The national necropolis of Jonchery-sur-Suippe
La nécropole nationale de Jonchery-sur-Suippe. © ECPAD
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Situated a few kilometres to the north-west of Suippes, the Jonchery national necropolis contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the fighting that took place in the Champagne region between 1914 and 1918, particularly during the September 1915 offensive. Created in 1915, it was redesigned between 1922 and 1929 in order to inter bodies from isolated graves and temporary cemeteries in the region (Perthes, Cuperly, Bouy, Tahure, etc). Today, the necropolis contains the bodies of 7,906 French combatants, including some 3,009 resting in four ossuaries. Four Czech soldiers also lie in this place of memory, including one, Joseph Staniz, who died on 11th November 1918 (the last day of the Great War).
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Jonchery-sur-Suippe
Au nord de Châlons-sur-Marne, D 3
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