Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Second Lieutenant J. Rankin, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, late Liverpool Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 November 1917
1914-15 Star (3596 Pte. J. Rankin. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Rankin.) very fine

Three: Second Lieutenant F. A. Rankin, Border Regiment attached Tank Corps, late Liverpool Regiment
1914-15 Star (3044 Pte. F. A. Rankin. L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. A. Rankin.) good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (Asst. Payr. F. L. Rankin. R.N.R.) good very fine (7) £80-£120

James Rankin attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 28 August 1917, and was killed on 30 November 1917, while serving with the 1st/5th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.

Frederic Alan Rankin, the brother of James Rankin, attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 January 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Border Regiment on 8 November 1915, and was killed in action on 23 April 1917 whilst attached to ‘D’ Battalion, Tank Corps. He is buried at Wancourt British Cemetery, France.