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Flying Officer JOHN MARQUIS RANKIN

Service Number: 117925
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

107 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHY-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD

Grave 1.

France

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick John and Grace Fraser Rankin, of Stranraer, Wigtownshire; husband of Edith Margaret Rankin, of Dunfermline, Fife.
  • Personal Inscription OF STRANRAER, SCOTLAND AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARGOT
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