Michel Cherrier, a resistance fighter who participated in the Landing of Provence in 1944, died Tuesday at the age of 102 in Luc-sur-Mer (Calvados), announced the prefecture of the Normandy department.
“The prefect learned with sadness of the disappearance of Michel Cherrier, interned, resistant, great figure in the fighting world, engaged within the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL) having participated in the Landing in Provence”, indicated the prefecture on the social network x.
Knight of the Legion of Honour
After being arrested in Spain while trying to join the Gaullist forces in North Africa, he managed to escape in 1943 and managed to enlist in the Free French Naval Forces, at the Casablanca depot.
On January 1, 1944, he was assigned to the Norfolk Marine Unit until May 9 and then embarked on the Moroccan with whom he participated in the Landing of Provence. He remained assigned to this building until April 14, 1945.
Knight of the Legion of Honor, Michel Cherrier, born February 23, 1921 in Dives-sur-Mer (Calvados), holds around ten official decorations and “was for many decades an active activist in associations of the fighting world », According to the same source.