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Private JAMES (SONNIE) CAIRNS

Service Number: 16547
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

III. L. 19.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Catherine Cairns, of West Mill, Lasswade, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER .R.I.P. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2796
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