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Private DAVID TOUGH HORSEFIELD NAYLOR AITKEN

Service Number: 32228
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE PEUPLIER MILITARY CEMETERY, CAESTRE

E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Aitken, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription BETTER IN HEAVEN BETTER THAN HERE OH HOW I MISS YOU DAVID DEAR INSERTED BY HIS MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

LE PEUPLIER MILITARY CEMETERY, CAESTRE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 106
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