Manitoba Cemetery, Caix

• Country France
• Total identified casualties 113 Find these casualties
• Region Somme
• Identified casualties from First World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.79268, Longitude: 2.65482

Location information

Caix is a village 24 kilometres east of Amiens, between the road to St Quentin and Roye. Manitoba Cemetery is situated between the village of Caix and Beaufort.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

The cemetery is located to the side of a single vehicle width road. The cemetery is approximately 2 kilometres south of the D41 from an umarked junction just south of Caix Civil Cemetery. The cemetery is 2 kilometres north of the village of Beaufort en Santerre and can reached by following Rue du Bois from the village and following the single lane track north from the end of Rue du Bois. The cemetery is surrounded by a low stone wall in farmland.

PARKING

The road is a single width farm track. There is no available parking in front of the cemetery or along the track.

It may be possible to park along the verge of the farm track but be aware it is a single lane track with active farms in the area.

ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

The main entrance is a 4.2 metre gap in the perimeter wall with 2 stone bollards spaced 1.40 metres apart.

There is a grass strip in front of the entrance paving, level with the farm track and the paving.

There is a black metal chain hooked from bollard to bollard. The central opening chain can be unhooked on the left side bollard.

There is a square shaped paved area at the entrance; behind this is the burial area and grass.

The Cross of Sacrifice is located on the paved area in front of the entrance.

There is no Register Box or seating in the cemetery.

All internal paths are grass, the ground is firm and flat.

ALTERNATIVE ACCESS

There is no alternative access into the cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The cemetery is permanently open.

History information

The village of Caix was captured by the Canadian Corps (1st Cavalry Division) on 8 August 1918. Manitoba Cemetery, so named because it contains a great number of graves of the 8th Canadian Battalion, raised at Winnipeg, was made by the 1st Canadian Division Burial Officer after the capture of the village.

The cemetery contains 120 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Seven of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty believed to be buried among the them.