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Private WILLIAM RANKIN

Service Number: 13097671
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. F. 4.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Cole Rankin, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SWEETEST MEMORIES SO FOND AND TRUE WILL EVER REMAIN DEAR WILLIE, OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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