Tom Cairns

Tom Cairns
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Cairns
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth	Chopwell, England
Date of death	13 October 1917 (aged 21)
Place of death	near Arras, France
Position(s)	Inside left
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1913	Chopwell Villa
1913–1914	Newcastle City
1914–1917	Newcastle United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Cairns (1896 – 13 October 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United as an inside left.^[1]^[4]

Personal life

Prior to joining Newcastle United, Cairns worked as a driver.^[2] He 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 and rose to the rank of corporal.^[2]^[5] 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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1914–15^[2]	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	1	0

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 49. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Tom Cairns – Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "To The Glory of God". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 24 October 2019.