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Private ALEXANDER CAIRNS

Service Number: 1982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PICQUIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY

E. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Matilda Cairns, of 36, Cosgrove St., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEARLY BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

PICQUIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 139
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