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Company Serjeant Major ROBERT HENRY CAIRNS

Service Number: 6078
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"C" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

I. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph John and Charlotte Cairns, of York.
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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