ROM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Deux-Sèvres
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.29086, Longitude: 0.11473
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Location Information
The village of Rom is in the Department of Deux-Sèvres and is approximately 44 kilometres east of Niort and 5 kilometres west of the town of Couhe-Verac, which is in the neighbouring Department of Vienne. The Communal Cemetery lies to the south of the village about 200 metres from the Church.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery Register and Vistors' Book will be located in the Register Box within the cemetery.
History Information
There are 30 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war here.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 30, U. S. A. 1. Total 31.
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5572359 Corporal
Kenneth Bateman
B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
7th July 1944, aged 24.
Foster-son of Charles and Jane Seddon, of Swinton, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "This Day Dawns With Sad Regret For One We Loved And Will Never Forget"
Corporal Bateman, 24, parachuted into occupied France hours before the D-Day Landings, part of Operation Bulbasket, which was swathed in secrecy for years after the year.
Both he and his comrade, fellow NCO Sergeant Eccles, were on a sabotage operation to blow up points in the marshalling yard at Saint Benoît before they were captured by German soldiers on June 28, 1944.
A further 28 SAS soldiers were attacked and captured on July 3, joining both Corporal Bateman and Sergeant Eccles in a German prison before all 30 were executed by firing squad as dictated by the Kommandobefehl.
Kenneth Bateman
B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
7th July 1944, aged 24.
Foster-son of Charles and Jane Seddon, of Swinton, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "This Day Dawns With Sad Regret For One We Loved And Will Never Forget"
Corporal Bateman, 24, parachuted into occupied France hours before the D-Day Landings, part of Operation Bulbasket, which was swathed in secrecy for years after the year.
Both he and his comrade, fellow NCO Sergeant Eccles, were on a sabotage operation to blow up points in the marshalling yard at Saint Benoît before they were captured by German soldiers on June 28, 1944.
A further 28 SAS soldiers were attacked and captured on July 3, joining both Corporal Bateman and Sergeant Eccles in a German prison before all 30 were executed by firing squad as dictated by the Kommandobefehl.
Headstone of Lincoln Delmar Bundy
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O-804996 2nd Lieutenant
Lincoln Delmar Bundy
486th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces
7th July 1944.
Pilot Lincoln Delmar Bundy was awarded a Purple Heart June 11, 1945 for his Army service in WWII. Lincoln parachuted on June 10, 1944 over Crulai, Normandy, France. He was executed and died on July 7, 1944 in the Forêt de Saint Sauvant, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France and was buried in the village of Rom, Poitou, France.
Lincoln Delmar Bundy
486th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces
7th July 1944.
Pilot Lincoln Delmar Bundy was awarded a Purple Heart June 11, 1945 for his Army service in WWII. Lincoln parachuted on June 10, 1944 over Crulai, Normandy, France. He was executed and died on July 7, 1944 in the Forêt de Saint Sauvant, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France and was buried in the village of Rom, Poitou, France.
Images in this gallery © Christine Da Costa
