2718899 Guardsman William Henry RANKIN, 1 Irish Guards: 28/05/1940

Date of Enlistment: 1937
Date of Death: 28 May 1940

Army Number: 2718899
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Henry RANKIN
Unit: Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 14 September 1916
Place of Birth:

 

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Reference: WO 416/300/117
Name: William H [Henry] Rankin.
Date of Birth: 14/09/1916.
Place of Birth: [unspecified].
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Irish Guards].
Service Number: [2718899].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 25 or 28/5/1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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GUARDSMAN WILLIAM HENRY RANKIN
Service Number: 2718899
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 28 May 1940
Buried or commemorated at SALTDAL MAIN CHURCHYARD
Grave reference: British Plot. C. 3.
Location: Norway
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