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NAME:                      Cairns, Hugh Wilfred John   -  Viscount Garmoyle
RANK:                      Brigadier
UNIT:                      General Staff
BATTALION ETC:             Commanding 7th Motor Brigade Group and Rifle Brigade
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         38311
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    3rd July 1942
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
OTHER INFORMATION:         DSO & Bar. Age 35. Son of Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred Dallas Cairns, C.M.G., 4th Earl
                           & Olive, Countess Cairns, of Bath, Somerset.
                           Husband of Barbara Elizabeth, Viscountess Garmoyle (nee Franklyn) of Shedfield, Hampshire.