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Private JAMES ALEXANDER CAIRNS

Service Number: 330242
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE

I. A. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cairns, and the late William Cairns. Born at Penicuik, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MOTHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 486
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