Chérisy

Not to be confused with Cherisy, in the Eure-et-Loir department.

Chérisy
Commune
The church of Chérisy
Coat of arms
Chérisy Location within Hauts-de-France region Chérisy
Coordinates: 50°14′06″N 2°54′46″E / 50.235°N 2.9128°E / 50.235; 2.9128Coordinates: 50°14′06″N 2°54′46″E / 50.235°N 2.9128°E / 50.235; 2.9128
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (since 2013)	Patrick Visentin
Area1	6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	212
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62223 /62128
Elevation	52–98 m (171–322 ft) (avg. 66 m or 217 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Chérisy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming village located 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Arras on the D9 junction with the D38 road.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Vaast, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
• World War I cemeteries.

World War I

Chérisy village, south-east of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais, France, was captured by the 18th Division on 3 May 1917, but lost the same night. It then remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on 27 August 1918. It was in the retaking of Chérisy that Major Georges Philias Vanier, the future GOC of the Royal 22^e Régiment and Governor General of Canada (1959–1967) was wounded, as a result of which his leg was amputated. In addition to Vanier, GOC of the 26th Battalion, Lt-Col. A. E. G. McKenzie was killed during action on 28 August 1918.

Quebec Cemetery, Chérisy.
Many of those buried there are men of the 22nd and 24th Battalions Canadian Infantry (both from Quebec), were killed between 26 August and 28 September 1918. Quebec Cemetery contains 195 First World War burials, 12 of them unidentified. English émigré to Canada, Private Alfred S. Loose was killed on 28 September 1918, aged 25 years. The cemetery was designed by G. H. Goldsmith.

Sun Quarry Cemetery
Located approx. 1 kilometer southeast of Cherisy and contains 191 First World War burials. Many of the casualties of the August–September 1918 fignting that took place in the area. The cemetery contains many men of the 26th Battalion Canadian Infantry (from New Brunswick). The cemetery was also designed by G. H. Goldsmith.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chérisy.

• The British Commonwealth cemetery at Chérisy
• Chérisy on the Quid website (in French)