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{{Personnel
|id=1247
|Surname and forenames=Cairns Walter
|Army number=4456038
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Date of birth=Born 1915/16.
|Age=24
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Son of Thomas William and Mary Cairns, Gateshead.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row E, Grave 14, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
|Image Name=Cairns_W_4456038.JPG
|Image Title=L/Cpl W Cairns' CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}