Potijze was within the British lines during practically the whole of the 1914-1918 War. The Chateau contained an Advance Dressing Station; but it was subject to incessant shell fire and very little remains of it. The cemetery was used from May, 1915, to September, 1918, and during that time 241 soldiers were buried in Plot I. Plot II was formed after the Armistice by the concentration of bodies from isolated graves and small graveyards from the country North-East of Potijze.
There are now over 450, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 100, are unidentified and headstones have been erected to ten British and two Australian soldiers who are known to be buried among them. The Grounds and Lawn Cemetery are treated as one for constructional purposes and covers an area of 3,985 square metres. Both cemeteries are enclosed by a brick wall.
Burials (Commonwealth War Graves Commission):
- United Kingdom: 399
- Canada: 49
- Australia: 25
- New Zealand: 2
- South Africa: 1
- Total Commonwealth: 476
- Other Nationalities: 2