Historical Information 

2216 French, 7 Russian and 2 British graves First World War.  545 French soldiers Second World War.

Soupir French National Cemetery No 2 contains the graves of two unknown Commonwealth servicemen who died in September 1914.  The village was cleared by the Brigade of Guards on 14 September 1914 and on the same day, and for some days later, heavy fighting took place at La Cour de Soupir farm, near the head of the valley north-west of the village. Dressing stations were established at Soupir Chateau and at the farm. The village was in German hands again between 2 and 6 November 1914 and for much of the war it remained very close to the front line.

38 Belgian War Graves

1729 VAN PETERGHEN Kamiel - 1730 HUYS Aloïs - 1731 DE JONGHE Alberic

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VANROCKEGHEM Clément - STAELGRAEVE Rémi - SIX Gustave  - VERMEULEN Henri - OPSOMER Joseph - VAN KAENOECKERE Achille - MESSAAC Cyrille - NOPPE Edgard - STRUWE Théophile - GOESSAERT Rémi - ROETS Gaston - DESMETS Raymond - LIPPENS Alphonse - SCHOLLAERT Rémi - BALKAEN Julien - TONDELEIR Gaston - TONDELEIR Maurice - VANDERGHINST Thiphon - KIMPE Omer - BRAECKMANN Rémy - DESCAMPS Jean - CHRISTIAN Auguste - VAN DOSTHUYSE Cyrille - DE GIEST Victor - DE PRAETERE Georges - DESPLEUTER Alphonse Oscar - VAN DER COLDEN Herman - VAN ACKER Maxime - DE KAESSE Urbain - VANDERWALLE Georges - PARENS Karel - VANDECASTEL Baptiste Jean - VAN REISBILDT Eugène - MAERTENS Alfons J. - PERET G.