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Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery

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Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased April 1917
EstablishedApril 1917
Location50°22′33″N 2°45′53″E / 50.37583°N 2.76472°E / 50.37583; 2.76472
near 
Total burials111
Unknowns
2
Burials by nation
Canada 109
Burials by war
Official nameFunerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, vi
Designated2023 (45th session)
Reference no.1567-PC05
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park near the French town of Neuville-Saint-Vaast.

This small cemetery contains the graves of 109 Canadian soldiers, principally of the Canadian 4th Division (rest with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry), all of whom fell between April 9, 1917 and April 13, 1917 during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Foundation

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The cemetery was originally established as a battlefield cemetery by the Canadian Corps and named CD 1. The cemetery covers an area of 849 square meters and was enclosed by a rubble wall. Although only being 250 meters from the nearby Canadian Cemetery No. 2, it was not incorporated into the cemetery like many other battlefield cemeteries created at the time.

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