Thelus village, which stands on the Vimy Ridge, was captured by the Canadian Corps on 9 April 1917, and it remained in British hands until the end of the war. The commune contains Battle Memorials of the 1st Canadian Division (at Les Tilleuls) and to the Canadian Artillery.
Bois-Carre British Cemetery was begun by units of the 1st Canadian Division in April 1917 and used until the following June. These 61 graves are in Plot I (a Canadian soldier, accidentally killed in 1919, was also buried in Plot I, Row F).
The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the surrounding battlefields and burial grounds. There are now over 500 First World War and a small number of Second World War casualties commemorated in this site. The cemetery covers an area of 1,898 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall.
There are 232 Canadians buried here from the Battle of Vimy Ridge. To find all soldiers buried at this cemetery, visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Directions
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras. Bois-Carre British Cemetery is 1 kilometre east of the village on the south side of the D49 heading to the village of Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult.