Delville Wood was a tract of woodland, nearly 1 kilometre square, the western edge of which touched the village of Longueval and was the scene of fierce fighting during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Delville Wood Cemetery was made after the Armistice, when graves were brought in from around 10 small cemeteries and isolated sites, and from the battlefields. Almost all of the burials date from July, August and September 1916. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.