A German bunker in Polygon Wood, meant to be built for the ages. It was nicknamed Scott Post, following its capture by an Australian unit on 26 September 1917 led by Lieutenant Colonel A.H. Scott. After the war the bunker was used to detonate abandoned ammunition and survived it without much damage. As often, it forms now a welcome roosting site for bats. Lieutenant Colonel Alan Scott from New South Wales, a veteran of Gallipoli where he was awarded the DSO, was killed (probably by a sniper) a few days after the capture and is buried in the nearby Buttes New British Cemetery. He was 26.
2,108 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War are buried or commemorated in Buttes New British Cemetery. 1,677 of the graves are unidentified. This concentration cemetery, designed by Charles Holden after the war, is located on the edge of Polygon Wood. The memorial commemorates 378 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who died in the Polygon Wood sector between September 1917 and May 1918, and who have no known grave.
Located within Buttes New British Cemetery is the 5th Australian Division Memorial, which captured the butte on 26 September 1917. The butte was used for target practice by the Belgian Army prior to the war.
