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Military service
Service number:
452552
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
December 24, 1879
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Hugh Cairns
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Attestation Papers
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Newspaper Clipping
This article and photograph of Pte. William Hugh Cairns appeared in the Toronto Evening Telegram on December 9th, 1916. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 141 of 1024. -
Photo of William Hugh Cairns
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM HUGH CAIRNS
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
Digital gallery of
Private William Hugh Cairns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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