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Frank Cairns

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Frank's Medal Index Card (image courtesy of WFA)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: 200708
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th Reserve Battalion
  • Place of Death: 9 Lyon St, Dundee
  • Age at Death: 43
  • Date of Death: 04/12/1919
  • Burial Country: United Kingdom
  • Cemetery: Dundee Eastern Necropolis
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: MM. 5. 140.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 17 Lyon Close, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs F. Cairns, 17 Lyon St, Dundee

  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Isabella Burnett

  • Children:

More about Frank Cairns

Frank Cairns   200708   Black Watch

CAIRNS―At 9 Lyon Street, on the 4th December, Frank Cairns, late of the 4th Black Watch.  Public funeral, at 3 o’clock, on Saturday.  All ex-service men invited.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 5th December 1919

CAIRNS―At 9 Lyon Street, on the 4th December, after a lingering illness, Frank Cairns, late of the 4th Black Watch, aged 43 years, beloved husband of Isabella Burnett.

Dundee People’s Journal 13th December 1919

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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