ZIVY CRATER
Thelus
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Zivy Crater (originally called CB1*) is on the south side of the road from Thelus to Neuville-St. Vaast, to the south of Lichfield Crater.
Zivy Crater was one of two mine craters (the other being Lichfield Crater) which were used by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer in 1917 for the burial of bodies found on the Vimy battlefield. The original name for Zivy Crater was CB1*. The crater is essentially a mass graves and contains 53 First World War burials, five of them unidentified. The names of the men buried in the crater, all of whom died in April or May 1917, are inscribed on panels fixed to the boundary wall.
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 3, Canada 50, Total Burials: 53
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