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Peter Rankin |
Peter Rankin
Brother of Gunner Andrew Rankin, 111th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 190065
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 35th Company
No: 66881
Date of Death: 15th July 1917
Age: 28
Buried: Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux
Additional Information: Son of Henry and Isabella Rankin (nee Elliot), 144 Craigpark, Glasgow.
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
No: 66881
Formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 17164
Place of Birth: Barony, Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 15th July 1917
Place of Death: Barony, Lanarkshire
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
No: 66881
Formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. 17164
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Place of Birth: Barony, Lanarkshire
Date of Death: 15th July 1917
Place of Death: Barony, Lanarkshire
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
Peter Rankin, Private, Machine Gun Corps, No. 66881
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
Soldiers’ Effects:
Peter Rankin, Private, 35th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps, No. 66881.
Killed in Action in France or Belgium 15th July 1917
Executor Dative, Father Henry
Glasgow Herald, 4th August 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Rankin. Killed in action on 15th July, Private Peter Rankin, aged 28, Machine Gun Corps, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rankin, 144 Craigpark, Dennistoun
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Peter Rankin, Private, Machine Gun Corps, 144 Craigpark, Dennistoun
1901 Census, Living at 144 Craigpark Street, Dennistoun
Father Henry Rankin, age 40, Flesher, born Glasgow
Mother Isabella Rankin, age 38, born Glasgow
Children: Peter Rankin, age 12, Scholar, born Glasgow
Lancelot S. E. Rankin, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow
Henry Rankin, age 5, born Glasgow
Andrew Rankin, age 2, born Glasgow