VIMY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Farbus
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.36691, Longitude: 2.81809
Location Information
Vimy is a village about 10 kilometres north-north-east of Arras on the main road to Lens.
Take the N17 from Arras for approximately 11 kilometres to the roundabout with the D51 - Givenchy-en-Gohelle to Farbus road. Turn right to Vimy centre and the cemetery lies about 3 kilometres on the left of the road as you come out of Vimy village.
Historical Information
The cemetery was used by fighting units on both sides during the War, and over 60 German graves have been removed to another cemetery.
There are 35, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Identified Casualties: Canada 19, United Kingdom 15. Total 34.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Vimy is a village about 10 kilometres north-north-east of Arras on the main road to Lens.
Take the N17 from Arras for approximately 11 kilometres to the roundabout with the D51 - Givenchy-en-Gohelle to Farbus road. Turn right to Vimy centre and the cemetery lies about 3 kilometres on the left of the road as you come out of Vimy village.
Historical Information
The cemetery was used by fighting units on both sides during the War, and over 60 German graves have been removed to another cemetery.
There are 35, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Identified Casualties: Canada 19, United Kingdom 15. Total 34.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Cemetery images below © Werner Van Caneghem
Individual Headstones
A - J
Pictures below © Jean-Claude Graux
1250503 Driver
Lloyd Ashley Banbury
21st Battery, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
17th April 1917, aged 22.
Row E. 9 .
Son of E. A. and Edith E. Banbury, of Wolseley, Saskatchewan.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Saith He Loseth His Life For My Sake, Shall Find It"
Lloyd Ashley Banbury
21st Battery, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
17th April 1917, aged 22.
Row E. 9 .
Son of E. A. and Edith E. Banbury, of Wolseley, Saskatchewan.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Saith He Loseth His Life For My Sake, Shall Find It"
Captain
George Douglas Ferguson, D. S. O. Mentioned in Despatches
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 27th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 27.
Row A. 4.
George Douglas Ferguson, D. S. O. Mentioned in Despatches
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 27th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 27.
Row A. 4.
624765 Private
James William Hawkins
27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
26th May 1917.
Row C. 2.
James William Hawkins
27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
26th May 1917.
Row C. 2.
Individual Headstones
L - T
Pictures below © Jean-Claude Graux
797620 Private
Roy Myers
14th Bn. Canadian Infantry
2nd June 1917, aged 35.
Row E. 5.
Son of the late William and Matilda Myers, of Windham, Ontario; husband of Sarah E. Myers (nee Quance), of Delhi, Ontario.
Roy Myers
14th Bn. Canadian Infantry
2nd June 1917, aged 35.
Row E. 5.
Son of the late William and Matilda Myers, of Windham, Ontario; husband of Sarah E. Myers (nee Quance), of Delhi, Ontario.
Second Lieutenant
Cecil Victor Perry
120th Battery, 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 25.
Row A. 2.
Son of Richard S. and Elizabeth Perry, of 40, Howland Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
Cecil Victor Perry
120th Battery, 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 25.
Row A. 2.
Son of Richard S. and Elizabeth Perry, of 40, Howland Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
