ðə sˈɛmɪtˌɛɹi wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd baɪ kˈɑːmənwˌɛlθ tɹˈuːps ɪn ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪftiːn ænd ɹᵻmˈeɪnd ɪn jˈuːs ʌntˈɪl ðɪ ˈɑːɹmɪstɪs ɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪtiːn, wɪð pˈiːk jˈuːsɪdʒ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn dˈuː tə ðə pɹˈɛzəns ʌv ɐdvˈænst dɹˈɛsɪŋ stˈeɪʃənz ðæt wɜː dˈʌɡ ˌɪntʊ ðə nˈɪɹbaɪ ɹˈeɪlweɪ ɛmbˈæŋkmənt nˌɪɹ ˈiːpɚ ɹˈeɪlweɪ stˈeɪʃən.
The cemetery was founded by Commonwealth troops in April 1915 and remained in use until the Armistice in November 1918, with peak usage in 1916 and 1917 due to the presence of Advanced Dressing Stations that were dug into the nearby railway embankment near Ieper railway station.