GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY
Neuville-St. Vaast
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Neuville-St Vaast is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 8 kilometres north of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery is a small cemetery situated in the compound of the Vimy Memorial Park which contains the Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is approximately 260 metres past Canadian Cemetery No.2 following the one-way system to rejoin the avenue leading back to the main road.
The cemetery, originally called CD 1,* contains the graves of soldiers all of whom fell on the 9th April, 1917, or on one of the four following days.
Note* The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer were, as a rule, not named but serially lettered and numbered.
Casualty Details: Canada 111, Total Burials: 111
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