In Memory Of
RANKIN, CECIL RAYMOND
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
67879
Rank:
Signalman
Unit:
H.M.S. Neptune
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1941-12-19
Cause of Death:
Ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 59, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Frederic Thomas and Clara Jane Rankin, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. A compositor's apprentice
