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Private ALEXANDER PROVEN RANKIN

Service Number: 69190
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. N. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Proven Rankin and Rachel Esson Rankin, of Carnwath, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription CARNWATH, LANARKSHIRE.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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