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Second Lieutenant JOHN ANDERSON GIBSON CAIRNS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

4th Bn

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES

III. D. 14.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. John Cairns, O.B.E., V.D., J.P., H.C.F. of Woolwich, and of Helen Anderson Gibson Cairns, of 44, Warrington Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Born at Kilmarnock. Educated at Kilmarnock Academy and City of London School, a student of Law at Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY CHILD OF REV. J.CAIRNS, O.B.E. , C.F.
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