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Private WILLIAM HARRY THOMAS RANKEL

Service Number: H/43296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XXV. D. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John A. and Katherine Rankel, of Moose Horn, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE EARLY DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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