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Private W M RANKIN

Service Number: 1897
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. C. 143.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Marion Edmead (formerly Rankin), of 111, Heaton Moor Rd., Stockport, and the late William Morrison Rankin.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 3361
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