Moislains National Cemetery
Le cimetière des Charentais
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
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Known as the Cimetière des Charentais, the Moislains National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the fighting which took place on 28 August 1914, in the area around this village. Established after the battle, this national cemetery was further developed in 1923-1924 and in 1944. The cemetery holds the bodies of 465 French soldiers, including 99 in individual graves and 366 in an ossuary.
In 1924, a memorial was built in the cemetery, paying tribute to these soldiers, most of whom came from Angoulême and Bergerac. An oak chest from Puy-de-Nelle (in the Charente) was placed at the foot of this memorial in 1960. Made by Gaston Rofidal, a veteran who served as an NCO in the 307th French Infantry Regiment during the war, the chest symbolically contains samples of earth from towns in the Charente. Damaged by the weather over the years, it was replaced in 2014.
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
La nécropole nationale de Moislains. © ECPAD
Soldats français en position dans un champs, été 1914. © Collection particulière - FBN - DR
Entrée des Allemands à Amiens, été 1914. © Collection particulière - FBN - DR
Fosse commune de Moislains, 1915. © Collection particulière - FBN - DR
Eglise de Moislains, 24 novembre 1917. © Collections BDIC
Entrée du cimetière militaire de Moislains. © Collection particulière - FBN - DR
Soldats australiens à Péronne, septembre 1918. © ECPAD
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Moislains
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