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VC1258 George Albert Cairns
Name George Albert Cairns No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1258 Awards VC
Regiment Somerset (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry attached to the South Staffordshire Regiment
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battlions, The Rifles
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Sidcup, Kent, England
Place Of Death Henu Block, Burma (now Myanmar)
Buried/Location Ashes Taukkyan War Cemetery, 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 11 April 1991
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot VI, Row A, Grave 5
Gazetted 20 May 1949
VC Presented 26 July 1949, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Taukkyan War Cemetery, 20 miles north of Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar)
P Named on War Memorial, A211, Sidcup, Kent
P Memorial Headstone, St Marys the Virgin Church, Brightstone, Isle of Wight
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Garrison Church of St George, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire
P Named on Chindit Memorial, Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London
P Memorial Plaque, Somerset Light Infantry Museum, Taunton, Somerset
Memorial Plaque, Fulham College Boys School, Kingwood Road,Fulham, West London
P Victoria Cross George Cross Memorial, Memorial Gardens, Wandsworth Town Hall, South London
P Cairns Place, Mitcham, South London
By The Way…
The original VC citation was lost in an air crash, carrying General Wingate, so he was the last VC to be gazetted during the Second World War
VC Held By
Museum of the Staffordshire Regiment, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
BORN 12 December 1913
DIED 19 March 1944 AGE 30
VC Won 13 March 1944 AGE 30
Place VC Won Henu Block, Burma (now Myanmar)
War/Campaign Second World War
