Nice work
You're right; every self respecting French (or Belgian) village ought to have some sort of war memorial, be that 1st or 2nd World War.
Interestingly, I have a similar project on my desk right now. It stems from the fact that I bought a whole bag of soft, plastic toy soldiers for my little girl to paint up during our together time, which often involves us painting miniatures. And I bought that bag, because she was working through my store of expendable miniatures rather quickly, and she likes painting them too (often quite garishly).
So there are always a few of those sitting on my desk. And some time ago, I noticed three of them positioned in such a way, that it looked like one of those Soviet war memorials that could be found all over Eastern Europe back in the day (a lot of them have been removed or replaced since the nineties). And that gave me the idea of making one of those myself. It should be a pretty generic affair, that can be used for all matter of modern/near future and even 40K settings.
So I found 3 poses that worked well together, glued them on a 50mm square base, and built up a pedestal from stone textured plastic sheet (originally from a railroad terrain set of stone bridge columns). I had the hardest time prepping the minis, as the soft plastic does not lend itself to sanding or filing. So I had to remove mouldlines the old fashioned way; with the blade...
And there it sits, for now.
I still need to build up a set of steps underneath it, some supports/buttresses on the corners, and then a suitable plaque, but it's a fun thing to visit every now and then, as a change of pace or in between other projects...