Luke Copse Cemetery is named after the copses (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) situated behind the cemetery.

Luke Copse Cemetery was made by the V Corps (as V Corps Cemetery No.19) in 1917, when the Ancre battlefields were cleared. 

Luke Copse Cemetery was designed by N A Rew.

Luke Copse Cemetery contains the graves of 72 soldiers from the United Kingdom (of which 28 are unidentified), belonging to the 31st and 3rd Divisions, who attacked the German line on 1 July and 13 November 1916.

Luke Copse Cemetery also contains a memorial to the 2nd Suffolk Regiment.

Luke Copse Cemetery is located east of Sheffield Memorial Park, north of Queens Cemetery.