The cemetery contains 908 graves from the First World War. It was created at the foot of Vimy Ridge, on the north-eastern side, next to a house which had contained a well camouflaged German gun position. It remained very small until the summer of 1919 when graves were brought in from other isolated cemeteries and burial sites nearby. Roderick Bird, originally from Ketton, is buried here though the exact position of his grave is unknown and he has a special memorial. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.