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Private DAVID CAIRNS

Service Number: 17459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

"B" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY

II. G. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Catherine Cairns; husband of Catherine Cairns, of 68, Elderslie Street, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER TILL THE LATEST DAY SHALL MY HUSBAND'S MEMORY FADE AWAY R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 470
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