BOSC-LE-HARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.62729, Longitude: 1.18159
Location Information
Bosc-le-Hard is a village and commune 15 miles north-north-east of Rouen. It is on the D.151 road from Igneauville, which is 5 miles (8 kilometres) from Rouen on the N.28 road from Rouen to Bellencombre and Abbeville. There is a railway station (Amiens-Serqueux-Le Havre line) and buses from Rouen to Bellencombre pass through the village of Bosc-le-Hard. The communal cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, some 400 yards from the church. The British graves are near the northern boundary of the cemetery and some 20 yards north-east of the 1870 war monument.
Burial Details
1758770 Private Peter Burns, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), died between 4th June 1940 and 17th June 1940, aged 21. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Burns, of Dundee. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him. Amen"
2932359 Private David Downie, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, died 9th June 1940, aged 21.
Bosc-le-Hard is a village and commune 15 miles north-north-east of Rouen. It is on the D.151 road from Igneauville, which is 5 miles (8 kilometres) from Rouen on the N.28 road from Rouen to Bellencombre and Abbeville. There is a railway station (Amiens-Serqueux-Le Havre line) and buses from Rouen to Bellencombre pass through the village of Bosc-le-Hard. The communal cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, some 400 yards from the church. The British graves are near the northern boundary of the cemetery and some 20 yards north-east of the 1870 war monument.
Burial Details
1758770 Private Peter Burns, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), died between 4th June 1940 and 17th June 1940, aged 21. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Burns, of Dundee. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Grant Unto Him, O Lord; And Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him. Amen"
2932359 Private David Downie, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, died 9th June 1940, aged 21.
