It is located near Adinkerke in the municipality of De Panne in western Belgium, close to the French border.

The cemetery is surrounded by farmland and can only be reached via a 50-metre grassed path which is not suitable for vehicles.

Adinkerke Military Cemetery was originally established in 1917 for use by the Allied casualty clearing stations located in this area.

The Commonwealth XV Corps held the front from the Belgian coast to St. Georges between June and November 1917.

During the Second World War, the Adinkerke Military Cemetery was used again when the British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk.