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Rifleman DUNCAN MORRISON CAIRNS

Service Number: 14272
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

8th/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

VII. A. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Charlotte Cairns, of 5, Tyne St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE HIS LOVING WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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