History Information (Source: CWGC)

The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk.

St. Genesius-Rode Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War. The one British grave is in the Belgian Pelouse D'Honneur in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.