Aitken, J B
Private John Herbert Aitken
Family/Last name:
AitkenForename(s) and initial(s):
John HerbertPlace of birth:
Plumstead, Kent, EnglandDate of birth:
28/4/1899Nationality:
Service number:
2188267Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
POW number:
77888Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (WO416 records transcribed by and held at the UK National Archives. Data processed and prepared by Rick Catt and Brian Cooper)From John Aitken 16/09/2023
My dad was an infantry soldier in WWI and lied about his age to go out again with the BEF in WWII when he was then 49.
He died aged 75 on the 25/9/1965 just a few months before I carried on our long family tradition off serving in the British army out of the town of Woolwich London and I joined the new RCT in November 1965 and am very proud to say that my dad served in both our world wars and was a infantry soldier from 1908
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