The Plaine military cemetery, since May 13, 1922, has been maintained "in perpetuity" by the municipality, as well as the statue of Joan of Arc erected by the Souvenir français: "To them immortality, to us memory."
This cemetery includes a first ossuary of 447 unknown French soldiers and 190 known ones named individually on a marble plaque, a second of 9 Russian soldiers and 90 unknown French soldiers, all killed during the First World War. Individual graves of 285 French including 1 Jewish and 94 Muslims, 46 Commonwealth nationals.
On February 23, 1923, the Minister of War and Pensions cited in the order of the army, Plaine: "the commune was in August 1914, the scene of violent fighting and the object of bombardments which partially destroyed it. Despite its mourning and the vexations suffered, has always shown the greatest confidence in the success of our armies. Has served the country well." See the map
This cemetery includes a first ossuary of 447 unknown French soldiers and 190 known ones named individually on a marble plaque, a second of 9 Russian soldiers and 90 unknown French soldiers, all killed during the First World War. Individual graves of 285 French including 1 Jewish and 94 Muslims, 46 Commonwealth nationals.
On February 23, 1923, the Minister of War and Pensions cited in the order of the army, Plaine: "the commune was in August 1914, the scene of violent fighting and the object of bombardments which partially destroyed it. Despite its mourning and the vexations suffered, has always shown the greatest confidence in the success of our armies. Has served the country well." See the map