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Private JOHN CAIRNCROSS

Service Number: 14620854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn. The London Scottish

Date of Death

Died 04 February 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANZIO WAR CEMETERY

II, T, 8.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Formerly of Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Cairncross, of Newburgh, Fife. His twin brother Thomas also fell.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET
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