Ranrupt French national war cemetery
La nécropole nationale de Ranrupt. © ECPAD
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The national war cemetery of Ranrupt contains the bodies of soldiers who died for France during the fighting that took place during the summer of 1914, in vallée de la Bruche. Established from 1921 to 1924, this cemetery contains the remains of 92 French soldiers, 21 of which were placed in individual graves, and 71 in an ossuary. The remains of 92 German soldiers are buried at this site, 89 of which were placed in ossuaries. In addition, alongside these soldiers lie the remains of three members of the crew of a Royal Air Force bomber that crashed on 26 February 1944, near the village of Ranrupt.
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Ranrupt
Au nord-est de Saint Dié, N 424
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