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Second Lieutenant JOHN FRANCIS AITKEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

I. G. 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Harriett Ann and the late James Frederic Aitken, of Bakewell, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE STRIFE IS O'ER THE BATTLE DONE NOW IS THE VICTOR'S TRIUMPH WON
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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