On 18-20 March 1917, Commonwealth troops repaired the bridge and took the village of Brie during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. The village and the bridge were later lost on 23 March 1918, during the German offensive, but were regained on 5 September when the 32nd Division cleared the village. The cemetery was begun by Commonwealth units after the second occupation of the village and taken over by the 5th, 47th and 48th Casualty Clearing Stations, which were posted at Brie in September and October. It was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields east and south of Brie. The cemetery contains 409 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. There are also 36 German war graves. The cemtery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.