In Memory Of

RENNIE, WILLIAM MACDONALD

Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
1909-08-12
Service No:
SR/598384V
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
formerly WR, ILH/KR
Date of Death:
1944-06-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. The Regiment advanced up the road from Celleno to Bagnoregio and after having made contact with the anti-tank screen from the 26th Panzer Division, they withdrew and harboured for the night. Corporal Rennie was killed during heavy shelling of the harbour area
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 2.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of John and Elizabeth Rennie, of Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia. Husband of Sarah Beatrice Dorothea Rennie, c/o The Standard Bank, Fort Victoria. Born in Fort Victoria. A farmer in the Mazoe area