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Lance Serjeant DAVID CAIRNS

Service Number: 282027
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

R. 17.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of C. Cairns, of 25, Dunn St., Bridgeton, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE FROM HIS WIFE AND THREE WEE SONS
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 5887
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