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1890 - 1918 (27 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Peter Aitken was born on 1 Dec 1890 in Merchiston Bank Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 22 Mar 1918 in Flanders, Belgium; was buried in Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras, France.. Other Events:
- Occupation: postman
- _UID: BFB0032EF5074E6685A4221B50D07D51A41D
- Residence: 1901, Ballencrief Nursery, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
- Military Service: 22 Mar 1918; 6 7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
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.
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