ROMAGNÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ille-et-Vilaine
France
Location Information
Romagné is a village on the N12 road from Rennes to Fougeres about 41 kilometres north-east of Rennes. The village is just east of the A84/E3 motorway which you leave at junction 29 and follow the signs to Romagné. The communal cemetery is on the eastern side of the village on the Allee des Prunes off the N12 opposite the post office.
There are two Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, situated in the third row of graves immediately behind the cemetery chapel.
Burial Details
162947 Flying Officer James Alexander Downie, Pilot in 544 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1944, aged 24. Son of William James Downie and Mary Adair Downie, of Acton, Middlesex; husband of Nita Elisabeth Downie (nee Priestman). INSCRIPTION. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
177269 Pilot Officer Victor Gwyn Ross, Navigator in 544 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Annie May Ross, and stepson of Cyril J. Hemming, of Splott, Cardiff. INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
Romagné is a village on the N12 road from Rennes to Fougeres about 41 kilometres north-east of Rennes. The village is just east of the A84/E3 motorway which you leave at junction 29 and follow the signs to Romagné. The communal cemetery is on the eastern side of the village on the Allee des Prunes off the N12 opposite the post office.
There are two Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, situated in the third row of graves immediately behind the cemetery chapel.
Burial Details
162947 Flying Officer James Alexander Downie, Pilot in 544 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1944, aged 24. Son of William James Downie and Mary Adair Downie, of Acton, Middlesex; husband of Nita Elisabeth Downie (nee Priestman). INSCRIPTION. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
177269 Pilot Officer Victor Gwyn Ross, Navigator in 544 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1944, aged 21. Son of Annie May Ross, and stepson of Cyril J. Hemming, of Splott, Cardiff. INSCRIPTION. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
