PLAINE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Plaine
Bas-Rhin
France
General Directions: Plaine is a village in the Department of the Bas-Rhin, formerly part of Alsace (Elsass). The Cemetery is situated on the south-west side of the village. The Commonwealth war graves plot is in the South-West corner.
Plaine French National Cemetery was made in 1921. There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 10 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate five buried at Labroque. Commonwealth graves came from; Albet (or Albe) Communal Cemetery German Extension, Liepvre Military Cemetery and from Ste. Marie-Auz-Mines German Cemetery.
**NOTE** The total of actual burials within this cemetery is actually 35, the CWGC add on the numbers of those also commemorated here, this takes the total above 40.
Casualty Details: UK 27, Unidentified 8, Total Burials: 35
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