Somme-Suippe National Cemetery

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Located close to Suippes military camp, Somme-Suippe National Cemetery holds the remains of soldiers who died for France during the battles that took place in this region. Established as of December 1914, the cemetery was developed in 1924. It contains the graves of other soldiers exhumed from temporary cemeteries, particularly from Saint-Rémy-sur-Bussy, Le Bois-Sabot, Le Mesnil-les-Hurlus, Souain and Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand. Nearly 5,000 French soldiers lie at rest here, including 1,388 in the ossuaries. The cemetery also holds the remains of 12 French soldiers who died for France during the battles that took place in Champagne in 1940. A regimental monument put up by the 50th French Infantry Regiment stands in the cemetery. Among the soldiers buried here lie Lieutenant-Colonel Louis (grave No.2793) and Commandant Edouard Charlet, both officers in the 3rd Zouave Regiment. This unit made its mark during the 1915 offensive when, despite massive losses, it captured three trench lines. It was during these battles that Commandant Charlet was killed. He was an officer who had distinguished himself in the Conquest of the Sahara and had been a friend of 'Blessed' Charles de Foucauld (1896-1913).