Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery is a

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burial ground for the dead of

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situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park near the French town of

Neuville-Saint-Vaast Neuville-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located south of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Memorial was built on Hill 145, t ...

. This small

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contains the graves of 109

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soldiers, principally of the Canadian 4th Division (rest with

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), all of whom fell between April 9, 1917 and April 13, 1917 during the

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Foundation

The cemetery was originally established as a battlefield cemetery by the

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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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