Foundation
The cemetery was founded in January 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances.
It was used after the Armistice to concentrate battlefield burials and Ferme Henri Pattyn Vanlaeres and Mont-Vidaigne Military cemeteries. An American soldier was buried here, but his body was later moved to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Read more about this topic: Klein Vierstraat British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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