Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alfred Bélanger
In memory of:
Private Alfred Bélanger
August 28, 1918
Chérisy, France
Military Service
889564
22
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Additional Information
June 22, 1896
St-Donat-de-Rimouski, Quebec
April 15, 1916
Rimouski, Quebec
His full name is Joseph Alfred Bélanger.
Son of Alfred Bélanger and Joséphine Brisson (deceased in 1900). His father remarried to Marie-Rose Caron in 1909 and they lived in St-Donat-de-Rimouski. He first named his grandfather, Georges Bélanger, as next-of-kin but later amended and used his father’s name instead.
After fighting in Amiens, Picardy, France, he was killed in action on 28 August 1918 during the Battle of Chérisy, Pas-de-Calais.
Commemorated on Page 366 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUN QUARRY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
E. 23.
Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of Alfred Bélanger – Private Alfred Bélanger 22e Canadien Français -
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Group Photo – Daniel Bergeron. Right Pte. Alfred Bélanger. -
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