During the early stages of the First World War, the village of Zandvoorde, now known as Zantvoorde, and surrounding area was the scene of severe fighting.

[2] Zantevoorde British Cemetery was established after the First World War for the remains of soldiers killed in the area, mostly from 1914.

[1] The cemetery, designed by the English architect Charles Holden and administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is located on the Kruisekestraat Road, to the east of Ypres.

A Cross of Sacrifice is positioned in the southeast corner of the cemetery while a Stone of Remembrance is midway along the east wall.

Most were buried by the Germans in the aftermath of the fighting in October 1914 and their identities were lost;[1] 1,135 of them are recorded as being unknown.