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Private THOMAS RANKIN

Service Number: 43595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Defence Corps

205th Protection Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1917

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY

M. 1171.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Ann Rankin, of 10, Brandling St., Gateshead. Born at Gateshead.
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Buried or commemorated at

GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 240
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