Tom Cairns

Tom Cairns
Personal information
Full name Thomas Cairns[1]
Date of birth 1896[1]
Place of birth Chopwell, England[2]
Date of death 13 October 1917 (aged 22)[3]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[2]
Playing position Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Chopwell Villa
1913–1914 Newcastle City
1914–1915 Newcastle United 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Thomas "Tom" Cairns (1896–13 October 1917) was an English professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Newcastle United.[1]

Personal life

Cairns enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery in 1915, during the First World War.[2] Serving in 'Z' 61st Trench Mortar Battery, he saw action at Fromelles and at the Third Battle Of Ypres.[2] Cairns was killed east of Arras on 13 October 1917, during the build-up to the offensive on Cambrai.[2] He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 49. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tom Cairns - Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. 1 2 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
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