Military Cemetery (1914-1918)

The Plaine military cemetery, maintained "in perpetuity" by the municipality since May 13, 1922, also features a statue of Joan of Arc, erected by the French Remembrance organization with the inscription: "To them immortality, to us remembrance." This memorial site includes several sections: a first ossuary containing 447 unknown French soldiers and 190 identified soldiers, whose names are listed on a marble plaque; a second ossuary with 9 Russian soldiers and 90 unknown French soldiers, all who died during the First World War. There are also 285 individual graves, including those of 1 Jewish and 94 Muslim soldiers, as well as 46 Commonwealth burials.

On February 23, 1923, the Minister of War and Pensions, Maginot, cited the municipality in the army order for its role in August 1914, marked by fierce fighting and bombardments that partially destroyed Plaine. Despite these hardships, the municipality always maintained confidence in the victory of the French armies. This text, engraved on a plaque on the town hall facade, emphasizes that Plaine "has well deserved the country." The municipality received the War Cross, represented in bronze on the war memorial.

Finally, on August 12, 1923, a statue of Joan of Arc was inaugurated in this military cemetery.