Beuvraignes French national war cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Beuvraignes. © ECPAD
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The national war cemetery of Beuvraignes contains the remains of soldiers killed during the fighting at Bois du Loges. Established after these battles, this cemetery also contains the remains of other soldiers exhumed from temporary military cemeteries, in particular those of Beuvraignes and Popincourt. 1,854 French soldiers are buried at this site, 1,200 of which were laid to rest in individual graves. Four ossuaries hold the mortal remains of 654 soldiers. Alongside these men are buried three soldiers who died in 1940.
At Bois du Loges there now stands a stele marking the execution site of Lieutenant Chapelant. He was the first officer to be executed as an example. Found injured, not far from French positions, he was brought before a military tribunal and found guilty of cowardice. As his leg injury prevented him from standing up, he was shot, tied to his stretcher, on 11th October.
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Beuvraignes
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