| II Corps passed through this neighbourhood on the Retreat from Mons in August, 1914, and it was lost in the early days of the Fifth Army retreat in March, 1918.
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| The Cemetery was made in 1920-26 by the concentration of graves from the battlefields and from other burial grounds, including:-
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ALAINCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY. BENAY MILITARY CEMETERY (3 British, February and March, 1918).
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CHEVRESIS-MONCEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY (116 German; 40 French; 3 British, March and April, 1918).
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CILLY GERMAN CEMETERY (6 British, September, 1918).
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CLASTRES NEW FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY (14 British, February and March, 1918).
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CUGNY MILITARY CEMETERIES (Aisne, near Ham; the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles held out and were annihilated here 24 March 1918); used by British and Germans, it contained 88 British graves of February-June 1918.
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DURY CHURCHYARD (Aisne; 5 British, March 1918).
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ESSIGNY-LE-GRAND GERMAN CEMETERY (200 German and 99 British, March and April 1918, largely 36th (Ulster) Division).
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FONTAINE-NORTE DAME GERMAN CEMETERY (Aisne, 900 Germans; 12 French; 2 British, March 1918).
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FONTAINE-UTERTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (500 German; 23 British, March 1917-March 1918).
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GRUGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY (2 British, January 1918).
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HIRSON COMMUNAL CEMETERY FRENCH and GERMAN EXTENSION (14 British, December 1917-October 1918).
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LESDINS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY (4 British, September 1918).
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MARCY CHATEAU GERMAN CEMETERY (2 British, September 1918).
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MARBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (17 British, April-October 1918, besides French, Italian, Russian and Germans).
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MENNEVRET COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (312 British, August 1914, March, October and November 1918).
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MEZIERES-SUR-OISE GERMAN CEMETERY (200 German, 24 French, 1 British).
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MONCEAU-LES-LEUPS GERMAN CEMETERY (1 British, February 1918).
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MONCHY-LAGACHE CHURCHYARD (4 British, May 1917 and September 1918).
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NOUVION-ET-CATILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (13 British, February-August 1918).
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ORIGNY-EN-THIERACHE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (200 German; 13 French; one American; one British, October 1914).
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REMIGNY FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY (33 French; 13 British, February and March 1918).
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ST. MICHEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (Aisne; 132 German; 23 French; 6 British, August-October 1918).
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SEBONCOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY (99 French; 1 British, October 1918).
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SERAUCOURT-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY FRENCH EXTENSION (13 British, February and March 1918).
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VERVINS GERMAN CEMETERY (390 German; 20 Italian; 15 French; 7 British, May-September 1918).
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| There are now over 2,000, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, almost two-thirds from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and special memorials are erected to two soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried here.
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| Other special memorials record the names of 32 United Kingdom soldiers, buried by the enemy, whose graves could not be found. In Plots III, IV and V are many graves, identified collectively but not individually, which are marked by headstones superscribed: "Buried near this spot". The British Cemetery covers an area of 4,732 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.
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