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Record for Alexander Rankin Name: Alexander Rankin Given Initials: A Rank: Private Death Date: 9 Aug 1944 Number: 14503787 Birth Place: Fife Residence: Fife Branch at Enlistment: Infantry Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’) Branch at Death: Infantry
PrivateRANKIN, ALEXANDER Service Number 14503787 Died 09/08/1944 Aged 20 6th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment Son of Alexander and Isabella Rankin, of Windygates, Fife.
Buried at BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Number of casualties: 4258 Cemetery/memorial reference: XXIII. F. 2.
The temperature on August 9, 1944 was between 11.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
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