Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Thomas E. Cairns
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/40754
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 1st/5th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 05.08.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension
- Grave/Mem Ref no: III.F.8.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 253 Hawkhill, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Bertha Cairns, 14 Guthrie St, Dundee
- Children:
Martha, born 21.10.1918
More about Thomas E. Cairns
Thomas E. Cairns S/40754 Seaforth Highlanders
CAIRNS―No. 40754 Private Thomas E. Cairns 1/5th Seaforth Highlanders, captured 9th April 1918, last heard of at Gardelegen Camp, North Saxony. Wife inquires―Mrs Cairns, Ward House, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 25th January 1919
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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