Aitken R J Pte PS/7 19th Royal Fusiliers

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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.

Airey A L Pte PS/4368 20th Royal Fusiliers

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Airey A L Pte PS/4368 20th 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

Pte Arthur Leslie Airey PS/4368 20th Royal Fusiliers

Born 29th April 1891 in Salford, Lancashire.

Went to France And Flanders with the 20th Royal Fusiliers 14th Nov 1915 until 23rd July 1916.

Commissioned 2nd Lt Northumberland Fusiliers 30th Oct 1917

Married Phyllis Knowles Gillespie at St Marylebone Marylebone Road, Westminster 18th Sep 1926

ARP Warden in WW2

Died April 1977 at Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire aged 86.

Apperley F J Pte 19680 10th Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Apperley F J Pte 19680 Canadian Expeditionary Force

Pte Francis James Apperley 19680 106th (Winnipeg Light Infantry) Canadian Expeditionary Force

Of Leicester.

Source : The Vivid 10th April 1915

Born 27th Sep 1885 in Tetbury Gloucestershire.

Married Maud Coleman at Skeffington, Leicestershire 1910

Emigrated to Canada 14th May 1912.

Enlisted at Valacartier 25th Sep 1914 in the 106th Btn (Winnipeg Light Infantry).

Sailed to England on the 4th Oct 1914 with the 10th Btn (Canadians). Formed part of the Canadian Training Depot at Tidworth Camp on Salisbury Plain.

Andrews L H Drummer 22153 11th Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Andrews L H Drummer 22153 11th Canadian Expeditionary Force

Andrews Leonard Hamilton Drummer 22153 11th Canadian Expeditionary Force. Of Brighton.

Source : The Vivid 20th Feb 1915

Born 13th Sep 1893 Brighton. Emigrated to Canada 28th March 1913.

Enlisted at Valcartier, Canada as a drummer 23rd Sep 1914. Embarked for Great Britain on 30th Sep 1914. Formed part of the Canadian Training Depot at Tidworth Camp on Salisbury Plain.

Discharged due to sickness 12th Aug 1915. Awarded Silver War Badge.

Married Cicely Easterbrook 2nd Sep 1918 Ealing Middlesex.

Died 18th Feb 1947 in Farnborough, Hampshire. Age 53.