Lieutenant GEORGE THOMSON CAIRNS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1st/8th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 30 July 1918
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Adam and Jessie Williamina Cairns (nee Thomson), of 21, Monreith Rd., Newlands, Glasgow. Enlisted in Cameron Highlanders, Nov., 1914. Crossed with them to France April, 1915. Wounded near Ypres in May, 1915. Received his Commission in August, 1915. Also served in Palestine.
- Personal Inscription THOU ART GONE HOME
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