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Guardsman JAMES DOUGLAS RANKIN

Service Number: 2701508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY

I. C. 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Nancie Young Rankin, of Croftfoot, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription "IN SHORT MEASURES LIFE MAY PERFECT BE"
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Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 523
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