Thélus () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file It is located north of Arras and southeast of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.
During the First World War, Thélus and Arras lay in the zone rouge (officially declared as "completely devastated").
See also Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
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Nine Elms CWGC cemetery Zivy Crater CWGC cemetery Lichfield Crater CWGC cemetery Bois-Carré CWGC cemetery The CWGC military cemetery at Thélus The communal cemetery