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Rifleman JAMES CAIRNS

Service Number: 7015467
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY

18. B. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Sarah Cairns; husband of Agnes Cairns, of Ligoniel, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription DIVIDED HANDS SHALL CLASP AGAIN. EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 198
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