Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilfrid Gagné
In memory of:
Corporal Wilfrid Gagné
August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France
Military Service
417285
25
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
July 16, 1893
Québec (St-Jean-Baptiste), Quebec
July 9, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Honoré-Wilfrid Gagné. Son of Alfred Gagné and Mathilda Guérard (deceased in 1903), of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1892 when he enlisted and named his sister Alphonsine (wife of David Maranda) as next of kin.
He was seriously wounded to a leg on 14 June 1916 in Mont Sorrel, Belgium; he spent almost one year in England to recover.
Commemorated on Page 412 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. 4.
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.
Digital Collection
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Sun Quarry Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – La Presse September 27th 1918
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