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Private WILLIAM ALMA RANKIN

Service Number: S/13087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

"C" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alma Rankin and Isabella Helen Rankin, of 4, Regent St., Hamilton.
  • Personal Inscription "HE WAS THE LIGHT OF HIS PLATOON" EXTRACT FROM COMRADE'S LETTER
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