Located on the edge of the D1, a few hundred metres from the junction with the road leading from Sailly-Laurette to Morlancourt, this necropolis contains 772 bodies (575 British, 1 Canadian, 195 Australians and 1 South African). Its name means "the cemetery of the fanal" (lanterne used on boats) and is explained by the "brick fanal" which was at the top of the Sailly-Laurette bridge, located not far from here, to the southeast. We fought for the first time in the Sailly-Laurette area during the German offensive of March 1918. Specifically on 26 and 27 March, when the 3rd British Army was retreating on a line from Albert to Sailly-le-Sec. This line will be held until July 4, when an advance will bring it closer to Sailly-Laurette. However, it was not until 8 August, the first day of the Allied counter-offensive, that the village was captured and the road to Morlancourt cleared. The cemetery will then be erected on August 15 by the 18th Division. By the end of the war, it contained 109 bodies. After the armistice, more bodies from the nearby battlefield were buried there, including the following three cemeteries: Croydon cemetery - Glisy (it was south of the Amiens/Villers-Bretonneux road); Sussex cemetery - Sailly-Laurette and Size wood cemetery - Etinehem.
