| Surname: | Cairns |
| Initials: | R W |
| Rank: | Major |
| Army Number: | 62360 |
| Notes: | Provost Officer. Cameron Highlanders. From Cawdor, Nairn. APM HQ 5 Corps. London Gazette 39151, 913, 20/2/1951. Territorial Army Reserve of Officers. Corps of Royal Military Police. Maj R W Cairns MBE. TD. (62360) from RASC, TA, Res of Offrs, to be Maj, 21/2/1951. London Gazette 39337, 4924, 21/9/1951. Supplementary Reserve of Officers. Corps of Royal Military Police. Maj R W Cairns, MBE. TD. (62360) from TA Res of Offrs, to be Maj, 12/7/1951, with seniority 10/12/1949. London Gazette 40576, 5044, 6/9/1955. Corps of Royal Military Police. Territorial Army. Maj R W Cairns, MBE. TD. (62360) from A E Res of Offrs, to be Maj, 14/7/1955, with seniority 10/12/1949. London Gazette 42534, 8971, 12/12/1961. Corps of Royal Military Police. Territorial Army. Maj R W Cairns, MBE. TD. (62360) having exceeded the age limit, retires, 4/12/1961, retaining the rank of Maj. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Member of the British Empire (London Gazette: 36180 Page: 4212 Sept. 23, 1943) |
| Citation: | North Africa. Citation for MBE: During the Battle of Tunisia from April 22nd to 14 May 1943, the energy and efficiency with which Major Cairns carried out his duties as A.P.M. 5 Corps had a material effect on the success of our operations. Much depended on the speed with which the great mass of transport, both fighting and adminisrative, could be got across the Merjarda and the very limited number of roads and tracks East of Medjez and the success with which this was achieved was largely due to Major Cairns. It was also largely due to his tact and hard work that the difficult problem on controlling the large city of Tunis was effected so smoothly from the time of its capture.Brigadier DA & QMG 5 Corps. Lieut General Commander 5 Corps. National Archive WO373/71pt.1. |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 37521 Page: 5437 April 4, 1946) |
| Citation: | North West Europe. |
| Decoration: | Territorial Decoration (London Gazette: 38530 Page: 629 Feb. 4, 1949) |
| Citation: | Royal Army Service Corps. Maj R W Cairns, MBE. (62360) |
Provost Officer Appointments: | |
| No appointments recorded | |