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John Rankin

Second Lieutenant

Service No. Unknown

Age 21

Died on 23 April 1917

Lincolnshire Regiment

ARRAS MEMORIAL

Pas de Calais, France

Son of Robert Cullen Rankin and Euphemia Rankin, of 3, Windsor Rd., Levenshulme, Manchester.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Royal Naval Association, Lincoln Branch.

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Submariners Association, Lincoln Branch.

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John, I do not know the circumstances of your death, nor why your remains were not recovered from the field of battle, but, as a former Lin...

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