The cemetery was established by the German Army on land donated by Jean Houzeau de Lehaie, and was initially designed as a woodland cemetery before being redesigned by William Harrison Cowlishaw after the Imperial War Graves Commission took over maintenance of the cemetery after the war.
The cemetery was established by the German Army on land. This land was donated by Jean Houzeau de Lehaie. The cemetery was initially designed as a woodland cemetery before. The cemetery was being redesigned by William Harrison Cowlishaw. The Imperial War Graves Commission took over maintenance of the cemetery after the war.