Legacy
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada. In March 1936, the town of Valenciennes renamed one of its principal streets "Avenue du Sergent Cairns".
Cairns has several buildings and locations named after him in his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan including Hugh Cairns V.C. School (an elementary school that opened in 1960), and the Hugh Cairns V.C. Armoury. The school is located on Cairns Avenue, however the street was not named for Hugh Cairns, but rather for Saskatoon pioneer John Cairns. In addition, a statue of Cairns, known as the Footballer's Memorial, is in the city's Kinsmen Park.
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