Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery

Infobox Military Cemetery
name= Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
body= Commonwealth War Graves Commission


use_dates= April 1917
established= April 1917
coordinates= coord|50|22|33.00|N|2|45|52.92|E|scale:2500
nearest_town=Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais, France
total= 111
unknowns=2
by_country=Canada 109
by_war=
World War I: 111
source=cwgc cemetery|68402

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, all of whom fell between April 9 1917 and April 13 1917 during the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Foundation

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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