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Private JOHN CAIRNS

Service Number: 302942
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT

II. A. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Ann Cairns, of Ballymena; husband of Georgina Cairns, of 8, James St., Harryville, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE FROM HIS SORROWING WIDOW GEORGINA CAIRNS
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Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 322
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