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Military service
Service number:
925745
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1890
Enlistment:
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Aitken, and his wife, Alice Knapton, of Almonte, Ontario.
Digitized Service File.
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Memorial
Inscription to the memory of Private EDWIN KNAPTON AITKEN on the family grave marker in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Ontario. -
Attestation Paper
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Paper
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Edwin Knapton Aitken
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Private Edwin Knapton Aitken
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Private Edwin Knapton Aitken
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Private Edwin Knapton Aitken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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