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Private R CAIRNS

Service Number: S/40551
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

4th/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

Poland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Cairns, of 19, Birnie St., Lochgelly, Fife.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS OURS AND WE REMEMBER HIM SO LOVED, SO MOURNED
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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