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Canadian
Cemetery No.2 This cemetery lies within the Canadian Memorial Park area at
Vimy Ridge.
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Around
3,000 soldiers are buried here. Two thirds are British and the rest
Canadian.
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Over
2,000 of the graves here are of unknown names.
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Canadian
Cemetery No.2 was created after the capture of Vimy Ridge, part of the
Battle of Arras which commenced on April 9th 1917.
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