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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 4.
Additional information
Son of Charles Shalders Rankin and Florence Margaret Rankin, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Louise Bernard Rankin.
Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin has been honoured by having Rankin Creek named after him. The location of Rankin Creek is in Yukon (106D02- 64° 00’ 23”- 134° 55’ 33”).
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of ROBERT LOWE JAMES RANKIN
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Photo of ROBERT LOWE JAMES RANKIN
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Grave marker
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Correspondence
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Identification
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
Digital gallery of
Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
Digital gallery of
Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
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Captain Robert Lowe James Rankin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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