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Private W CAIRNS

Service Number: 7488
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Cairns, of 16, Henrietta St., Kilmarnock. Enlisted Feb. 1915.
  • Personal Inscription THE FAMILY CIRCLE HAS BEEN BROKEN IT WILL BE COMPLETE ONE DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

EBBLINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 453
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