ZIVY CRATER
Thélus
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.35483, Longitude: 2.77813
Location Information
Zivy Crater (originally called CB1) is on the south side of the road from Thélus to Neuville-St. Vaast, to the south of Lichfield Crater.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Zivy Crater was one of two mine craters (the other being Lichfield Crater which were used by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer in 1917 for the burial of bodies found on the Vimy battlefield. The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadians were not named as a rule, but serially lettered and numbered; the original name for Zivy Crater was CB 1.
The crater is essentially a mass graves and contains 53 First World War burials, five of them unidentified. The names of the men buried in the crater, all of whom died in April or May 1917, are inscribed on panels fixed to the boundary wall.
Total Burials: 53.
Identified Casualties: Canada 48.
Unidentified Casualties" Canada 2, Unknown. Total 5.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw
172096 Private
Thomas Edward Allard
19th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 29.
Panel 1 Column 1.
Thomas enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on Aug 19, 1915.
He was killed in action during the battle of Vimy Ridge, during an attack in front of Thélus.
Thomas Edward Allard
19th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 29.
Panel 1 Column 1.
Thomas enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on Aug 19, 1915.
He was killed in action during the battle of Vimy Ridge, during an attack in front of Thélus.
769678 Private
John Noble Barlow
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 18.
Panel 1 Column 2.
Son of John Noble Barlow and Martha Barlow, of 278, Kenilworth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
John Noble Barlow
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 18.
Panel 1 Column 2.
Son of John Noble Barlow and Martha Barlow, of 278, Kenilworth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
675298 Private
Archibald (Archie) Barrow
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 18.
Panel 1 Column 2.
Son of Mary Barrow of Ingersoll, Ontario.
Private Barrow was one of the younger members of the 168th Battalion. He had resided in Ingersoll all his life up to the time of his enlistment. He was just old enough to be accepted at the time of his enlistment.
Archibald (Archie) Barrow
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 18.
Panel 1 Column 2.
Son of Mary Barrow of Ingersoll, Ontario.
Private Barrow was one of the younger members of the 168th Battalion. He had resided in Ingersoll all his life up to the time of his enlistment. He was just old enough to be accepted at the time of his enlistment.
171047 Private
George Buchanan
"B" Company, 18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 25.
Panel 1 Column 3.
Son of William and Margaret Buchanan, of 85, Claremont St., Toronto, Ontario.
George Buchanan
"B" Company, 18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 25.
Panel 1 Column 3.
Son of William and Margaret Buchanan, of 85, Claremont St., Toronto, Ontario.
736106 Private
Harry Cheeseman
16th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 30.
Panel 2 Column 1.
Son of Luke and Adeline Zillah Cheesman (nee Sexton), of Merstham, Surrey, England; husband of Isabella Joule (formerly Cheesman, nee Cantlay), of 968, 12th St. South, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Harry Cheeseman
16th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 30.
Panel 2 Column 1.
Son of Luke and Adeline Zillah Cheesman (nee Sexton), of Merstham, Surrey, England; husband of Isabella Joule (formerly Cheesman, nee Cantlay), of 968, 12th St. South, Lethbridge, Alberta.
724649 Private
John Lewis Furnia
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 39.
Panel 2 Column 3.
John Lewis Furnia
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 39.
Panel 2 Column 3.
814269 Private
Albert Hunt
19th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 19.
Panel 5 Column 1.
Albert Hunt
19th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 19.
Panel 5 Column 1.
775517 Private George Evan Lenton, 21st Bn. Canadian Infantry, died 9th April 1917, aged 31. Panel 5 Column 2.
Son of Mrs. Annie Wilson, of Kettering, England; husband of Bertha Annie Lenton (nee Campkin), of Nelson St. East, Brampton, Ontario.
724255 Private
George Logan
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Panel 6 Column 2.
George Logan
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Panel 6 Column 2.
226609 Private
William Matthew McGovern
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Panel 6 Column 2.
William Matthew McGovern
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Panel 6 Column 2.
348739 Private
John Patrick McManus
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 24.
Panel 6 Column 3.
John Patrick McManus
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 24.
Panel 6 Column 3.
746055 Private
John Wesley McMullen
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 6 Column 3.
John Wesley McMullen
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 6 Column 3.
449032 Private
Laurenzo Narbonne
22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 7 Column 1.
Laurenzo Narbonne
22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 7 Column 1.
53168 Sergeant
Remington George Vickery
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 7 Column 3.
Son of John and Alice Vickery, of 102, Southampton Rd., Eastleigh, Hants, England.
When Sergeant Remington George Vickery was born on 25 May 1894, in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Edwin Vickery, was 34 and his mother, Alice Emma Smith, was 32. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as ironworker in London, Ontario, Canada.
Remington George Vickery
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Panel 7 Column 3.
Son of John and Alice Vickery, of 102, Southampton Rd., Eastleigh, Hants, England.
When Sergeant Remington George Vickery was born on 25 May 1894, in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Edwin Vickery, was 34 and his mother, Alice Emma Smith, was 32. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as ironworker in London, Ontario, Canada.
123108 Private
Benjamin Woolley
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Panel 7 Column 3.
Son of Benjamin and Maria Woolley, of Lancashire, England; husband of Lily Woolley, of 1079, Frances St., London, Ontario.
Benjamin Woolley
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Panel 7 Column 3.
Son of Benjamin and Maria Woolley, of Lancashire, England; husband of Lily Woolley, of 1079, Frances St., London, Ontario.
