Peter Aitken

1890 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	Peter Aitken
  Birth	1 Dec 1890	Merchiston Bank Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Mar 1918	Flanders, Belgium
  Burial	Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery Arras, France.
  Person ID	I5182	OrwinMillar
  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)
  Marriage	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

  
  

• 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.