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Private WILLIAM HENRY CAIRNS

Service Number: 14269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT

II. A. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Jane Cairns, of 26, Trafalgar St., Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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