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Private W CAIRNS

Service Number: 43372
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1919

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

XIV. B. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Maggie Cairns, of 24, Roseberry St., Oatlands, Glasgow; husband of Elizabeth McGonville Cairns, of 8, Rockbank, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FROM HANDS OF WICKED MEN, DADDY GOD HAS YOU SAFE AND FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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