CAIRNS, Bernard McNamara
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
3192140
P.O.W. number:
12651
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, July 14, 1919
Birthplace:
Belfast, County Antrim
Private Bernard Cairns was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations on Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/33.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4F).
German Record Cards of British POW's / National Archives file WO416/54/155 (Stalag 3D).
Notes
Casualty Lists show his unit as No. 3 SS Bn. This Unit was formed by merging No 4 and 7 Commandos. It was short lived and by Feb 1941 the units had been redesignated back to individual Commando units. However in the interim period on the 31st January 1941, all of No 7 Commando, with some men from No 4 Commando, had sailed for the Middle East as part of Layforce.
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