Aitchison T F Bmdr 344652 Royal Garrison Artillery
AITCHISON, THOMAS FRANK, Bombardier, No. 344652, 376th Siege Battery R.G.A., 8. of the late Thomas Aitchison, Brewer, by his wife, Euphemia, dau. of G. Ritchie, Brewer; b. Edinburgh, 7 July, 1880; educ. Loretto, Musselburgh; was Director of Messrs. John Aitchison & Co., Ltd., Brewers, Edinburgh joined the R.G.A. in Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, being posted to the 376th Battery at Ypres in June, 1917, an isolated position which they held until Dec., after which they were sent to Arras, and became mobile during the retreat in March, 1918. In June they were attached to the Guards, and at the time of the Armistice being signed were at Maubeuge, when only 26 men and one officer were left out of the original 160. He was invalided home in Dec., and died at Edinburgh Castle Hospital 14 Jan. 1919, after an operation rendered necessary owing to illness contracted while on service in France. Buried in St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, Edinburgh. Не m at St. Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh, 17 Jan. 1906, Beatrice Anne (10, Ann Street, Edinburgh), dau, of the late William Bladworth Hardie, of Edinburgh, Merchant, and had two children: William Francis Bladworth, b. 22 Aug. 1907, and Elizabeth Beatrice, b. 12 March, 1910.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5