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The Braine national cemetery

La nécropole nationale de Braine. © Guillaume Pichard

 

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The Braine national cemetery holds the bodies of 1,583 Frenchmen, almost a third of whom lie in two ossuaries. This cemetery was developed between 1920 and 1935 to bring together bodies that were initially buried in isolated graves or in the region's temporary military cemeteries.

Nearby is the only Danish cemetery from the First World War. It includes 79 graves of soldiers from the province of Schleswig, which was annexed by the German empire in 1866 and returned to Denmark in 1920 following a plebiscite. These soldiers were enlisted in the German army against their wishes. At the request of their families, their remains were removed from the German cemeteries and brought to Braine in 1934.

The village of Braine was awarded the Croix de Guerre (War Cross) on 21 October 1920.

 

  • La nécropole nationale de Braine. © Guillaume Pichard

  • La nécropole nationale de Braine. © ECPAD

  • La nécropole nationale de Braine. © Guillaume Pichard

  • La nécropole nationale de Braine. © Guillaume Pichard

  • La nécropole nationale de Braine. © Guillaume Pichard

  • Cantonnement dans les ruines du village de Vasseny, 1917. © Collection BDIC

  • Baraquements du Centre hospitalier HOE 18 à Vasseny, pavillon n° 1 et salle de chirurgie, 1917. © Collection BDIC

  • Centre hospitalier HOE 18 de Vasseny, 1917. © Collection BDIC

  • Embarquement de blessés légers sur une péniche ambulance à Vasseny, 1917. © Collection BDIC

  • Ruines de l'église de Vasseny, 1917. © Collection BDIC

  • Près de Mont-Notre-Dame, les hommes du 8e régiment d’artillerie croise les tirailleurs du 1er régiment mixte, mars 1917. © Collection BDIC

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