THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY
Thelus
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Thelus is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 800 metres west of the N25 Arras-Lens main road, and 6.5 kilometres north of Arras. Thelus Military Cemetery is in the open country, 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.
The village, which stands on the Vimy Ridge, was captured by the Canadian Corps on the 9th April, 1917, and it remained in British hands until the end of the War. The oldest part of Thelus Military Cemetery is a large grave, originally called CB8* and now forming Plot II, which was made after the capture of the Ridge; the remaining Plots were made by fighting units from June, 1917 to September, 1918, except for Plot IV and part of Plot V, which were brought in from the battlefields of Vimy and Thelus after the Armistice.
Further Information: * On many occasions burial plots administered by the Canadian Burial Officer were given a serial number as opposed to a name, these are shown here and marked with an asterisk.
Casualty Details: UK 51, Canada 244, Germany 1, Total Burials: 296
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