Aitken R J Pte PS/7 19th Royal Fusiliers

Aitken R J Pte PS/7 19th Royal Fusiliers. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial

Born 1st Sep 1894 Guildford Surrey. Parents Thomas and Emily Aitken.

Pte Robert John Aitken PS/7 19th Royal Fusiliers

Served In France 14th Nov 1915 to 18th May 1916.

Commissioned to Tank Corps 4th Sep 1916.

Discharged 26th Aug 1918.

Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Silver War Badge.

Address Inveresk, Bulkington Avenue, Worthing, Sussex.

Married Gladys Mary Hewitt 3rd April 1921 at Moreton, Dorset.

Worked as a poultry farmer.

ARP Warden in WW2

Died Oct 1971 Norwich Outer, Norfolk. Age 77.

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