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'''Knightsbridge War Cemetery''' is a [[war cemetery]] located in [[Acroma]], [[Libya]], located 750 metres south of the main road from [[Benghazi]] to [[Tobruk]], {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Tobruk]]. The cemetery is situated in open country, the Cross of Sacrifice is set high above the level of the cemetery and is easily seen from the road. The cemetery is reached from a track branching off the main road.<ref name = cwg/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australianwargraves.org/countries/libya.php |title=Grave Locations - Libya |work=Australian War Graves Photographic Archive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017074057/http://www.australianwargraves.org/countries/libya.php |archivedate=17 October 2022}}</ref>

Knightsbridge was the name given to a static base or "box" established around a junction of tracks some 20 km west of Tobruk and 16 km south of Acroma. This box commanded all the supplies which went to the allied front lines, as well as the fuelling stations and airfields at Acroma, El Adem, El Duda, Sidi Rezegh and Gambut. Knightsbridge was therefore a key position and the heavy armoured battles which started in late May 1942 pivoted on this position, with fierce fighting throughout this area. A battlefield cemetery was created in all of these area to bury the Commonwealth troops killed in these actions.<ref name = cwg>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2008100/knightsbridge-war-cemetery,-acroma/ |title=Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma |accessdate=26 November 2016 |website=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]}}</ref>

It is the resting place of 3,651 [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] servicemen who were killed or died during the fighting in the area during [[World War II]], 2,676 of whom have been identified. Many had been buried in temporary battlefield cemeteries or individual graves and their remains were relocated to Knightsbridge while those who lie without graves are commemorated at the [[Alamein Memorial]]. There are also 18 non-Commonwealth burials at Knightsbridge including one [[Poland|Polish]] soldier and one non-combatant.<ref name = cwg/>

==Notable burials==

* [[John Beeley]], [[Victoria Cross recipient]]<ref name="cwgc">{{cite web |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2096055/beeley,-john/ |title=Casualty Details: Beeley, John |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=26 September 2022}}</ref>
* [[Noel Agazarian]], flying ace<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2095907/agazarian,-noel-le-chevalier/ |title=Casualty Details: Agazarian, Noel Le Chevalier |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[George Goodman (RAF officer)|George Goodman]], flying ace<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2096789/goodman,-george-ernest/ |title=Casualty Details: Goodman, George Ernest |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>
* [[George Salvidge]], footballer<ref>{{CWGC|id=2383072|name=George Brown Salvidge|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
* [[George Gardiner (rugby league)|George Gardiner]]
* [[Geoffrey Warren (cricketer)|Geoffrey Warren]], cricketer

== See also ==
*[[Siege of Tobruk]]
*[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]

== References ==
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[[Category:World War II cemeteries in Libya]]
[[Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Libya]]

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