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The Origny-Sainte-Benoîte National Cemetery was established by the German army which, following the Battle of Guise (28-29 August 1914) buried the remains of French soldiers in a collective grave. Today, an ossuary in the cemetery holds the bodies of 87 French soldiers from the 6th and 119th Infantry Regiments, whose names are inscribed on a commemorative monument.

Nearby is a German cemetery containing the graves of 3,941 soldiers killed in the battle for Mont d’Origny in October 1918.

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The industrial town of Saint-Quentin was occupied from 28 August 1914 onwards. With so much at stake, this city was bitterly contested during the fighting that took place at the end of August 1914. As it was occupied for a large part of the war, the town had to march to the beat of a different - German - drum. The town housed the headquarters of the IInd army, and was inspected on several occasions by Emperor Wilhelm II. Until 1917, Saint-Quentin progressively became a stronghold. Following the retreat on the Hindenburg Line, the town found itself on the front line, and as a result the population was evacuated to Belgium.

The ruins of Saint-Quentin were finally liberated on 2 October and the town commended by the army on 22 October 1919.

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Established in 1920, the Hattencourt National Cemetery was extended between 1934 to 1936 to accommodate the remains of soldiers were killed in 1914-1918, and who had initially been buried in various temporary cemeteries in towns in the Somme. This cemetery holds the remains of 1,942 French soldiers, 667 of whom are buried in four ossuaries, together with two Russians. The other soldiers are buried in individual graves. Among these are the remains of many soldiers from the French colonies or who fought with the Indochinese battalions. Five French soldiers who lost their lives during the 1939-1945 war are also buried here.

On the eve of war, the aeronautics industry was in its infancy, and only a handful of professional pilots held military licences. From the very start of the war, mastery of the skies was crucial to support the troops on the ground and to observe enemy movements. The air force began to gain structure during the course of the war and, by 1918, was the key to victory. French pilots J. de Saint-Genest (Grave No.120) and M. Puy (Grave No.791), killed in battle alongside their comrades in the French Air Force, 2nd Aviation Group, lie at rest in Hattencourt cemetery.

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Founded in 1920, Maucourt National Cemetery is home to soldiers who died for France during various battles that took place in the Somme. It was established in 1935-1936 and contains the bodies of 5,272 French soldiers from WWI including 1,534 buried in six ossuaries. Some of the bodies were exhumed from temporary cemeteries from town and villages in the department.

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Lihons National Cemetery was founded in 1915 by the French military authorities. It is home to 6,587 French soldiers who died in WWI. Of these, 1,671 lie in ossuaries alongside the remains of six Britons and two Armenians. The cemetery was redeveloped in 1919 and then in 1935-1936. It also holds bodies that were exhumed from other temporary cemeteries in the surrounding area, such as Belloy-en-Santerre and Framerville cemeteries.

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The national necropolis of Dompierre-Becquincourt contains the remains of soldiers who died for France during the fighting on the Somme during the First World War. Created in 1920, it was redesigned in 1935 and 1936 to receive soldiers’ bodies exhumed from other military cemeteries in the region.

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The Villers-Carbonnel national cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the various battles that took place in the Somme during the First World War. Created in 1920, it was developed in order to bring together the bodies of other soldiers exhumed from the temporary cemeteries in Barleux and Flaucourt. 2,285 bodies are buried in this cemetery, including 990 in individual graves. Two ossuaries hold the mortal remains of 1,295 unknown soldiers. The bodies of 18 soldiers who died for France in the Somme during the French campaign of May-June 1940 are also buried by their sides.

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The Biaches national cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the various battles that took place in the Somme during the First World War. Created in 1920, this cemetery was developed until 1936 in order to bring together the bodies of other soldiers exhumed from the temporary cemeteries in Biaches and Curlu. This cemetery holds 1,362 bodies, 1,040 of whom are buried in individual graves. Two ossuaries hold the mortal remains of 322 unknown soldiers.

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The Cléry-sur-Somme - or "Bois des Ouvrages" - national cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Created in 1920, this cemetery was developed in 1936 in order to bring together the bodies of other soldiers exhumed from former temporary military cemeteries or from isolated graves on the former front line of the Somme. This cemetery holds the bodies of 2,332 Frenchmen, of whom 1,203 lie in individual graves and 1,129 are buried in two ossuaries.

Close to the cemetery is a monument erected "in memory of the glorious dead of the 363rd infantry regiment (RI) and of their victorious battles of 7 August and 3 September 1916".

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Known as the Cimetière des Charentais, the Moislains National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the fighting which took place on 28 August 1914, in the area around this village. Established after the battle, this national cemetery was further developed in 1923-1924 and in 1944. The cemetery holds the bodies of 465 French soldiers, including 99 in individual graves and 366 in an ossuary.

In 1924, a memorial was built in the cemetery, paying tribute to these soldiers, most of whom came from Angoulême and Bergerac. An oak chest from Puy-de-Nelle (in the Charente) was placed at the foot of this memorial in 1960. Made by Gaston Rofidal, a veteran who served as an NCO in the 307th French Infantry Regiment during the war, the chest symbolically contains samples of earth from towns in the Charente. Damaged by the weather over the years, it was replaced in 2014.