Peter Aitken

1894 - 1917  (23 years)

• Name	Peter Aitken
  Born	13 Mar 1894	10 Summerfield, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Buried	1917	Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
  Military Service	9 Aug 1917  [2]
  	Sergeant 645597, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
  _UID	E6EEEA8EE6B2439C9BE8892BFCE344A8C5E2
  Died	9 Aug 1917	Flanders, Belgium
  Person ID	I5138	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John Aitken,   b. 31 May 1848, Silvermines Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 25 Feb 1937, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Sarah Barton,   b. 26 Nov 1851, Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland ,   d. 11 Mar 1918, 29 James St, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 66 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1878	United Presbyterian Church, Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland
  	Witnesses to the wedding of John Aitken and Sarah Barton were Peter Aitken and Janet Barton.
  Family ID	F1621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Peter Aitken 9 Aug 1917

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Peter Aitken Birth Place: Leith Death Date: 9 Aug 1917 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Edinburgh Rank: Sergeant Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Battalion: Territorial Force Regimental Number: 645597 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, British Army, at Edinburgh, as a Bugle Boy. Bugle boys were used to measure out the distances for the Royal Artillery As Sergeant No.645997 he was killed in action at Flanders

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] 1901 Census (Reliability: 3). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 3).