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Corporal JOHN RANKEN

Service Number: 1839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

"A" Coy. 4th Bn

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1915

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES

Sp. Mem. 192.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Pauline C. Ford Ranken, of 11, Spence St., Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription "FORTIS IN ARDIUS"
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Buried or commemorated at

PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 602
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