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Private WILLIAM CAIRNEY

Service Number: B/21319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Div. 19. J. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cairney, of 47, Charles St., Townhead, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription THEY MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2063
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