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Major ALFRED BELLINGHAM CAIRNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1916

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

III. R. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Plunket Cairnes, of Stameen, Drogheda; husband of Katharine Jessie Tuthill (formerly Cairnes), of Listoke, Drogheda.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST'S FAITHFUL SOLDIER AND SERVANT UNTO HIS LIFE'S END
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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