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Alfred Gardiner

In memory of:

Private Alfred Gardiner

August 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

712349

Age:

40

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)

Division:

26th Battalion

Additional Information


Born:

December 12, 1877
Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

June 20, 1916
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Husband of Annie Gardiner, of Launching, Prince Edward Island.

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


Cemetery:

SUN QUARRY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

C. 20.

Location:

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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  • Photo of ALFRED GARDINER– Sun Quarry Cemetery near Cherisy, final resting place for Alfred Gardiner and many others from WW1.
  • Photo of ALFRED GARDINER– Sun Quarry Cemetery
  • Grave Marker– Alfred Gardiner WW1 headstone 2017 with some red soil from his home province PEI.
  • Memorial– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Alfred Gardiner– Alfred Gabriel Gardiner
  • Photo of Alfred Gardiner– Alfred is remembered in the Prince Edward Island Command's, Royal Canadian Legions Wartime Service Booklet.
  • Grave Marker– The marker in the beautifully manicured graveyard, near Aras, near Vimy.

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