Peter Aitken

1890 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	Peter Aitken
  Born	1 Dec 1890	Merchiston Bank Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1901	Ballencrief Nursery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Military Service	22 Mar 1918
  	6 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
  Occupation	postman
  _UID	BFB0032EF5074E6685A4221B50D07D51A41D
  Died	22 Mar 1918	Flanders, Belgium
  Buried	Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras, France.
  Person ID	I5182	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter Aitken,   b. 1854, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 20 Oct 1937, Ballencrieff, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Janet Laurie Russell,   b. 3 May 1856, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 13 Jun 1934, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1885	Hilderston Hill, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
  	Witnesses at the wedding of Peter Aitken and Janet Russell were John Pender and Janet Roberts
  Family ID	F1635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Janet Laurie Russell 13 Jun 1934 Peter Aitken 20 Oct 1937 George Aitken 13 Jul 1896 James Aitken 4 Oct 1917 Peter Aitken 22 Mar 1918 John Aitken 14 Sep 1917 Andrew Britton 30 Mar 1950 Jane Stein Aitken 12 Jun 1969 Bethia Scott Aitken 27 Oct 1989

  
  

• Notes

  Peter enrolled, in the army, at Bathgate, number 43276, and was acting corporal in the 6th/7th Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers, when he was killed in action He is mentioned on the WWI memorial stone on the exterior wall of Torphichen church. Peter was the third of Peter's sons to be killed in action.

  
  

• Sources

  [S196] 1901 Census Scotland, Scotland. (Reliability: 3).