In Memory Of
CAIRENS, ALEXANDER WILSON
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
444
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
72nd Siege Bty.
Regiment:
South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
1916-06-08
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, gun shot wound to head and face
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. E. 8A.
Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Robert and Margaret Ann Cairens, of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Husband of Edith Mary Cairens, of Cape Town. Born Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. Employed with mining in Rhodesia. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial
