Bailleul Communal Cemetery contains 610 graves and memorials from the First World War. The town was an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre. It was a Corps headquarters until July 1917 when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul in April 1918 it fell into German hands. It was not retaken until 30 August. The earliest Commonwealth graves were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and when the space was filled the extension was begun on the east side of the cemetery. The communal cemetery and extension were designed by Sir Herbert Baker.