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Private JOHN CAIRNS

Service Number: 242662
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL

Panel 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Territorial Efficiency Medal. Son of John Edward and Amy English Cairns, of Hobberlaw Kiln, Alnwick; husband of Annie Cairns, of Denwick, Alnwick, Northumberland.
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