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Lance Corporal WALTER CAIRNS

Service Number: 4456038
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn. The Tyneside Scottish

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX

Plot 8. Row E. Grave 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas William and Mary Cairns, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVED ONES
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