Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St.-Vaast
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There are 109 identified First World War casualties buried in the cemetery, which is located in the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park. The name of the cemetery was originally CD 1. This was the original lettering and numbering system of identification given to the burial site by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer at the time.
The soldiers buried here were killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April and on the four days after that.
The cemetery covers an area of 849 square metres.
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery Location
Latitude N 50° 22' 33" ; Longitude E 2° 45' 52"
The cemetery is located in the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park. The Park is near the village of Vimy about 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Arras on the N17 to Lens. The Memorial Park is signposted just to the south of the village of Vimy.
(Note that the aerial image of the Vimy Memorial nearby to this cemetery on the location map includes the scaffolding for the renovation work which was completed in 2006.)
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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is located a short distance from this cemetery.
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Acknowledgements
Data by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. To find out more about the work of the Commission visit the website:
Website: www.cwgc.org