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Private WILLIAM RANKIN

Service Number: 2821183
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 12.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hector and Margaret Rankin, of Larkhall. Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO DIE, TO SLEEP; TO SLEEP: PERCHANCE TO DREAM: AY, THERE'S THE RUB. SHAKESPEARE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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