Flatiron Copse was the name given by the army to a small plantation a little to the east of Mametz Wood. The ground was taken by the 3rd and 7th Divisions on 14 July 1916 and an advanced dressing station was established at the copse. The cemetery was begun later that month and it remained in use until April 1917. After the Armistice, more than 1,100 graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and from smaller cemeteries. As well as the graves of two Rutland soldiers, Flatiron Copse also has the grave of a VC, Corporal Edward Dwyer, for actions in April 1915 at Hill 60 in Belgium. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.