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Private JAMES HENDERSON RANKIN

Service Number: 285121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. P. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rankin, of Gladstone Avenue, Barrhead, Renfrewshire. His brother also fell.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO HIS BROTHER "BILLY" FELL AT ROINUX. 16TH MAY 1917 OUR HOPES, OUR LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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