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Lieutenant WILLIAM LANG KIRKWOOD CAIRNS

Service Number: 264893
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

7/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

VIII. G. 9.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John Barker Cairns and Jane Kirkwood Cairns; husband of Marie Winnie Cairns, of Powers Hall End, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER ABSENT WHERE DUTY CALLED OR DANGER. HE WAS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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