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