it is therefore the extension which includes the bodies buried after the armistice but also the graves of the Second World War.