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Private WILLIAM CAIRNS

Service Number: 40816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

I. B. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Jane Cairns, of Dunoon, Argyll.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 217
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