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Guardsman WILLIAM HENRY RANKIN

Service Number: 2718899
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Buried or commemorated at

SALTDAL MAIN CHURCHYARD

British Plot. C. 3.

Norway

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William J. and Margaret J. Rankin, of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAD A NATURE MOST LOVING A HEART PURER THAN GOLD TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM HIS MEMORY NEVER GROWS OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

SALTDAL MAIN CHURCHYARD
Norway
Number of casualties: 27
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