Walter Rankin

In 1907, he began his printing apprenticeship with C Joscelyne, Printers, of Braintree, Essex.^[1]

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.^[1] From 1916 to 1924, he worked for Manifoldia of Birmingham.^[1] From 1924 to 1927 for Century Press, Fulham Road, London.^[1]

In a 1957 by-election, following his wife's death in December 1956, Rankin was elected as a member of the London County Council (LCC) for Fulham, and remained an LCC member until its abolition in April 1965.^[2]

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.^[2][1][3] They had one son.^[2]