Service Details
Name:
 RANKIN
Given Name:
 CECIL RAYMOND
Initials:
 C R
Service No:
 67879
Rank:
 Signalman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Neptune
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-19
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederic Thomas and Clara Jane Rankin, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. A compositor's apprentice
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 59, Column 1.

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