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Private W J CAIRNS

Service Number: S/23057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cairns, of 2, Cowley St., Denbeath, Methil, Fife. Born at Kirkcaldy.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 73
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