Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - Neuville-St. Vaast, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
N 50° 22.650 E 002° 45.800
31U E 483171 N 5580631
This cemetery contains nearly 3,000 graves of Allied soldiers who lost their lives in battles around Vimy Ridge. // Ce cimetière contient près de 3000 tombes de soldats alliés qui ont perdu leur vie dans la bataille a cote de Vimy Ridge.
Waymark Code: WMP74Y
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Date Posted: 07/12/2015
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The cemetery was established by the Canadian Corps after the successful storming of Vimy Ridge on 9th April, 1917 and some of those buried in the cemetery fell in that battle or died of wounds received there, though the majority of the graves were made later for the burial of the dead recovered from surrounding battlefields and from isolated graves which were transferred into the cemetery over a period of years after the Armistice.
The cemetery covers an area of 10,869 square metres and is enclosed by low walls of coursed stone.
There are nearly 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. 29 Canadian soldiers buried at the time in the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade Cemetery, Givenchy-en Gohelle and the Canadian cemetery near Gunner's Crater, Givenchy-en-Gohelle but whose graves are now lost are commemorated by special memorial headstones, inscribed to this effect with the additional quotation, "Their Glory shall not be blotted out".
[FR]
Le cimetière a été établi par le Corps canadien après la prise réussie de la crête de Vimy, le 9 Avril, 1917 et certains de ceux qui sont enterrés dans le cimetière sont tombés dans cette bataille ou morts de leurs blessures reçues il, si la majorité des tombes ont été faites plus tard pour la enterrement des morts récupéré à partir des champs de bataille environnants et de tombes isolées qui ont été transférées dans le cimetière sur une période de ans après l'Armistice.
Le cimetière a une superficie de 10 869 mètres carrés et est entouré par des murets de pierre assises.
Il ya près de 3000, de 1914 à 1918 victimes de la guerre commémorés dans ce site. 29 soldats canadiens inhumés à l'époque dans le cimetière Brigade d'infanterie canadienne 11, Givenchy-en Gohelle et le cimetière canadien près du cratère de Artilleur, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, mais dont les tombes sont maintenant perdu sont commémorés par des pierres tombales commémoratives spéciales, inscrit à cet effet avec la citation supplémentaire, "leur gloire ne doit pas être effacé".
Date cemetery was established: 1917
Visiting hours:
dawn to dusk
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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