[1] The cemetery is on the site of a stand made by the 1st Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment and Somerset Light Infantry in October 1914.

Major (later Brigadier-General) Charles Bertie Prowse displayed heroism at this stand and the site (and thus cemetery) was named after him.

[3] Notable graves include Sergeant W A Connor of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was awarded the French Croix de Guerre.

Private Harry Wilkinson of the Lancashire Fusiliers was originally listed on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing but his body was recovered and buried here in 2001.

[6] More recently, the remains of Private Richard Lancaster of the Lancashire Fusiliers, plus two others unidentified, were found and were buried at Prowse Point with full military honours.