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Knightsbridge Cemetery

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Knightsbridge Cemetery is named after a communication trench and was begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203729) Knightsbridge Cemetery is named after a communication trench and was begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, 5 October 2002. (Ref 0203729)

Knightsbridge Cemetery is named after a communication trench and was begun at the outset of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Knightsbridge Cemetery was used by units fighting on that front until the German withdrawal in February 1917 and was used again by fighting units from the end of March to July 1918, when the German advance brought the front line back to the Ancre.

After the Armistice, burials in Rows G, H and J were added when graves were brought in from isolated positions on the battlefields of 1916 and 1918 from around Mesnil.

Knightsbridge Cemetery contains 624 graves of which 141 are unknown.

The 4th Bedfords erected a memorial in the cemetery to seven of their Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) who fell on 13 November 1916 during the attack on Beaumont-Hamel.

Knightsbridge Cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

Knightsbridge Cemetery Fact Panel

Country Known Graves Unknown Graves Total Graves
United Kingdom 425 65 490
Newfoundland 39 - 39
New Zealand 18 - 18
Australia 1 - 1
Unknown - 76 76
Total 483 141 624
Area 2,915 square yards
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