Soupir French National Cemetery No 2

Location

Soupir is a village situated on the D 925 between Bourg-et-Comin and Vailly-sur-Aisne.

There are a number of Military Cemeteries in the village. Coming from the direction of Pontavert/Bourg-et-Comin this Nécropole Nationale, on the left, and its sister on the opposite side of the road are impossible to miss.

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Historical Information

This cemetery was commenced in 1934 when it was discovered that there wasn’t enough room for all the bodies that had been recovered in Soupir Military Cemetery No 1.

Two unknown British soldiers rest in the cemetery

With the original cemetery full to capacity, a second cemetery was required for a further 2,000 soldiers, and the present cemetery was opened to receive them.

One of the Second World War Belgian Civilians

The cemetery now holds the remains of 2,829 soldiers and civilians killed during the First or Second World Wars.

There are 1,966 French soldiers from the First War in either individual or collective graves plus another 250 in a mass grave.

There are two unknown British soldiers, five Belgians, twenty-seven Russians and a single German.

In 1954 it was decided to bring in the remains of 545 French soldiers killed during the French Campaign of May-June 1940.

Then in 1988 the remains of thirty-three Belgian Civilians killed during the Second World War were brought in from the Communal Cemetery at Laon.

The cemetery is still open for further burials when required.

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Nécropole Nationale de Soupir No 2

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Other cemeteries in the area

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A short distance further on towards Vailly-sur-Aisne will bring you to the Italian Cemetery at Mont Sapin.