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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Midlothian => Topic started by: *Sandra* on Saturday 01 March 25 11:22 GMT (UK)
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For information puposes.
Wednesday 19th March 2025 - A rededication service for Lance Corporal George Rankeillor, who died in April 1917. This service will take place at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, near Arras, France.
George Rankeillor - 11 April 1917 St Giles, Edinburgh - Death Date 11 Apr 1917 France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Edinburgh
Rank L Corporal - Regiment Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line
Battalion 1st Dragoons (Royals)
Regimental Number 9546
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre.
George Rankeillor - 1897 - 11 April 1917 (aged 20 years)
Cemetery The Arras Memorial at Faubourg-DŽAmiens Cemetery, Arras
Burial Country France - Regiment 1st Dragoons (Royal)
Regimental Number 9546 - Region or Memorial France
Father George Rankeillor - Mother Julia nee Mc Donald/Rankeillor.
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George Rankeillor, b. 17 January 1897 at 20 Bank Street, Edinburgh, to George Rankeillor, labourer in rubber works, and Julia McDonald, who had married 16 November 1894 in Edinburgh. (Without a doubt, the "rubber works" implies the North British Rubber Company, which operated in Edinburgh from 1857 to 1967). The family was living at 11 Lothian Street in Edinburgh at the time of the 1901 Census and at 6 Newton Street, Edinburgh, in the 1911 Census returns. George was an apprentice mason at that time.