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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Belfast [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Rockhampton Queensland [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Kilmarnock [3]

Northumberland [3]

Skipton Victoria [3]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Ashington, Northumberland [2]

Auchterarder [2]

Auchterarder Perthshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Geeveston Tasmania [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Herberton Queensland [2]

Leith [2]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

22 Canning Place, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Auchtergaven, Perthshire [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [961]

Gunner [90]

Serjeant [76]

Driver [70]

Corporal [68]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [43]

Lieutenant [26]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Captain [12]

Pioneer [11]

Bombardier [8]

Major [6]

Trooper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sister [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Civilian [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Driver/Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [114]

Royal Field Artillery [105]

Army Service Corps [87]

Royal Scots [87]

Royal Engineers [85]

Highland Light Infantry [74]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [73]

Northumberland Fusiliers [57]

Royal Highlanders [49]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Royal Irish Rifles [46]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [44]

Scottish Rifles [44]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Gordon Highlanders [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [37]

Cameron Highlanders [33]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Seaforth Highlanders [31]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26]

Royal Naval Division [25]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [23]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Scots Guards [14]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Tank Corps [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Hussars [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [1374]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [149]

Royal Navy [109]

Australian Imperial Force [96]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1891]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1833]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

France [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Myanmar [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [10] Belfast, Antrim [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Belfast [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Rockhampton Queensland [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Edinburgh [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Kilmarnock [3] Northumberland [3] Skipton Victoria [3] Ararat Victoria [2] Ashington, Northumberland [2] Auchterarder [2] Auchterarder Perthshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Geeveston Tasmania [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Herberton Queensland [2] Leith [2] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] 22 Canning Place, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Anstruther, Fife, Scotland [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Auchtergaven, Perthshire [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [961] Gunner [90] Serjeant [76] Driver [70] Corporal [68] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [43] Lieutenant [26] Second Lieutenant [23] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [12] Captain [12] Pioneer [11] Bombardier [8] Major [6] Trooper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sister [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Civilian [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Private [1] Driver/Acting Lance Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [114] Royal Field Artillery [105] Army Service Corps [87] Royal Scots [87] Royal Engineers [85] Highland Light Infantry [74] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [73] Northumberland Fusiliers [57] Royal Highlanders [49] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Royal Irish Rifles [46] Royal Scots Fusiliers [44] Scottish Rifles [44] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Machine Gun Corps [42] Gordon Highlanders [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [37] Cameron Highlanders [33] Durham Light Infantry [31] Seaforth Highlanders [31] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26] Royal Naval Division [25] Royal Irish Fusiliers [23] Liverpool Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] London Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Scots Guards [14] Royal Defence Corps [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [9] Border Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Tank Corps [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Hussars [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [1374] Canadian Expeditionary Force [149] Royal Navy [109] Australian Imperial Force [96] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [79] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1891] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1833] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [58] France [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] Myanmar [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Arthur Cairns

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306101

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Harold Frederick Cairns

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65555

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Charles Cairns

Born 1891

Died 1946

British Army Lance Corporal Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Robert Cairns

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41215

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Charles John Cairns

Born 1891

British Army 2820 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

British Army 4042 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry S Cairns

Died 1915

British Army 1408 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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John Cairns

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 5728 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 302942 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Henry Gray Cairns

Died 1917

British Army 25867 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Joseph Cairns

Died 1918

British Army 200586 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 235952 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Heriot Cairns

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 204181 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 20841 Private Highland Light Infantry *conflict in CWGC records

British Army 623471 Private Labour Corps 295th Reserve Labour Coy

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John Cairns

Died 1915

British Army S/12691 Private Cameron Highlanders

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John Cairns

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 36777 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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James Cairns

Died 1915

British Army 18411 Private Royal Scots

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Robert Cairns

Died 1917

British Army 27944 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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James H. Cairns

Died 1916

British Army 23628 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Cairns

Died 1915

British Army S/3602 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Robert Dewar Cairns

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2024 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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James Cairns

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3514 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/40411 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/40870 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Christopher Cairns

Died 1918

British Army 2338 Private Royal Scots

British Army 43090 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Cairns

Died 1914

British Army 11333 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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