James Russell Aitken

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• _UID: A845B13EE93746DEB49EDFA256DEA1784034
• Residence: 1901, Ballencrief Nursery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 10 Dec 1914; gardener
• Military Service: 4 Oct 1917; Private, 7th Service Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
• Occupation: 4 Oct 1917; gardener, on active service
• Residence: 4 Oct 1917, Bughtknowes Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland

Notes:

James Aitken and his wife Margaret Pender were residing at Bathgate when he enlisted in the army, at Glencorse Army Barracks, Edinburgh, previously he had been a Territorial, in the R.A.S.C., number 325316. He was Private 45313, in the 7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment, when he was killed in action, probably at the third battle of Ypres.

James died on 4 Oct 1917, in Flanders, Belgium, and was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium

Name: James Russell Aitken
Gender: Male
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 45313
Regiment or Ship: South Staffordshire Regiment
Birth Date: 19 Jul 1886
Birth Place: Torphichen, Bathgate
Marriage Date: Dec 1914
Marriage Place: Edinburgh
Enlistment Date: Apr 1917
Death Date: 4 Oct 1917
Death Place: Poelcappelle
Father: Peter Aitken
Mother: Jessie Lawrie Russell
Spouse: Margaret Pender
Volume: Volume 4

Military Service:
Service Number 45313, Formerly T/325316, R.A.S.C.

James married Margaret Pender on 10 Dec 1914 in 34 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of James Pender and Elizabeth Aitken) was born on 23 Sep 1876 in Balbardie Gatehouse, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 12 Dec 1925 in Seafield Farm, Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]