CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Cerisy
Somme
France
General Directions: Cerisy is a village 10 kilometres south-west of Albert. From Albert take the D42 in the direction of Morlancourt and Moreuil. After passing Morlancourt you arrive at Sailly-Laurette. Continue until reaching a crossroads where you turn left onto the D71 in the direction of Cerisy. Continue on the D71 until you approach a group of bungalows on your left. Turn left at the end of this group of bungalows when you will then approach Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
Gailly was the site of the 39th and 13th Casualty Clearing Stations during the early part of 1917, and of the 41st Stationary Hospital from May 1917 to March 1918. The villages were then captured by the Germans, but were retaken by the Australian Corps in August 1918. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (originally called the New French Military Cemetery) was begun in February 1917 and used by medical units until March 1918. After the recapture of the village it was used by Australian units. The cemetery was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from Maricourt Military Cemetery, Ste. Helene British Cemetery, Beaufort British Cemetery, Buigny-les-Gamaches Communal Cemetery and from the battlefields of the Somme. 158 French and 35 German graves were removed to other burial grounds.
Shot at Dawn: Private W N Ling, 2nd Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion on 12/08/1918. Plot 2. N. 20.
Casualty Details: UK 597, Canada 65, Australia 81, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 745
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G/21146 Private Christopher Charles Payne 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment Killed in action near St. Quentin 18/09/1918. Aged 20. Plot III. K. 2. Son of George and Fanny Payne, of 41, Strathmore Rd., Croydon. |
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