No 5 and No.2 Stationary Hospitals were in Abbeville variously from October 1914 to January 1920. The communal cemetery was used for burials from November 1914 to September 1916, while the extension was begun in September 1916. Abbeville Communal Cemetery contains 774 Commonwealth burials of First World War and 30 from the Second. The Extension contains 1,754 First World War burials and 348 from the Second. The Commonwealth sections of both cemetery and extension were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.