BORN HULL 1885. ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN, THOMAS WILLIAM RANK (1857-1927) AND MARGARET THORNBURN HARRIS (1862-1939), OF 321 SPRING BANK. SON OF A MASTER MARINER. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR.
HE MARRIED OLIVE LAVINE PEGDEN (1886-1973) AT HULL IN 1908. HIS WIFE OLIVE LAVINE & SON LIVED AT 74, GLENCOE STREET, HULL.
HE IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR.
HE LEFT £476 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 31/10/1918.
First name:
SYDNEY
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
Le Cateau Military Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
33
74, GLENCOE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK