The British War Cemetery in Sidon was opened by King George the 5th and his military troops in 1943 after occupying Lebanon as a result of the 1941 campaign against the French Vichy forces.
Initially, the men who died serving with the occupational force were buried there, but latterly the graves of several casualties from the 1961 campaign and other burial grounds from isolated areas of the province were relocated there as well.
Currently, the cemetery contains 176 burials from the Second World War and nine war tombs made of different nationalities. This cemetery is most likely to be the only field in modern Saida that is beautifully kept and gracefully cared for. Although it is not an urban field for the public, it is open for visitations when the gates are opened by the administrators.
