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Private JAMES ALEXANDER CAIRNS

Service Number: 23208
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXIV. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isabella Cairns, of 6th Row, Choppington Colliery, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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