We remember William Cairns

We remember William Cairns

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Timeline

Timeline

birth STIRLING United Kingdom Source:8793174
1914
enlistment Auchterarder, Perthshire United Kingdom Source:5443200 4th August 1914
1914
location Bedford & Newcastle United Kingdom military residence address Source:5443200 4th August 1914 - 1915
1915
location Gallipoli Turkey military residence address Source:5443200 1915
1916
location France France military residence address Source:5443200 1916 - 16th April 1918
1918
missing France Source:5443200 10th April 1918
service British Army Private 6533 Royal Highlanders Source:5443200
service British Army Private 268298 Royal Highlanders Source:5443200
1918
death Killed in Action France Source:8792706 16th April 1918
burial Pont Du Hem Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial La nGorque, Nord France V C 25 Source:8792706

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William
Initials W
Last Name Cairns
Source 5443200
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Bedford & Newcastle United Kingdom military residence address 4th August 1914 - 1915
France France military residence address 1916 - 16th April 1918
Gallipoli Turkey military residence address known 1915
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 6533 Royal Highlanders Private
British Army 268298 Royal Highlanders Private

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription david37172

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Pont Du - Hem Military cemetery david37172

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