The new cemetery was begun in August, 1917, and used until November, and again in April and May, 1918. It contained, at the Armistice, 73 graves, which now form Plot I, and 37 of which were those of Artillery officers or men. After the Armistice Chinese Labourers were buried in it and graves were concentrated into it, from the battlefields of 1914-1918, North-East of Ypres, or from smaller cemeteries.

There are 4715, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, 3267 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 3 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 26 soldiers from the United Kingdom and four from New Zealand, buried in four cemeteries now removed, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. Certain graves in Plot III, identified only collectively, are marked by headstones bearing at the top the words "Buried near this spot." Also commemorated here is 1 Foreign National casualty. The cemetery covers an area of 14,728 square metres and enclosed by a concrete curb.

The burial grounds from which graves were concentrated into this cemetery included the following:

• ADMIRAL's CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, at the junction of Admiral's Road and Boundary Road, near No Man's Cottage. It was named from a sailor long attached to the 6th Division. It contained the graves of 19 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1917 and 1918.
• CANOPUS TRENCH CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, a little South-West of St. Julien, containing the graves of 12 men of the 1st/5th Gloucesters who fell in August, 1917.
• COMEDY FARM CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, a little South-East of Langemarck Village, near the Steenbeek. It contained the graves of 29 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in July-September, 1917.
• CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, ST. JEAN, two groups of graves at the cross roads in St. Jean village, containing the graves of 19 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in June and July, 1915.
• FERDINAND FARM CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, near the Steenbeek, half-way between St. Julien and Langemarck. It contained the graves of 15 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in August-October, 1917.
• FRANCOIS FARM CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, near a farm 1.6 kilometres East of Pilckem, containing the graves of 23 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in July-October, 1917.
• FUSILIER FARM CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, a little West of the Ypres-Pilckem road, containing the graves of 17 men of the 38th (Welsh) Division who fell on 31st July, 1917.
• FUSILIER FARM ROAD CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, 366 metres North-West of Fusilier Farm Cemetery. It contained the graves of 14 men of the 38th (Welsh) Division who fell on 31st July-2nd August, 1917.
• GLIMPSE COTTAGE CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, 228 metres North-West of Fusilier Farm Road Cemetery, containing the graves of 18 men of the 38th (Welsh) division who fell in July and August, 1917.
• IRISH FARM CEMETERY, ST. JEAN, immediately South of the Farm. It was begun by the 1st Royal Fusiliers in May, 1915, and used until September, 1915, and, at intervals, until January, 1918. It contained the graves of 54 soldiers from the United Kingdom.
• LA MITERIE GERMAN CEMETERY, LOMME, a little North of the hamlet of La Miterie, containing the graves of eight soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell early in September, 1918.
• MANOR ROAD CEMETERY, ZILLEBEKE, at the railway halt 732 metres South-West of Zillebeke village. It contained the graves of 19 men of the 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers who fell in August, 1916.
• MIRFIELD CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, by Mirfield Trench, 274 metres west of Fusilier Farm, containing the graves of 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom (all but one of the 51st (Highland) Division) who fell in June-August, 1917.
• PARATONNIERS FARM CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, a Belgian Military , Cemetery 800 metres South of Lizerne village, containing the graves of 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in December, 1917-March, 1918.
• PILCKEM ROAD CEMETERY, BOESINGHE, 274 metres North-West of Fusilier Farm, containing the graves of 27 soldiers from the United Kingdom, (18 of the 1st/5th Gordons) who fell in July-August, 1917.
• ST. JEAN CHURCHYARD, containing the graves of 44 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in May-December, 1915.
• SPREE FARM CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, 800 metres South-East of St. Julien, containing the graves of 14 soldiers from the United Kingdom and three from New Zealand who fell in August and October, 1917.
• VANHEULE FARM CEMETERY, LANGEMARCK, 800 metres South-West of St. Julien, containing the graves of 22 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand who fell in August and October, 1917.
• YORKSHIRE CEMETERY, ZOUAVE VILLA, ST. JEAN, 182 metres East of the Ypres-Pilckem road, containing the graves of 22 men of the 6th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who fell in January and February, 1916, and two of the 6th East Yorks who fell in August, 1917.

Burials (Commonwealth War Graves Commission):

• United Kingdom: 4355
• Canada: 258
• Australia: 65
• New Zealand: 23
• South Africa: 6
• Undivided India: 7
• Other Commonwealth: 1
• Total Commonwealth: 4715
• Other Nationalities: 1