Rancourt National Cemetery, World War I military cemetery in Somme, France.

Rancourt National Cemetery is a burial site holding around 5,300 individual graves and multiple ossuaries containing the remains of more than 8,500 French soldiers from the First World War. The grounds are laid out in organized rows of headstones with central memorial features marking different sections.

The cemetery was created through a private initiative: in July 1917 Mathilde Johnston, known as Madame du Bos, from New Orleans, wished to honour her son Jean, a lieutenant of the 94th Infantry Regiment killed at Rancourt on 25 September 1916 aged 26. A committee of widows, mothers and sisters of the regiment's men raised 25,000 dollars in the United States, and Maréchale Foch inaugurated the monument on 22 October 1923. After 1945 isolated graves from communal cemeteries such as Flixecourt and Bus-la-Mésière were transferred here.

The three nearby cemeteries - French, German, and British - show how different nations chose to honor their fallen from the First World War in the same landscape. Walking through each reveals distinct naming customs and memorial styles that reflect how these countries remembered their soldiers.

The cemetery lies in the east of the Somme department, on the edge of the D917 road between Péronne and Bapaume, straddling the communes of Rancourt and Bouchavesnes-Bergen. The grounds cover 2.8 hectares, so allow time to walk between the grave rows and the four ossuaries. The interpretation centre on religions in the Great War, in the chapel's side annex, opens from 15 April to 15 October.

An adjacent memorial chapel built in 1923 was dedicated by Madame Du Bos to her son, Lieutenant Jean Du Bos, who died during the 1916 Rancourt offensive. This personal memorial stands apart from the larger monuments and shows how individual families found ways to honor their lost loved ones at the site.