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|Army number=3133853 | |Army number=3133853 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Born Ayrshire 1919/20. | |||
|Age=24 | |Age=24 | ||
|Unit=Royal Scots Fusiliers | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry and posted to the 11th Bn DLI 26/6/40. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 25/6/1944 with 11th Bn DLI. | ||
|Promotions=Cpl | |Joined Brigade=26/6/1940. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=25-Jun-44 | |Promotions=Cpl. | ||
|Home address=Son of James Fleming Robb and Jean McMillan Cairns, | |Died/Killed in action=25-Jun-44. | ||
|Home address=Resident of Ayrshire. Son of James Fleming Robb and Jean McMillan Cairns, husband of Elizabeth Murray Cairns, Ayrshire. Buried Grave IX. D. 11. Hottot-le-Bagues War Cemetery. | |||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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Revision as of 09:30, 31 October 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Cairns William Carson
Army number 3133853
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Ayrshire 1919/20.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Trf to The Durham Light Infantry and posted to the 11th Bn DLI 26/6/40. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 25/6/1944 with 11th Bn DLI.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 26/6/1940.
Promotions Cpl.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 25-Jun-44.
Home address Resident of Ayrshire. Son of James Fleming Robb and Jean McMillan Cairns, husband of Elizabeth Murray Cairns, Ayrshire. Buried Grave IX. D. 11. Hottot-le-Bagues War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI