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Air Mechanic 2Nd Class WILLIAM SMITH RANKIN

Service Number: 76198
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

103rd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

733.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Rankin and Euphemia Smith Rankin, of Maryhill, Glasgow; husband of Maud Graham Rankin, of 22, Canning Place, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription MY PRESENCE SHALL GO WITH THEE AND I WILL GIVE THEE REST
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Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Oise France
Number of casualties: 177
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