Walter Rankin
British printer
About Walter Rankin
Lived 1892 – 1965 (aged 72–73).
Walter Rankin (1892 – 17 February 1965), was a British printer and politician.
Early life Walter Rankin was born and raised in Braintree, Essex.
Career In 1907, he began his printing apprenticeship with C Joscelyne, Printers, of Braintree, Essex.
In 1913 he joined J G Hammond and Co, of Birmingham, took a correspondence course, and sat the City and Guilds London Institute exams in 1915 and 1916.
Personal life In 1917, he married Ethel Mary Stock, a politician, who was an LCC member for Fulham, from 1949 until she died in 1956, rising to vice chairman. They had one son.
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Who was Walter Rankin?
British printer
When was Walter Rankin born?
Walter Rankin was born in 1892 in Braintree.
When did Walter Rankin die?
Walter Rankin died on 17 February 1965.
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