MAPS

Vimy-Roclincourt Map 

"This map shows Vimy Ridge and surrounding areas in January-February 1917 with British trenches in blue and German trenches in red. Note the complexity of the trench systems by this point in the war, and the density of opposing lines around Givenchy to the north.

George Metcalf Archival Collection. CWM 19890227-021" (This description taken from Canadian War Museum site.)

Vimy Trench Map (Hand drawn)

"This hand-drawn map indicates some of the hundreds of trenches that crisscrossed Vimy Ridge. These trenches lay in the 4th Division's sector n the left (north) of the Canadian lines. Although the trenches would have had German names (since they built them) the Canadians renamed the trenches under an easy-to-remember system where they all begin with "R". Other sectors would have had trenches identified beginning with different letters. These hand-drawn maps, although crude, were important for soldiers to situate themselves in the chaos of battle, and often as they advanced through the underground trenches, and therefore without the benefit of a birds-eye view of the battlefield.

George Metcalf Archival Collection. CWM 19810903-001" (This description taken from Canadian War Museum site.)