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Sergeant WILLIAM FORDYCE CAIRNS

Service Number: 1822619
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (CARDONALD) CEMETERY

Sec. B. Grave 101.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hector Macdonald Cairns and Elizabeth Smith Fordyce Cairns, of Mosspark, Glasgow.
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Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (CARDONALD) CEMETERY
Glasgow United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 202
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