Soupir French war cemetery n° 2
La nécropole nationale de Soupir n° 2. © Guillaume Pichard
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TheSoupir French national war cemetery n° 2 contains the remains of soldiers who died for France in the various battles in the Chemin des Dames (the Second Battle of the Aisne). Built in 1934 to inter the remains of soldiers that were still being discovered in the region, this cemetery contains the bodies of 2,829 soldiers who fell during the two world wars. Among the burials here relating to the First World War, there are 2,216 Frenchmen including 250 in the ossuary, 26 Russians, five Belgians (including four civilian victims) and two unknown British. From the Second World War, there are 545 Frenchmen buried here, as well as 33 Belgians including 33 civilians victims. Alongside the there are also the bodies of Pierre Muller, su repose également le corps de Pierre Muller,second lieutenant in the 9th Algerian infantry battalion, who died on 17 September 1958 in Algeria (grave no. 2361).
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À 25 km à l'est de Soissons, en bordure du CD 925 (Soissons/Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne)
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