Canadian Cemetery No. 2

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Canadian Cemetery No. 2
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Used for those deceased 1914-1918
Established	April 1917
Location	50°22′39.00″N 2°45′48″E / 50.3775, 2.76333 near Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais, France
Total burials	2965
Total commemorated	29
Burials by nation
Allied Powers United Kingdom: 2241 Canada: 695 Australia: 19 New Zealand: 7 South Africa: 2 India: 1
Burials by war
World War I: 2965
Statistics source: CWGC cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs

Canadian Cemetery No. 2 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.

The cemetery was originally named CD 5 and established as a battlefield cemetery of the Canadian 4th Division for Canadian troops killed in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Battlefield clearances of the surrounding area in 1919 significantly increased the size of the cemetery. The cemetery was again reopened for burials in 1931, receiving its last Canadian burial in 1947.

The cemetery now contains the graves of 2,965 Commonwealth soldiers, a large portion of which are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 10,869 square metres and is enclosed by low walls of coursed stone.

[edit] Commemoration

29 Canadian soldiers buried in 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade Cemetery & near Gunner's Crater, both in Givenchy-en-Gohelle, but whose graves are now lost are commemorated by special memorial headstones, inscribed to this effect.