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Private WILLIAM GARFIELD RANKIN

Service Number: 477758
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Regiment

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James A. and Catherine I. Rankin, of West Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription TELL MY MOTHER I WILL MEET HER AT THE FOUNTAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 671
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