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Quartermaster Serjeant RICHARD CAIRNS

Service Number: 886233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

6 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY

4. A. 10.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Catherine Cairns, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW GENTLY O'ER THIS SWEET, TREASURED SPOT. THE FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 737
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