Name Hugh Cairns No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1139 Awards VC DCM
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, 46th (Saskatchewan Dragoons) Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Ashington, Northumberland, England
Place Of Death Field Hospital, Valenciennes, France
Buried/Location Ashes Auberchicourt British Cemetery, 10 miles north of Cambrai, Nord, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot I, Row A, Grave 8
Gazetted 31 January 1919
VC Presented 20 February 1919 posted to the Colonial Office for presentation to his father, George
Memorials
P Headstone, Auberchicourt British Cemetery, 10 miles north of Cambrai, Nord, France
P Named on War Memorial, Ashington, Northumberland
P Named on War Memorial, Bothal Middle School, Ashington, Northumberland
P Memorial Plaque, Valenciennes, Nord, France
P L'Avenue du Sergeant Cairns, Valenciennes, Nord, France
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Ring of Remembrance (L'Anneau de la Mémoire), Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Pas-de-Calais, France
Hugh Cairns VC School, Cairns Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
War Memorial & Statue, Kinsman Park, Saskatoon, North Saskatchewan, Canada
Sgt Hugh Cairns VC Armoury, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone,Memorial Garden, Ashington, Northumberland
P Canadian Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
News of his Brothers death led him in to taking more risks than normal, it was said he was on a mission of revenge
VC Held By
Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
