Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

The North-West end of the Communal Cemetery was used by the enemy after the Battle of Le Cateau, 1914, and the British wounded who died in the Mairie were buried there. Other British graves were made by the enemy during the War; and in October, 1918, the New Zealand Division, who took the village, buried three of their dead. The majority of the British burials are in one row, behind which is the terrace carrying the War Cross, but some are isolated in the ground South-East of the row.

There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a United Kingdom soldier believed to be buried among them. Plot I covers an area of 503 square metres.