Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery
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EstablishedApril 1917
Location50°22′33″N 2°45′53″E / 50.37583°N 2.76472°E
near
near
Totalburials111
Unknowns
2| Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
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| Used for those deceased April 1917 | |
| Established | April 1917 |
| Location | 50°22′33″N 2°45′53″E / 50.37583°N 2.76472°E near |
| Total burials | 111 |
Unknowns | 2 |
| Burials by nation | |
Canada 109 | |
| Burials by war | |
World War I: 111 | |
| Official name | Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, vi |
| Designated | 2023 (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.