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Doullens is a town of great historical interest, in the department of the Somme. It lies in the valley of the Authie, at the intersection of main roads from Albert, Amiens, Auxi-Le-Chateau, St. Pol, and Arras.
Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the war, and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front - from the summer of 1915 to March 1916, it was a junction between the French 10th Army on the Arras front and the British 3rd Army on the Somme. The Citadelle, overlooking the town from the South, was a French Military Hospital, and the rail head was used by both armies. In March 1916, the Arras front became British, and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916 these had given place to the third Canadian Stationary Hospital and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, the former of which remained in the town until June 1918.
From February 1916, to April 1918 the British medical units continued to bury in the French Extension (No. 1) of the Communal Cemetery; and there lie in that grave yard 1,142 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 77 from New Zealand, 69 from Australia, 36 from Canada, 4 from Newfoundland, 3 from South Africa, and 1 from Guernsey; 2 native soldiers of the Indian Army and 2 of the British West Indies Regt; 1 British Civilian; and 13 German prisoners of war. In March and April 1918, the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital; the Extension was filled, and new ground was occupied (Extension No. 2) on the opposite side of the Communal Cemetery.
Annie
