ALSO HIS BROTHER "BILLY"
FELL AT ROEUX, 16TH MAY 1917
OUR HOPES OUR LIFE

PRIVATE JAMES HENDERSON RANKIN

SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

8TH AUGUST 1917 AGE 20

BURIED: WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE


Mr and Mrs Rankin lost their two sons within three months of each other. Private James Rankin died of wounds at a base hospital in Wimereux. His brother 'Billy', Private William H Rankin, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed during the Battle of Arras. His body was never found, consequently he has no grave, no headstone and no inscription. The four, final words of his brother's inscription say everything about his parent's grief