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PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY
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​Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Vimy is a village some 10 kilometres north of Arras and the Petit-Vimy British Cemetery is west of the village and a little west of the main road (N25) from Lens to Arras.


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.


Historical Information

The cemetery was made and used by units in the front line from the beginning of May to October 1917. In 1923, it was enlarged with graves found on the battlefields to the north-west.

Petit-Vimy British Cemetery contains 94 First World War burials, 23 of them unidentified.

Casualty Details: UK 4, Canada 90, Total Burials: 94.

The cemetery was designed by
W H Cowlishaw.
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602926 Private
Joseph Cardy Baird
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
18th June 1917, aged 21.

Row E. 10.

Son of Robert and Eliza Baird, of 8 Concession St., Galt, Ontario.

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859742 Private
Alexander Beaton
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
6th May 1917.
Row A. 9.


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142383 Sergeant
Robert H. Best
58th Bn. Canadian Infantry
22nd May 1917.
Row B. 11.


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710171 Private
Ivan Loys Bunker
​5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
6th September 1917, aged 23.
Row G. 1.


Son of Merton and Lily Bunker, of Russagornis Station, New Brunswick.

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602364 Private
Frank Albert G. Cooper
​5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
18th June 1917, aged 21.
Row E. 11.


Son of Mrs. S. Cooper, of 83, Patterson St., Simcoe, Ontario, and the late Mr. G. F. Cooper.

​His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Safe In The Arms Of Jesus. Gone But Not Forgotten Mother."





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681305 Corporal
Frederick Bernard Daniells
116th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th June 1917, aged 39.
Row F. 15.

Father of Douglas B. Daniells, of 1098, Davenport Rd., Toronto.


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408567 Private
Eloi E. Daoust
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

18th June 1917.
Row D. 9.



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Lieutenant 
Edward Davison, M. M.
​4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
6th June 1917.
Row C. 7.



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458485 Corporal
Peter Henderson
​5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

25th June 1917.
Row F. 7.

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654066 Private
Theodore St. Clair McDonald
58th Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th June 1917, aged 19.
Row D. 15.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. McDonald, of Wingham, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life."

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42549 Gunner
Charles Douglas Moore
Canadian Anti-Aircraft Bty. Canadian Garrison Artillery
19th September 1917, aged 30.
Row G. 5.

​His headstone bears the inscription; 
"He Would Give His Dinner To A Hungry Dog And Go Without Himself."

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736659 Private
James McKenzie Morton
"D" Coy, 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
24th May 1917, aged 25.
Row A. 2.

Son of Alexander and Margaret Morton, of Newmill, Castleton, Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. Born at Kinnettles, Forfarshire.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Till The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away."

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709640 Private 
Neville Vince Nevers
​5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
23rd June 1917, aged 21.
Row F. 12.


Son of Handy F. and Lucinda J. Nevers, of Perth, Victoria, New Brunswick.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"He Gave His Life For King And Country."

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292203 Private
Bertie Rice
​1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
25th June 1917, aged 28.
Row F. 8.


Son of George and Mary Rice, of Shutterton Cottage, Starcross, Exeter, Devon, England. Native of North Tawton, Devon.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Faithful Unto Death."

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195548 Private
George William Rowberry
​5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
6th September 1917, aged 26.
Row G. 4.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rowberry, of Pickersleigh Cottage, Madresfield, Worcs; husband of Lilian M. Bottomley (formerly Rowberry) of 45, Chapel House Rd., Nelson, Lancs, England.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Nearer My God To Thee, Nearer To Thee."

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838414 Private
Emerson Claude Smith
​4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
7th June 1917, aged 36.
Row C. 9.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith, of Eugenia Falls, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"He Is Not Dead, Just Gone Before."

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681057 Private
Frank Yates
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Row F. 3.

Son of William Henry and Amy Yates, of 75, Badgerow Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.


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10th April 1917: A mosaic of aerial photographs showing "Red" Line, located at the southern end of Vimy Ridge in front of 1st Canadian Infantry Division, on the day after the Ridge was captured.
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11th July 1917: King George V visiting the graves of Canadian soldiers on Vimy Ridge, 11 July 1917. Identified graves include servicemen of the 75th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force: Lieutenant Lionel Hyman Eliot, Lieutenant Martin Jay Workman, and Lieutenant G.C. Faithful(l), all of whom were killed in action on 9 November 1917 and are now buried in Canadian Cemetery No.2.
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France. c. 1917. Three Canadian Army soldiers wearing winter gear displaying and examining trophies captured from German Army soldiers.

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